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Looks like you turned out a very nice job, well done.

Take a look at this...

As has been mentioned you need to add a riving knife, crown guard, parallel fence, emergency stop button with on/off, dust extraction etc so pretty time consuming and costly to do it right. As people on here have said it's not really worth thinking about especially if time and your safety are a...

I have seen utube videos of large machine shops using compression cutters for MFC so I know they can produce very good results (I have some) but when I did a lot of digging the below cutter came up as giving excellent results in MFC. I ordered one and I obtined absolute perfect results, you...

Have you looked at the example calculation they produced?.. Looks wrong to me.

Sounds like the machine bed your friend has is capable but if the collett size is limited to ER 20 (same as my 2.2Kw spindle has) it might not be a high powered spindle but who knows. The picture above is a PCD bit but they can look a lot different, select a bit for a specific purpose not for...

No it is a solid carbide bit and specially made for the purpose. The resulting finish is excellent on Melamine faced chipboard but I can't say too much about other materials. I have a PCD cutter which are supposed to last a lot longer than solid carbide cutters but the quality of cut may depend...

I know know people use compression bits for sheet material in a CNC but when I looked into the best cutters for melamine I came up with the below: They work well for melamine faced chipboard but maybe a spiral compression bit would be better for MDF and plywood etc They are a solid carbide...

I agree with the above too! My CNC has a ridgig steel frame with a 2.2Kw spindle and produces very clean cuts in melamine but the 2.2Kw spindle can't manage full depth cuts in 18mm Melamine so it's slower to use when sizing panels than my panel saw. If I had a larger 8'x4' (Steel framed CNC)...

Why do you not use a normal router bit in a router?

I used a plastic table cloth over my planer last year and it gave the best protection of anything I have tried in the past. I also used an old picknic cloth on my panel saw and that too worked quite well. Bothe had oil smeared on the tables first.

I'd go pretty much with what Chief Sawdust Maker has said above. A lot will depend upon the machine rigidity and power of the spindle you are using. A solid metal frame with 3Kw spindle will handle faster feed rates than a bolted aluminium frame with a 1 Kw spindle. I would not use a four...

I don't know myself but recently purchased Blum draw boxes and am fitting the centre stabiliser on 800mm and 600mm wide draws but these are made up of metal frames and 16mm melamine base and back so may rick if not stabilised. I would say in your case they could help if the draws have heavy...

CNC Bits are designed for use in a CNC and can be very difficult to control if used freehand or with a none fixed router. I have a CNC and tried to use a 10mm bit in my router to test some holes and I could not control the bit or router. It's up to you but you could be wasting your time and money.

I am in the process of making a kitchen right now and have a CNC (Steel Frame so rigid) and a Panel saw with scoring blade. I started out thinking I would use the CNC for most of the cutting drilling etc but ran into the problem of size, my CNC has a work area of 700mm wide by 1500 long so to...

Such a shame you are having to go through this any decent tradesperson would be back to make sure he puts thing right and keeps you on his good side. The person who has made these does not know what he/she is doing and I would not trust them back at all. Small calims court is a start but do it...

I totally understand why the original sliding sash windows used a wedge and groove at the junction between the pully stile and cill. The wedge tightens up the joint to prevent shrinkage and stop water running in the groove but over time shrinkage plays it's part and water inevitably makes it's...

I'm happy with my fixing method. Yes it's true I won't know in a hundred years time because I doubt I'll last a hundred years but many of the windows I had to repair had not lasted 100 years. Not at all Jason the inner and outer stiles are fixed to the cill and hold the box frame in position...

The reason I scribe the pully stile over the cill is because all of the sliding sash windows I have ever repaired over 40+ years have always rotted at the spot where the pully stile is traditionally fit into a groove in the cill. IT'S NOT A GOOD DESIGN. If you scribe the pully stile over the...

There are tons of videos on utube about box sash windows. I have some off-cut sections pinned together from when I made some sliding sash windows: Below shows the general layout and construction details. Generally they will be made from 20-22mm PSE (Planed Sides and Edges) softwood timber. If...