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I suggest you clamp (or screw) the two boards together lengthwise but with the edges offset such that angle between adjacent corners is 25deg. Then use your planer to remove those corners until you have the required bevels on.both boards. Brian Edit- the offset for 1" is just under 12mm

I/me and sat/sitting are my pet hackle raisers. I also wince at the common error of using 'underestimate' or 'understate' where 'over......' is correct when used with 'cannot'. People don't seem to understand the double negative they are employing. Brian

Any adjective in front of 'unique' is superfluous

I've also noticed the rise of 'for sure'. I think it's due to the rise of foreigners using it when interviewed in English. For instance it's an easy translation from the German 'ganz sicher'. Djokovic often uses it. Brian

Language is constantly changing. Get your head around this dating from (well, work it out for yourself):- ‘Thus endeth Nychodemus gospell. Enprynted at London in Fletestrete at the sygne of the sonne by Wynkyn de Worde prynter unto the moost excellent pryncesse my lady the kynges moder. In the...

I tried making my own plywood out of 7 x 0.6 veneers but I had trouble in keeping the result flat. I then realised that I was introducing a lot of water by using PVA so i changed to PU. Problem solved. Advice, use a non-water based glue. Brian

Thanks for the heads-up Phil. I was just about to order some of this shelving elsewhere. You saved me 25%. Brian

No, the cutter is not aware of what or who is controlling it. Brian

Here is my most memorable object made for Deerhurst Church from reclaimed oak:- It's an altar made from redundant Victorian oak pews. It was made to commemorate the millennial anniversary of the murder of St Alphege in 1012. St Alphege started his religious journey in the Priory, which is now...

Woden No.7. A beautiful plane to use but probably the least used Brian

What's retrospective about it? We're not being charged extra for previous years. Brian

+1 for bandsaw. For general woodworking, more versatile if less accurate. However you have the means of achieving accuracy with your P & T which you would probably be using after a table saw anyway. Brian

These Inca/Kity bandsaws are widely respected. I would auction it on ebay and let the market decide its value. One was sold recently for £95:-...

I believe in socialism, it's the only system that will progress the human race to a sustainable level on this planet. And who should our role models be for this socialist utopia? Of course they're all.around us, hiding in plain sight - ants and bees. Discuss

I've used.IJT Direct for a number of years. They specialise in superceded and refurbished kit. They offer several refurbished PC's with W10 Pro installed and upgradable to W11:- https://www.ijtdirect.co.uk/pcs/ (use the W11 compatible filter) I'm not sure if the upgrade would involve extra...

@TheUnicorn Copied and re-presented so we can read it:- I haven't looked into it for a long time so my advice is a bit vague but I'd look into the various linux operating systems, many of which are very suitable for older pcs, being less bogged down with the bloatware of windows. there are two...

Is the inverter/converter choice influenced by the high probability that only one machine will be powered up at any one time? Brian

Calculate the area of your panels and divide it by your board width. Add on say 20% for wastage. Brian