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Another job for a tablesaw Just make a jig with two toggle clamps to slide along the fence. The piece is held vertically A Tablesaw will transform your woodworking for the better.!.

Don't know much about the saw but try to give the mechanism a good blast of compressed air followed by some WD40. Usually frees up any stiffness. The Hms 260 is a great little machine. Check the width of the blades - They should be 19mm but may have worn down with repeat sharpening. New blades...

Iroko is too coarse for fine cabinetmaking in my view. It was never used traditionally and only became widely available in the 60's for ' teak windows 'i I have bought airgun stocks from Indonesia sold in only two woods One was ' sono kembang' a glorious rosewood species. Often wondered why...

Those side rail hinges are typically 8 mm wide although some cheaper versions are a bit narrower. I.make all boxes with 12mm walls now which is probably the optimum size I'd glue on liners to bulk up the Sidewall. Hinges are more satisfactory with long term use. ? .

I have that Bosch model and it's working away. It's OK for dry branches up to about 25mm but very poor with the green stuff like Leylandi.These machines are designed for the suburban gardiner where quietness is desirable but frankly it's a bit tedious feeding branches one by one into the narrow...

Mostly Shaker furniture but it's hard to get. One wood I never see mentioned is Douglas Fir.it's a lovely knot free softwood and it would be nice to find some for sale.

Yes , I'm in Ireland. We don't have a long tradition of cabinetmaking here so hardwood suppliers are thin on the ground.Most of the trade caters for the kitchen cabinet makers and that collapsed in 2008 more or less It"s all sprayed MDF now .The UK is lucky - there is a lot to be said for...

Can be done but I wonder if they will need 18 x2 glued together for strength.? Y.ou would also need to laminate top and bottom to prevent warping.i suspect you would have to make your own veneer which will require a large bandsaw and a thicknesser. Not for the fainthearted.

Too bad we are limited to Americn hardwoods in the British Isles ( more or less ). I find that the historical context dictates the wood.You wouldn't make Shaker furniture out of oak for instance. For sheer workability I love Ash but the pronounced grain can stand out .Otherwise black walnut and...

It will work as long as you have have a 5/8" arbour. I see it has dropped by 100$ since I bought it. Originally developed by Andy Klein to mill a box out of one piece of ply it will crosscut a solid board very cleanly. Of the best tools I've ever bought.

They are incredibly difficult to set up.i used to rout scrap pieces on the long axis of a rectangle and use my fingertips to adjust the cut. Tedious but it works. I have an American DeWalt tablesaw with a 5/8 arbour so I took the plunge and bought the brilliant miter fold blade sold by Rockler...

Been there.i bought some ' snappy 'drill replacements from Axminster and they were too short. Found some extra long bits on amazon for buttons .There are different size centre drill guides of course so always measure before buying the drills.

Dowels work well although you should have at least 25mm depth for the screws. Those self centering drill bits have an odd imperial size drill- 5/64 from memory so it's worth buying 10 of them as they invariably break in the middle of a job. Measure with a vernier as they have to be a snug fit.

Hoods are available commercially but are grossly overpriced. Better to find your own solution. By inserting a zero clearance fence and baseplate the cut made by the blade becomes your reference mark. It is surprisingly helpful to be able to line the slot up with a pencil mark on the wood. For...

Exquisite. That took a lot of work. I might have recessed the hinges and used dovetails on the drawers but it's still a beautiful piece of cabinetmaking.

Miter saws have one serious flaw - the gap left in the fence to allow miter cuts on the bevel. Invariably you are tempted to hold a short piece of wood on the left side to trim a piece off. The piece has little support and the blade catches and the piece explodes out of the saw - hopefully not...

+1 for the yew stain. A spirit stain is best sprayed on and the colour darkens a little with every coat. Just be careful to keep away from naked flames. Chestnut do small spirit stain packs which saves you buying the usual 5 liter can.

I have one and you got a real bargain there. They are invaluable for measuring any kind of gap and I use it for drawer apertures if i can't fit a vernier. Test it for accuracy just in case. :giggle:

Firstly maple is prone to burning like American cherry. It needs sharp blades at all times. I suspect your 60 tpi is creating too much friction and of course the maple is bone dry. The answer is to use a 40 tpi blade with a slight 5 degree positive angle. Wealden market a blade called the...

I gave up ' Fine Woodworking ' when they featured very mediocre makers like ' Tamar ' contributing articles. The internet has sadly supplanted the monthly magazine for good content. Broadly Americans have a far greater range of tools and machinery available to them at the DIY level. I note most...