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Nice to meet a fellow DW746 owner. Back in the 90's i found I could I could import a 746 from the US complete with extension and sliding table for a carriage fee of £400. I wanted to use a dado head ( thanks to watching too much Norm Abraham ) It was a dual 110/230 volt depending on the wiring...

Magnetic featherboards are marketed mainly from US sources. I have never found the need to use them when cutting dadoes. I always use two rubber faced paddles to push the work. However I also advise locking the rise and fall mechanism as it can otherwise drop a fraction under the weight of the...

Exactly. The forces of a dado blade are directly back to whatever fence you are using and remain very accurate. I use an Incra jig to cut finger joints for instance where there is no room for error and get excellent results. With a router you are always trying to control the rotational forces of...

Dado blades are very useful . They cut a clean square dado which you can register against a fence. I would look for one of the cheaper American style saws with a 5/8" arbour. You can then choose all kinds of tooling like dado blades, flat ground blades ( infinity have a good range up to 1/4" ) ...

I think every miter saw should be fitted with a zero clearance fence. It makes it far safer when cutting small pieces and lining up the cut is surprisingly useful. You lose the capacity to cut miters on the bevel - unless you remove the fence - but how often do you do that ? ( a 12" saw will...

Lucky you. Don't follow fashion, I would upgrade your table saw to a sliding table capable of reducing down 4 x8 sheets .it will do 90% of cutting wood for a DIY er. After that dust extraction will make the workshop a more pleasant experience. eets

Well they say nails have no place in fine furniture - not even in a piece of craft work if you ask me. I would use small screws with a 6mm counterbore and wood plugs - or just use 6mm dowels and glue. Man invented joints for a reason.!

Titebond 1 is an aliphatic resin glue - like PVA but with a resin ' ring ' in the molecule. It dries very quickly - you have about 10 mins open time. Titebonds 2+ 3 are better but leave a darker finish especially the 3 which I have found leaves a dark chocolate line. I use a cheap German glue...

You don't say but I presume you are using sash clamps to close the joints ? Ideally you should ' nip up 'the clamps to get a few beads of glue oozing out of the joint. Wait until they are ' rubbery ' and skim them off. Any PVA glue will work leaving an invisible joint. Otherwise make sure the...

I don't know of any saw that has a long 30 mm arbour designed to take a dado but correct me if I am wrong. I have actually seen Freud Dado blades at the trade shows with a 30 mm bore so I suppose they exist. ?

Back in the 80's you had 10 " planer/ thicknessers like Scheppach, DeWalt and Kity - all aimed at the DIY market. They did the job and were well priced. I can't understand their demise - especially Scheppach as they must have sold shedloads of them in Europe. Unless you can afford professional...

I made a few with pressure treated softwood but they now look a bit 'scruffy ' If you are going to look at them all year round they should probably be painted so a cheapish hardwood like Iroko is probably optimum. Back in the days of Versailles the gardener mounted them on castors so the orange...

I'm presuming this blade is only available with a 5/8" arbour hole and needs a saw with a long arbour. I must say I hadn't considered the possibility of the middle chippers moving when stopping the saw and haven't ever run into the problem. Infinity tools will sell you a combined washer and nut...

Very good of you. UK residents probably don't appreciate that buying off UK websites has dried up for us here in the ROI as we are charged UK vat and then Irish vat on delivery - even on second hand goods. Customs charges also apply if the packet is worth over €150. Thank you Brexit. Curiously...

They will include a catalogue with a discount code for your next purchase ! Often you can get free post to a US address as well ( including Addresspal ) It's hard to browse the catalogue without wanting to order all those 'must haves ' You get on online bill from An Post and having paid that...

You can get them off Ebay for about €5 a packet - from China of course. I occasionally order a packet of items from Rockler in the US. If you use an Addresspal account they will ship a package under 20 kg for €15.99 + vat and customs ( if over €150. ) It seems expensive but Rockler quality is...

Yes, anything made by Lamello is expensive although they crop up on ebay now and again. I'm a believer in the ' buy once. buy right ' principle. I would also make sure you have dust extraction - it saves wear and tear on the machine. Biscuits are great for small cabinets but don't forget you...

It's very useful tool for sheet goods. 9 mm is about minimum thickness you will get away with as that only leaves 2.5 mm on each side of the biscuit. Conventional biscuits of compressed beech will ' telegraph ' through the surface so I use plywood biscuits to avoid this. My best advice is to...

Should work. I would make the battens 17 mm thick for an 18 mm groove in the staveboard. There is bound to be some warpage in the board or slight misalignment when screwing the battens to the wall.