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Bugbear there is no magic number the quote I used starts with "Practical experience will give the best setting of the cap iron". If you are still confused it means trial and error or suck it and see or just refine the distance until you get success.

nope because I do not post too much on here or any forum. I kept out of this debate until this thread was started and thought it was time to say something.

Yes you should match the wood you are using but for production runs then no point reinventing the wheel follow Festool's lead and use beech

I know I have mentioned it before but Ernest Joyce The Technique of Furniture Making published between 1970 and 1995 (Revised by Alan Peters from 1987). Talking about the setting of the cap iron to deal with fine cuts or difficult timber at page 105 "Practical experience will give the best...

D_W Just as an example of one of us this side of the pond saying Set your chip breaker right see David Charlesworth's comment on CS's blog http://blog.lostartpress.com/2007/12/31 ... -tear-out/ I doubt I was much into forums in those days and I bet most of my contemporaries were not using...

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The thing about woodwork is it more art than science or engineering. So if someone says it has to be 0.1mm I loose interest as that is not practical. However as close as possible without wrecking the edge can be done and has been consistently recommended by writers over the last 120 years at least.

For my experience as an apprentice trained joiner in the 1970's and 80's it was and remained common knowledge. In addition to Ellis, look at Earnest Joyce "The Technique of Furniture Making" published between 1970 to 1995 or Tage Frid "Joinery" published 1993 or any of Wearings books. They all...

For the historians; Modern Practical joinery, George Ellis published 1902, page 7 talking about the cover or back iron "For instance if the cover is set 'fine' (i.e. very close to the edge), and the combined 'iron' is also set fine in the stock, the surface produced will be the finest possible...

I am struggling with the premise that any piece of timber for "cabinet making" is going to be used straight off the saw? Surely it needs planing at which point 0.25mm is neither here nor there. Two strokes with the hand plane and it is gone. If a machine is involved it does not register. What...

Here is a link to D&M tools record sash clamps http://www.dm-tools.co.uk/browse.php/se ... 49/level/4 No pipe needed everything needed is included except a block of wood to prevent damaging the work

D&M tools usually have a deal on record sash clamps get either 42 or 48 inch ones. Usually circa £20 to £25 each. Whilst they do not make them like they used to, they are still good and form the mainstay of my clamping army. You will need 6 to 8 for the job and in a years time you will be...

Chose the smoke alarm carefully some are set off by chemicals such as acetate. You might also want a 1 hour fire door between the house and workshop.

Try it, take the cap off the other and see what happens. when I use my 100mm branch I now leave the 150mm blast gate slightly open about a third or a quarter. It seems to work better, but I would also be interested in other users views. I know that since I installed the 150mm duct I have not...

I can separate the machine shop from the bench area, so far it has not been a problem. Ask me again in February.

This is the unit I bought http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00M ... ge_o08_s00 The Jet DC1100A is a great machine it has transformed my workshop, partly because it now lives in its own shed outside so I do not recycle the air. Good luck with it

The 676 cfm is just not realistic unless they are measuring both ducts. I agree 953 is the theoretical figure for 6" pipes I get about 700cfm which I am happy with. I agree with your calcs as theoretical 422cfm for 100mm but I have not been able to get anywhere near in reality on 100mm single...

The trip to Italy sounds like a good idea except for the excess baggage fee that would be charged! If you have your duct system in the floor I think I would look for something with a greater airspeed. The Jet says it is around 4000ft/m which is fine with 150mm ducts as you can get 750 -900 cfm...

Dave The DC1100A would be virtually useless using 63mm ducting. I have mine connected to 150mm ducting connected to my CF741 Felder and it does an excellent job of collecting saw dust as well as chippings. I step it down to 100mm for my bandsaw and there is a marked difference in suck. The...

Felder, who never knowingly under price anything, are selling a plastic version for £8.40