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Like you say, totally over the top, but lovely - very nice work!

He'll be missed, a unique voice in more than a few ways.

It's only ally, you can cut it easily with most tools which cut wood, but hold it down well as it can be grabby. A hacksaw would make short work of it, worst case you'd lose a few millimetres squaring up the ends.

Cheers chaps, I'll look them up.

My Makita plunge saw blade needs sharpening, and at 48 teeth I'm not inclined to try myself. Does anyone have a recommendation for a saw Doctor in or around Barnet, North London? PS: Anyone interested in a short (700mm) rail for a Makita SP600? I want one for jobs where the 1400 rails are...

Oh, that is lovely! Looks just like the coastguard sea-king I used to see on holiday in Pembrokeshire. Yesterday I made these budget mft dogs using 20mm plastic conduit I had spare, and a 35p pack of straight couplers. Each coupler makes 4 dogs. Also in shot are my rail-dogs, courtesy of my...

Sounds like the bar is fine, but whatever it normally engages in had come off the end - can you manually raise the assembly whilst turning the handle and see if it re-engages?

I make a habit of thinking about where the blade will go if something went wrong, but even that isn't foolproof. I cut myself with a knife the other day, cutting some old carpet. I had a safe cut underway, but had to move my grip on the carpet to keep it taut, moving my hand into the danger...

Thanks fellas, that's what I was thinking. Steve - currently Googling weather struck pointing! **edit - yep, that's what I thought, undercut at the top, flush against lower brick. Good stuff.**

I'm doing some work for a friend, and one of the jobs to tackle is the cement plinth around the base of the house. I don't belive it is an original feature, certainly not at it's present height, where it bridges the damp course. The original plan was to point the cracks between walls and...

Depending on how much you want to spend versus how long it takes, you can easily remove 1.5mm using most basic router bit sets. Remove the bearing from the flush trim cutter, and swap it for the smaller diameter bearing from either the bevel or rounder cutters. This will route a 1.5mm rebate...

https://www.instagram.com/p/_7qyu2Hm2P/ Gotta lathe?

I'm at a loss to understand how you orient the grain using the router cutter - looks like you'll end up with some very unfavorable grain however you do it.

I made one about 10 years ago using veneered ply glowed to a canvas backing. After several years of use the canvas started to pull off the slats, so I ended up drilling the slats and adding steel cable to repair/strengthen it.

I love Rustins PC, but it can be a temperamental product, especially if you get into the more complicated areas like tinting it, sunbursting or spraying masked areas then then topcoating. Here's a couple of examples of the fancier finishes I've done with it, masked and scraped bindings, then...

Older glues were less reliable than modern, and prone to failure due to variations in humidity, and insects insects literally eating them or of the joints. As such a mechanically strong joint for drawer fronts meant it would pull off if the glow failed. Also, pre tablesaw jigs and the like...

Of you have a 45mm build up on the walls of a 90mm pipe, it's 100% obstructed, think about it for a minute...

Seriously,if budget is a concern look at the Titan from screwfix. Saw and tracks (albeit short ones) for £99, and saw will run on Makita rails. Also has a nice flip down widget that compensates for the track thickness so you can use the depth gauge both on and off the real. My dad's needed a...

I have the makita. My dad has the Titan from screwfix which cost £99 Inc 2 x 700mm rails. For the money it is staggeringly good!

Do Not file the keeps! Filing would be appropriate if the keeps were the wrong size, but they're not - they're the right size, but in the wrong position. The pic shows a 1 piece keep, which means unscrewing and refixing the whole shebang. Let's be charitable and assume the original fitters...