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Hello, You don't set the outfeed fence level with the tip of the cutter, it needs to be a touch further back. The same as the outfeed table on a surface planer. The cutter removes a little scallop of material, which it cannot do if the outfeed support is level with the tip of the cutter. Set up...

Hello, I know, but by yacht fit outs, there is an awful lot of furniture involved. They will be able to make furniture their stock in trade, because the ultra rich they sell to, money is no object. I doubt very much that they suggest Italian chairs for 300 pounds to their clients, as I doubt...

Hello, It is a shame you don't understand what I've written and then jump to the conclusion that I'm some sort of hand tool pedant. Which bit of 'I run a 'CNC router, laser, 3D printer' do you think makes me the luddite you seem to think am? And where have I ever said I only use hand tools...

Hello, Silver lining seem to turn over craftsmen as often as I do underpants. I wonder why? The work is surely 'fulfilling'. As Robert Ingham once commented to me, 'where is the design?' they produce lots of exotically veneered MDF boxes as far as I can see. I wonder how they'll get on with...

Hello, They are handy for jigs, but I think it is just better to make the things as part of the (enjoyable) process of designing and making things. If the machine will allow you time to get on with other stuff, while it works away, then I suppose it is justified. But how much time will it save...

Hello, Indeed, the designers are very clever. Looks like it is a good machine and capable, apparently, of the 0.1mm that Custard seems to think is the necessary tolerance. Now I'll just de-skill myself, or pretend I can no longer do what it can, so I can justify getting one. Mike.

Hello, I'm doubtful, too. How can it cope guiding itself over the the work, when it is making the surface uneven as it goes. And one tiny slip on sawdust or swarf, of its guide wheels, and the whole job is scrap. Mike.

Hello, I'll have it for some beer tokens if the offer isn't taken by the OP! I'm around North Wales next week, so could pick up? Mike.

Hello, Is it from a number 03? I think my 03 does, but I'll have to check another day, I'm not near my workshop. Mike.

Hello, Inspired by this thread, I decided to dig out my laminated Record irons that were put aside to renovate one day, but which never came. Until today. I had two 2 3/8" ones in use already, must have been in good condition when I got them, so required minimal fettling at the time. I have...

Hello, I've had that pattern of vice for years, not the Veritas branded one, but obviously made in the same factory. I love them to bits; 2 shoulder vices and one made into a tail vice. I can't say I've had a problem with racking. I'm sure if I put something narrow at the extreme edge of the...

Hello, I'd agree with Custard here (as usual). I only ever use biscuits when everything is dead flat and I want to make sure everything stays in alignment to a fine tolerance. You actually want to shift the surfaces about. There is no advantage in biscuits here; you are going to have to press...

Hello, If you are cross cutting, just use a hardpoint handsaw FFS! Sorry to be blunt, but heavens, jigsaws are for curves, crosscutting 2 inch thick stuff is easy. You can get 2 Spear and Jackson hardpoint saws from B and Q for a tenner. They'll outlast 10 quids worth of jigsaw blades, crosscut...

Hello, You only paid a quarter of one penny! Do you have a stash of old farthings, or did you buy 4 for a penny? If so, can I have one? :? Mike.

Hello, A feather board might have a use on a TS when ripping, but often not. Wany edged material and boards that are not parallel in width all make a feather board useless, and more often than not, this is the sort of stock I'll be ripping. I rip natural timber more and more often on the...

Hello, Of course there are, I wasn't trying to make a complete list, just point out some pitfalls. The same problem occurs however the advance mechanism works. The workpiece must move by the pin thickness less the sawblade thickness, then the whole pin thickness, every other time. It also needs...

Hello, Try Ramsay timber in Appley Bridge, near Wigan. Not far from Formby. Mike.

Hello, You can't fit a dado stack to your Startrite, so commercial box jigs (that I know of) won't work. You could make your own jig to work with a single blade, but it would need some sort of threaded advance mechanism, to move the work across by the finger width, but also allow for the blade...

Hello, Sawtooth bit on end grain, you need some form of gullets to relieve the sawdust. The wavy ones run a bit cooler on side grain cutting and give a nice, smooth wall, but are no better than regular Forstner bits on end grain, in other words, hopeless. Carbide for man made boards. Mike.

Hello, You really want a flat soled shave, no need for the round one on that job. Makes it easier and less chattery. Mike.