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If they’re just unthreaded holes the nearest sized metric bolt will do.

I rip then run it over the surfacer, rip again and surface, that way there’s only one face to clean up and there’s always a straight reference against the fence.

Hi, I’ve got the equivalent DeWalt router at work fixed to a router table. I can confirm it’s quite stiff to adjust, which is probably due to the stiff springs required to work against its weight when stood on its baseplate. A popular thing years ago with the old Ryobi 1/2” was to remove the...

That looks a nice machine, cutter block seems to have been upgraded as well.

The waste always goes on the outside with the timber required going between blade and fence. Whether you’re ripping just one or a thousand the fence doesn’t need to be moved.

Got the exact same one I purchased twenty years ago when Machine Mart were clearing out their Elu stock. It’s got plenty of power but does suffer a bit with vibration.

Kerf is accounted for between blade and fence when used that way, same as when you set the fence on a circular saw. I’ve never heard of sawn veneer being fitted straight from the saw, I would think it’s essential to ensure a secure adhesive bond.

Which part would you like clarification on?

One major flaw I see is that you always want the cut timber to be between blade and fence, which is the opposite to what you’ve got in your picture. I suggest you redesign your jig so it works in conjunction with the fence, fitting between it and the blade. Perhaps substitute the white polygon...

I’ve never heard that description before but it’s 100% true.

Just build a traditional joiners bench but without the tool well(more pain than help) and apron(can’t clamp anything as the apron’s in the way), with a Record 52 1/2 vice, simple but very effective.

A Apart from the superior waste clearance would you say the groove’s internals are cleaner compared to a two flute cutter?

I’ve never used a spiral cutter, are the benefits speed of cut due to quicker chip clearance or is it also a cleaner cut?

It’s nothing new as there was a girl in the year above me in college way back in the Eighties. In another part of the building and two years below me there was a girl doing a bricklaying apprenticeship.

It was a City and Guilds Craft Certificate, then third year was an Advanced Craft Certificate. Next step would have been a HNC but as I wouldn’t get paid for that weekly Day Release I stupidly decided it wasn’t for me. Having that HNC would have opened up a lot of career opportunities.

As an Apprentice Joiner in Technical College I’d say the academic work was one step up from anything I’d done at school, and whilst I didn’t go on to Sixth Form I was Set 2 in most things.

Cabinet making’s a degree course in a lot of colleges and universities, I suspect training to be a luthier would be similar. The Carpentry and Joinery course was also three years at Technical College in my day as well.

Cables are a right pain and get tangled up with the hose very easily, and just create more clutter in your workspace.

I’ve got the corded version, purchased around twenty years ago. The main reason I purchased it was because of the fence in that it goes past 90° to 135° meaning you can reference from the face of a mitred joint. It also has a solid fence with a slit to see the pencil mark, meaning small timber...

To be fair to Norm, he was a skilled tradesman and knew how to use those tools both hand and powered.