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We all tend to believe that the things we've made are perfectly square, straight, and true, but when faced with this type of problem I go back to basics and check all the details. Measure the diagonals of the drawer boxes, for the average range of drawer sizes the two diagonals should be within...

When you say 3mm sag/drooping, what exactly do you mean? Is the front of the drawer level? Are both sides of the drawer level?

I'm tight for time so I'll just bang out a few salient points, -Super blonde, like other dewaxed shellac, doesn't have much of a storage life. The old fashioned shellacs, ie garnett or button, last almost forever. -Never apply any finish inside a box, the smell will linger virtually for ever...

I've never managed to align multiple Domino hole without the sloppy fit setting, and that applies to both the 500 and 700. The one possible exception is when using "stacked" dominos, ie above each other as well as side by side. By shimming the base plate I've managed to get two stacked Dominos...

I strongly disagree with the notion that there's a hierarchy of skills, with traditional hand tool cabinet making somehow at the top and anything involving power tools or machines somehow inferior. I trained in one of the UK's most most prestigious workshops, actually one of the world's most...

The most common method of fixing wooden box linings isn't to fix them at all! Seriously, they're generally left loose as they're an interference fit and so are perfectly secure like that. If yours are a bit rattly then a dab of glue is okay, providing the grain direction is uniform between the...

Good question. One thing I've observed in furniture making workshops is that the foreman pushes for a softer round of say 2-3mm radius that emphasises the tactile experience the client will have with the piece. The craftsman or woman on the other hand tends to prefer a 0.5-1.0mm radius to make...

It's chiefly Covid. Peter Sefton described it well, he said dad's stuck at home and decides to spend the family holiday fund on woodworking tools, so demand has skyrocketed, but the manufacturers are producing far less than normal because of social distancing requirements, so supply has fallen.

Derek, it's because mitres are what the OP asked about. Since selling my Morso I use a sanding disc for small mitres such as the OP is aiming to make. For creeping up on a drawer front when hunting for a precise fit in a drawer cavity I use a shooting board, it's the chief application that...

Really excellent job Rorton. You should be well pleased with those. 👏

I'm as confused as you are Prizen, I use a wide range of Festool sanders, including the RO150. The main reasons for swirl marks are either too high vacuum pressure or inappropriate grit/paper choices, and it seems neither of these apply in your case, What type of timber are you experiencing...

What grits and what type of abrasive paper are you using? And are you absolutely sure it's on the finer "random" setting? Festool's pictograms aren't very clear so it's easy to get that one wrong.

I'm a shooting-board-a-holic, with at least four different shooting boards in my workshop including one for a Lie Nielsen specialist shooting plane. But I'll let you into woodworking's dirty little secret, in the 21st century shooting boards aren't actually all that useful. Heresy I know...

Thanks for the comments. Has anyone any idea where I'd get the adaptor/short piece of hose with an adaptor each end? Also, looking at the two photos I originally posted can anyone positively identify both my connector (the Bambi compressor) and the American connector (the vacuum centre assembly)?

There's a jig I've used for years for cutting circles and ellipses, I'm comfortable using it and confident in the results. I have a job coming up where it would be useful to have a vacuum clamp facility for this jig. Good news is that the jig manufacturer does exactly the vacuum clamp I need...

This isn't a common problem but it does happen, I've always suspected a problem in the distribution pipeline like excessive humidity/moisture, or sheets being badly stored and adopting some twist or wind. A solution that seems to work is to rip down the middle, then trim a couple of mill from...

Let's see if I've got this right? You plan on edge jointing five 130mm wide Steamed Beech boards to produce a 650mm wide kitchen worktop? The first thing that occurs is that Beech isn't the most stable wood in the world. To get a permanently flat surface I'd prefer staved construction, ie where...

My daughter works in the music industry and goes to gazillions of gigs and festivals, but she still says the single best thing she's ever seen live was Dolly singing Jolene at Glasto, with nearly a quarter of a million people singing along to the chorus.

I posted a while back on how I cut tapered sliding dovetails with a hand saw. Once you've done a few it's surprisingly quick and accurate, even across quite wide boards. Genuinely, it's one of those joints that looks far trickier than it actually is (unlike say a prefect, flawless bridle joint...

I'm confused. The evidence seems pretty clear that hobbyists are spending unprecedented sums on woodworking tools. But I don't see any evidence that hobbyists are actually making all that much? The most depressing thing about this forum is the relatively small number of meaty projects that...