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Great responses, thank you all. I've found some plain channel nuts on eBay that will fit in the tracks on my Benchlaw so am going to use those. I'll be able to leave the original channel nuts on the Benchclaw as well....

Hello everyone. For my next project, I've been asked if I can make a condiment holder - the sort of thing common in cafes to hold vinegar / sauce bottles etc. Essentially, it's a box that looks like a small wooden tool box - the sort of thing that people used to carry that is a tray with raised...

Thank you! I'd never heard of any of this stuff!

Never thought of that, thank you! The benchclaw has sliding plates installed a that are threaded to accept M10 bolts. I'll have a look to see if there is the option for the sliding nuts to fit underneath the "rack" the the slidy bits fit in to......Thanks!!

Hello all. I wonder if anyone else has experienced this? I recently bought a SMS210 Evolution sliding mitre saw as I wanted an upgrade to my current Evolution CMS210 (none-sliding saw) and the SMS210 looked nice and compact for my small space. Because I'm space-restricted, I don't have a mitre...

Hello all. I'm in the middle of making a log lamp for a friend. I'm using a kiln dried ash log that is 200mm /120mm wide. This is what I've learned, but I have a couple of questions as well..... 1) I bought a 450mm long, 10mm diameter, auger drill bit designed for wood to drill the hole down...

Thank you; yes, I'm a guitarist so my fingers are quite precious!

Folks, I have permission to increase my budget! I'm going to remeasure my shed and try to get space for something more sturdy and looking at these two, just wondered which you'd go for if it was your first table saw, it's not going to be used every day...

Thanks for sharing that. As if often the case, the budget is controlled by my accountant aka SWMBO and it usually needs a level of justification which I'm still working on! But, I think if it was under £300, I may get away with it. I think......

It's good advice, Tom, thanks for sharing. The assumption would be that they'd be ok but you're right to take it into consideration. Id be interested to know if they can be secured to a B&D workmate via the Benchclaw that I've used to secure a mitre saw.

Thanks for all the advice! I'm taking it all on board and will increase the budget. The main thing is that it has to be fairly small when not in use as I have very limited storage space. But, I get the general theme that buying cheap is usually a bad idea!

Hi all. I am very limited on space and wondered if anyone had a good idea for a small portable table saw, ideally that I can store in my shed and use on my B&D workmate or my Keter workbench when necessary. I've seen a few around on the likes of Amazon (eg this...

Thank you for all your replies! This is a job for early new year, so Merry Christmas everyone!

Thank you! Yes, drilling vertically isn't always easy....I don't have a bench drill, so this will be by hand. I was thinking it should be the first job, before and bark stripping, and was planning on clamping it vertically in my B&D bench as tight as possible and then using a drill block to...

Thank you. I guess I'm better getting ready dried logs really?

HI everyone, hope all of you are well! I've been asked if I can make a table lamp from a small log - probably no more than 10" high. I've explored YouTube (as you do) and just really wanted to ask the experts a few questions.... 1) I don't think it especially matters what sort of wood I use...

Yeah, I'm finding that! It's my first effort at making cutting boards.. . Next time, I'll try and get maple I think. Little secret.... We were visiting our son in Tennessee,USA and he and I visited a lumber mill. I bought a 6' cherry slab for $60 and the mill cut it into suitcase size pieces for...

Phew, thanks. Big relief!

Hi everyone. I'm just getting to the end of making chopping boards from a slab of cherry wood. It's a good job I don't mind sanding! Anyway, I've followed advice from you kind people plus a few YouTube tips and have just sanded the final time with 240grit paper on a Bosch random orbit sander. I...

Thank you! Just ordered one!