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I have had one of these for as long as I can remember and it has performed faultlessly https://www.thetapestore.co.uk/protimeter-mini-moisture-meter?gad=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw586hBhBrEiwAQYEnHd9HbQ0-hM8t7VYb5M3btpLXMwAn2q_iiDe_dJbNb4la40QhSTKRBhoCoIkQAvD_BwE If I was buying now I would just get...

Always use a riving knife. I also say always use a blade guard and proper push sticks but know I am just banging my head against the wall saying this. I ended up down a Youtube rabbit hole the other night watching table saw safety videos. There were videos telling you how push sticks are...

I had one of those and as you say one side is fixed at the factory, it looks like it should adjust but there is a pin through fixing it in place. I have heard of people removing the pin to adjust them, not sure if @MikeK did when he was fine tuning his Holzmann version? It does look more...

As said buy a spare and cut it down. Don't cut down the one you have as I presume you need one full length to mount the guard.

I do enjoy your work, thank you for taking the time to post it (y)

Bit of a thread hijack but kind of relevant. This was among a delivery from Lavers a couple of weeks ago, some redwood 5ths (not treated), I don't normally use 5ths but it was only for some trestles and I didn't expect it would be this bad 😠 The rest of the pieces were fine, guess this one...

I had to rescue my mother the other night as she had got sucked in by one of the scam O2 calls. They claim to be from O2 offering a discount on your tariff for being a good customer etc. They ask you to read back the one time passcode that they send to confirm it's you, thing is they have just...

The trick with a track saw is to make the first cut about 2mm deep but backwards, pulling the saw towards you so it works like a scoring blade. The second cut is then forwards as normal, some would say blade set to full depth will now give less break out but it's trial and error to see what...

Welcome. You are certainly starting in a good place tool wise but you realise this means you have no excuses 🧐 Looking forwards to some pics of your projects (y)

Maybe add another skin of ply underneath the large shelf to create a "TORSION BOX", there are a few threads on this if you do a search 🤣🤣🤣 Can you get a hanger off the ceiling above the large shelf, just one in the middle would help a lot? I have used these heavy duty shelf brackets from...

Different places list it in different ways but yes it starts at 150x50 and finishes around 145x45 when planed.

It looks standard sized stuff that you should get from any timber yard or even builders merchants if you don't mind it being a bit rustic. Metric equivalent PSE something like 6x2 = 145x45, 4x2 = 95x45 , 2x2 = 45x45

First of all you need to walk around your house, new moisture meter in hand jabbing it into random wooden objects like your dining table, kitchen units and internal doors etc, it might end up looking like your house has woodworm but at least you will have established what MC you are aiming for...

I would choose Redwood over Spruce/Whitewood every time. As you have found wood can move as it acclimatises, if you are able to plane it up you might as well get rough sawn and plane it flat and straight once it's acclimatised. If you buy the PAR stuff it will still move as it's drying out so...

The 5 cut method is a great way to spend a couple of hours frustrating the hell out of yourself as you chase an impossible level of accuracy :) It's one thing on a panel saw where you can adjust things but guess on an MFT it's either square or not? Will you be checking every hole? 🙃

The theory is something like this. When the wood dries the growth rings shorten causing it to cup. If you join boards and put them all the same way up you get one continuous curve, if you alternate the rings the whole piece should stay flatter but with a kind of ripple effect. I tend to go...

Well it's looking like everyone who owns them rates them highly so think I might give one a try and as Kev says I can always sell it on. Thanks for all the input, very helpful.

Sounds like some new builds near me, I watched the builder just rolling the turf out over the site without any preparation at all, there were empty cement bags, coke cans etc under it, looked nice but no way it would be growing. I'm clueless when it comes to gardening and find this website...

I have had physio on my elbow and do all the stretches etc but have been told unless I rest it properly it won't be getting better anytime soon, unfortunately being a self employed joiner I'm not in a position to take the time off. The theory with the titanium is something like when you hit a...

Due to years of joinery and tennis I get elbow problems which are becoming more frequent and taking longer to heal, I haven't played tennis for about 6 months now but unfortunately can't give up work yet. I'm trying to do what I can to look after my elbow and realised the steel shaft Estwing...