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Just finished making a compact router table for my v small workshop. There are more photos and details in a separate thread here Compact Router Table Build

More photos. I have been really impressed with my Clarke CBS355 3 wheeled hobby bandsaw. Using some 4TPI blades from Tuff-Saws to resaw the big sapele chunk. Then my very cheap Titan planer thicknesser (screwfix) did a good job of milling the planks square and to thickness. I resawed to 10/8"...

So the hardwood parts are Sapele. I got hold of a big chunk (5" x 3.5" x 15") from a local wood workshop and decided that as I have been trying to learn to resaw I would try and mill it into what I needed - which went successfully. I made it into some 3/4" planks, and some 1/4" thick pieces for...

I am a relatively new woodworker (18 months) and after trying to flush trim some small handles on the palm router from a small template I realised that I needed a router table. I only have a 6x8' shed as a workshop so space is at a real premium. I therefore set out to make a compact router table...

Honestly I was so pleased with what I learned from doing that. Just going through the process, watching and learning from the errors I was making as I made them. Gave me the confidence to feel that I can give a go at resawing stuff. I'm sure I still have errors left to make and learn from -...

Hi, I have been working on a small router table as a project. It is made from birch ply with sapele edging. I am not a very experienced finisher, and I was hoping for some advice. I want to use polyurethane to ensure it has a tough finish as the router table top will obviously have lots of...

Yeah Keith at The wood elves made me a couple of bits, I wanted to reduce my Planer output from 100mm to 50mm for the 50mm hose and a right angle elbow for it too. And I wanted to be able to use some Henry attachments for general cleaning so he made me adapters for those bits up and I was really...

I have a space about 2/3 of the size of your space, and I am very pleased with my rather cheap clone of the Record DX1000 attached to a cyclone separator which was from amazon with 50mm ports. It lives in a small cabinet where it can sit out of the way hooked up to the cyclone etc. I use it with...

I dont know, but I can see what you are saying - as long as the beds are flat and the fence is at 90 degrees in the vertical plane I can't see how it would make a difference. I'm not a very experienced user of these machines though so I'm sure someone with more experience and knowledge might...

That is interesting to know, thankyou! I plan to attach a mounting piece to the housing of the machine and then reference the fence off of that. It is a great shame with these machines really that they are remarkably well priced, but seem to often have these QA niggles, which for maybe an extra...

I'll take some measurements when i'm back from holiday, I dont know if 80mm tall for the fence will be sufficient or not - I feel like the current fence is more like 120mm but as I say I will measure

So I have taken a look at a few of these DIY jobs that people have done, but they all end up using quite large overhangs at the back of the machine to allow a sliding piece that remains flat - I have a very small space to store the planer so I can't really get away with such an overhang, so need...

I was thinking of mounting a large piece of 3/4" ply (or 2 laminated pieces of 1/2") to the machine itself, fixed using a couple of mounting points to make it as stable as possible. Then making a bracket from this to attach the fence. Did you make a DIY one for yours?

So I have one of the Titan Thickness Planers from screwfix. Despite a lot of the bad press it gets, after some minor adjustments to make the tables co-planar mine is actually pretty good. Im pleased with it. The fence however it is fair to say isn't that great. I'd like to make an upgraded...

No mine are just some carbon/graphite ones that came with the saw. It's fairly old too so they wont be anything fancy. I have seen the phenolic resin ones and I liked the idea of trying them but thought I should try to refinish these ones first.

I like the idea of doing this but I did take a look at these before and i'm not sure it would be that easy to do to my saw. I might end up taking another look at the idea though. Getting some Lignum to make some new ones is another option. I just wondered if resurfacing the current carbon ones...

The guide blocks on my bandsaw are somewhat worn at the tip, allowing a bit of sideways play at the front of the blade. I thought about trying to cut 3mm off them on the mitre saw to give them a new face - Is this a sensible idea? Thanks,

I learned a ton from doing it, and I was pleasantly surprised by the results. Since then I have had a go at milling some 3/4" Sapele planks for a project from a 7" x 4" slab and it went well too. I need to learn more about the amount of extra I need to leave when I initially rough saw it on the...

I wonder if your leak allowed air around the other side of the bag (between the bag and the barrel? I dont know how I get away with it then because I dont have that issue, and the release valve goes off all the time on mine so it isn't a rare occurance.

Mine is in the lid of my bin and I frequently 'activate' it when I accidentally occlude the hose, and it has never caused anything to be sucked up into the extractor. I wonder why yours does that and mine doesn't? I'll put some photos up later on.