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My flip-stop arrived a couple of days ago, so I've made a fence for the sled. I've been given several doors from a 1930s house. Panelled doors which were then covered over with plywood and hardboard and painted bright green and orange. I guess the 1970s. With those skins removed they look like...

Hi DBT Digital downloads are available, yes, but it's not automatic. People email me, I give them payment details, they pay me, I send the download links. I know my site is very legacy, but my WE business has never made much of a profit and nothing at all for the last few years. If I had to pay...

Cutting, filing, drilling and tapping 😀. Workshop Essentials #10. Works on table saws and bandsaws. Thank you for the plug, much appreciated.

Ah thanks. I guess they were all done under the old regime.

I don't see why not. But if you make a housing jig, you can use it in other projects where screwing to the surface is not an option. S

You can see the Button Jig in action here:

Hi Aidan. I can't say that I've given that any thought. Perhaps I'll just never open the curtains and live in the dark. :) S

I don't know what's gone on or why, but I'm very sorry to see you go Mike. Thank you for everything you have so generously contributed.

I actually went back into the workshop last night and attached the ends, so this morning I took the clamps off and it looked like this: You can see how the leaves are going to sit underneath. Today's main task was to make the buttons. There are two approaches to this: starting with a short...

It's rarely a good idea to change the design mid-build, but that's exactly what I have done here... I had a bit of a tidy-up in the workshop and found the offcuts from the original pippy-oak table. There was enough to make two 250mm extension leaves, which would enable me to have the table at...

I'm knowledgeable about a few things but Finishing isn't one of my fortés. Last year I made a wardrobe out of oak-flavoured MDF and finished it with hard-wax oil. I'm generaly pleased with it. It's OK. OK. I'm currently making a dining table. The top is pippy oak. It is quite coarse, needs...

Lucky me then, I guess. And No, it's not the same vendor!

I was just about to post that I think that both illustrations are wrong. Musicman has it right. An extended forefinger gives you control in a way that that illustrated grip does not.

Last week I bought a pack of assorted emery paper. £3.99 delivered. It has never arrived, despite getting a Shipped notification. I nudged the Seller, no reply, but instead got a full refund, so no idea what's gone on there. So today I've gone back on to eBay to buy again, to be greeted with a...

I cut the tenon cheeks a few weeks ago and appear to have forgotten to take any photos. I might be able to fake one tomorrow. But here is a pic of the Ultimate Tablesaw Tenon Jig (TM) from an earlier project It's quick to set up, fast to operate and gives results that are Right First Time...

LOL! It's not for the cheeks, They are sorted with the UTTJ (The Ultimate Tablesaw Tenon Jig TM ). This is for the shoulders. And, just for Novocaine, here is SIS: For the avoidance of confusion, I'm the one on the right. S

I disagree...:) Even with flat tyres, altering the tracking knob moves the cut line. Try it. It does so because the top of the wheel moves in an arc, just like a section of a very fat crowned wheel. When moved back, the teeth will be under very slightly more tension than the back of the blade...

Those space-saving corner basket thingies are, indeed space-saving but... I had my kitchen done a couple of years ago. Having done a couple - only a couple - over the years, I know how much work is involved and I didn't want to be without a kitchen for six months. The kit they supplied is...

I use the timer for every shot, even when I'm not in the frame. That way the camera doesn't shake. I also have a Stand-In-Steve, a picture of my face, life-size and at the same height as me, which I plonk where I shall be standing so that I can frame the shot. It also has a focusing chart on it...

I don't often have to do cross-cutting operations on the tablesaw, as I have the big Bosch Axi-Glide SCMS, but there are some times when the TS is better suited. Although the SCMS does have a depth limiter, it is not excellent, the saw bounces somewhat, and when the blade depth is restricted...