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Also check max capacity of machinery. Lots of “panel saws” can’t take a full 8x4 sheet, and loads can’t take the slightly larger mfc, if you plan on using it..

Obviously one significant saving that you can either take into account or not is the time and money involved in finding, bidding, collecting, installing etc. just ducting for extraction and getting a sparkie in to drop outlets in the right place would cost thousands. This might add up to 6...

In fact, come to think of it. A long mitre on ply, all things being equal (properly mated, appropriate clamping pressure etc) should provide a better gluing opportunity than a butt joint, as by its nature the mitre will have more gluing surface area. A mitre joint on the edge grain of timber...

Disregarding any additional jointing methods that may have been used as that rather muddies the waters of the original point, you can’t really bring ply into the conversation.. ply is a cross lamination where each lam is laid at 90 degrees. So every cut edge of ply presents both end grain and...

Well.. it’s more the whole method of just relying on a rail square is slightly flawed in term of accuracy rather than the tools used to achieve it ! But probably fine enough for certain jobs.

I have the makita 6000 and rate it. I found it secondhand, with 2 x 1.4 and 1 x 2.8 track for about £200, but did have to travel 50 miles to pick it up. I’ve used a few onsite and the bosch and festool seem similar enough in terms of quality and operation to the makita. The festool of course has...

It’s absolutey insane to blame the teachers for this. That’s like blaming pensioners for the pension age going up, or blaming taxpayers when taxation rates go up. There are several large underlying issues in the education sector that encourage schools to keep students on - Money Students...

It’s all a bit coulda woulda shoulda now but - Cls and any other builders framing softwood is fairly shocking in terms of its suitability for joinery projects. You can sort through the pile and try to identify non bananas, but I don’t trust it to not turn into bananas. One way to mitigate...

I’ve never owned a helical or spiral block pt, but have used one. As far as I am aware (and please do your own research) you often can’t take as big a chomp with them, as they require more motor power to run (something to do with the motor not being able to get back up to speed between knife...

I quite like the sound of donut economics myself. Basically suggesting that there is actually no need for “growth” (in a financial sense) and that it doesn’t serve us as humans. The problem with any of these wealth caps or anything that limits the income of the big companies is that if the...

I always set the blades square whilst the plane is sat on the shooting board. Are you comfortable with the setup and operation of a plane in normal use before introducing the shooting board ? Could be perhaps that you aren’t adjusting “in” when moving the blade, therefore first knock pushes the...