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Enjoy all the variable angles. It would make things much simpler to have a monopitch roof all at teh same angle and slope the wall to accommodate

What you need is a folded steel valley gutter , with legs which fit up under your existing trapezoidal profile steel roof. Is your existing roof insulated This is not easy to fit in as the gutter will need to be around 300mm wide. Do you intend to retain the cladding on the side of the existing...

Totally agree. Also give excellent advice over the phone Ian

Are you using plenty of lubricant. The black marks could be the steel particles which if not enough lubricant stay on the stone and then clog it reducing its ability to cut What angle are you sharpening at? It could be you are putting too much pressure on causing the edge to dig into the...

As Mike said if you cut it down the middle it is very likely to warp. If its cheap you might be able to cut a 15 to 20mm slice off each side so the central portion is treated the same on both sides. The thin portions will almost certainly warp but then you could do everything to limit this and...

I would make the central portion to slide in As Mike said all the central 5 joints are basically 90 degrees. 3 approaches you could take here 1. halving joints but think the width mave be a bit to long 2. stopped housing joints 3. Simple but joints with reinforcement from dominoes The 4...

M6 X 1MM threaded holes are for M6 X 1MM threaded screws. Screwfix do a range of Countersunk, button head etc Ian

I am going past that way on Wednesday about 3pm and Friday about 2pm next week. Cant see work further ahead at moment so it might be a saturday ride on the bike Suggest you send me a pm and we can sort something out Ian

Hi. Where abouts in Cheshire are you as I'n near chester and could drop past for half an hour (and a cup of tea) and show you how to set up and some basic dos and donts Ian

Is there a standard width for the T slot in modern sliding tables I have a casadei KS1300 with an aluminium sliding table that slides next to the blade with 2 T slots machined in it along the length. These are 18mm which is a real pain as most T track nuts and fittings seem to be 19mm So 2...

As an alternative to visible splines, Mitres can be strengthened with an internal spline which runs across the mitre. I have made this jig for use on the router table for cutting splines , The mitre is first cut and then the piece is clamped to the cross cut sledge. The cross cut sledge angled...

There have been a couple of questions about making jewellery boxes so I thought I would post a couple of photos of this which I made over the week end. The box is made from 9mm birch ply for the sides and 6mm for the top and base. Overall size is 200mm X 200mm X 65mm The sides were cut and...

Hi further to my earlier post, I will pass on the Mirka deros (Eddy Current was interested) but very interested in the rasps. I cant read what size/cut they are unless by Tom wants them

Hi can I take the Mirka deros (assume it has both 125 and 150 attachments Interested in aurio rasps if not already taken . Which ones are they please and what condition Ian

THere are 2 extremes to a 6 sided object A flat hexagon made up of 6 equal sided triangles with the cuts all done at 90 degrees A hexagonal tube where all of the cuts are done at 30 degrees (limit case) In all cases the plan/projected view of each triangle cut will be and equilateral triangle...

Can anybody recommend a good quality box lock at a reasonable pricefor jewellery boxes. Looking for something around 40mm X 25mm. There are quite a few but most of them are quite thick (10mm) so they will not really fit into a thin box side. and cause 2 problems, the relief for the lock body...

Using the router table has 2 benefits. You can easily change the thickness of the splines and you only have a relatively small amount of cutter exposed. The downside is that for narrow splines. the cutter is quite fragile and you have to do each spline in a couple of passes. On the table saw you...

Both my kids 17 and 13 have decided they want to make something in my workshop so half of my limited time is spent helping them make a jewellery box and some fretsaw animals respectively. Its great getting them enthused and seeing them progress. It is depressing though how little (nothing) they...

Hi Brian. Have a look at the direction of the grain in your splines. It should run at 90 degrees to the mitre otherwise it will add virtually no strength Ian

The planer block will have 2, 3 or 4 knives all with a small nick in the same place. By moving a knife a few mm sideways the slight raised line left by a nick in one blade is reved by the undamaged part of the next one Ian