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I've certainly never experienced such a problem and I can't envisage how it could happen. Firstly we must assume the timber's reference side against the fence is reasonably straight (otherwise it wouldn't be used as the reference). Keeping the timber against the fence with a pushstick will...

Yeah but, yeah but, what about 2 past tense words?

@accipiter @jcassidy @Suffolk Brian @Mickjay @Hutzul @gregmcateer @Suffolkboy @Pineapple I feel I have to come clean and eat humble pie. I've learned/learnt, subsequent to my post, that learned/learnt are indeed both past tenses of the verb 'to learn'. The adjective form of learned is...

I'm not surprised at your experience so far. When I retired I wanted to improve my DIY skill base to a furniture making level. I went on an excellent furniture making and design course for 2 years. On that course there were 3 categories of student:- 1. School leavers looking for a start up in...

That's right. The theory is that after the blade has done its job there is no guarantee that the workpiece will remain straight because of inbuilt stresses released by cutting it. Therefore there is no point in trying to keep it hard up against a fence. The fence is only there to guide the wood...

That is the title of a book that came my way via a charity shop this Christmas. It's by Peter Korn who founded the very successful Center for Furniture Craftsmanship Maine, USA. It's a thought provoking story of his "journey" from rooky carpenter to principal of the Center. I don't want it...

This subject came up some months ago and I vowed to myself that I would do something about my machine ready for its next usage. Well I did it. I happened to be engaged in a job which involved 25mm heat shrink; the type used for tennis racket handles, so I got some extra to tryout on my sander. I...

I reckon an untidy workshop is the downside of a fertile mind. Always wanting to get on is more attractive than dealing with the past. However, like others here, I do try and have clean/tidy-up at the end of a project. My problem is that this can never be 100% because there is always the next...

Learnt is correct. Learned is an adjective. So, (comma acceptable) I am now more learned because I learnt it from a dictionary, albeit an online one. Brian

When I was buying my Felder combo I pointed out to the salesman that the long fence could be dangerous when used with the saw. He immediately offered to include a short fence at no extra cost. Brian

@JandK There's an as-new 71 coming up in Pugh's sale next Saturday. Others in there as well. Brian

Hi @Rob D . I think you should consider this one Should come within your budget Brian:mad:

Welcome, may your thinks be forever fruitful Brian

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LAMP UNITS Now that I've finished the basic woodwork I need to turn to the lighting aspects. Each panel, apart from the top and bottom pentagons, will have a lamp unit; that's 30 in all. The basic construction will be like this prototype:- The plastic ring is cut from a length of drain tubing...

In this case, SCD, I find the professionals are just as engaging as the amateurs (aka celebs). In fact, for me anyway, it's the combination of the two. When it works the the results can be wonderful and beautiful. In this series the pairings have been particularly strong and the results have...

Goodness me, it's 3 weeks since my last post here. Things on this project haven't gone too smoothly recently. That we're now in the open season for mince pies hasn't helped. It was my (revised) plan to complete the panels by cutting the central lamp apertures on the Denford CNC router. The first...

Summarising the advise so far this is my take for an economical solution:- There would be a fixed rail along the long edge and movable rails as shown. Use G-clamps wherever possible and a UJK style clamp at the inaccessible point. My contribution is to use weights to keep the rails flat on the...