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Hello, You might be right, re. tooth count, I just figured the 60 tooth 250mm blade I use myself gives good results, so 72 on a 315mm blade would give a similar results. Dropping to 60 might do just as well. Thanks for the link. Mike.

Hello, I agree with what you say , Deema, and if it were my brand new Sedgwick saw I'd likely get an Atkinson Walker blade for myself. But at £110 for a 72 tooth crosscut, when a Wealden is £65, it is a bit hard to justify to the school finance dept. TBH it is a cap in hand job for asking for...

Hello, Thanks, the supplied blade is an Atkinson Walker, but I was hoping it wasn't the only brand I could use. They are fine blades, but school budgets are marginal and I need to spend no more than I have to. A Wealden blade is half the price and the quality is good. The finance department...

Hello, Just moved into a brand new school with all new equipment. Had to rub my eyes and pinch myself, as all the machinery is top of the range stuff, which is unusual for new school budget bean counters. Anyway, had a play with the new Sedgwick TS today and the rip blade it is equipped with...

Hello, It is a portable site saw, not a cabinet makers saw. You might be expecting too much of it, it is 10th the cost of a precision machine. That is not to say it is useless, but you have to judge it in the context of was designed and made for. A couple of thoughts; if you can only align the...

Hello, Screw a light bulb holder on the front, glue it on to an off cut, so it will stand on its end, and you'll have a £200 lamp. Well worth a fiver for re-purposing. (hammer) Oh, I see, your actually thinking you might use it as a plane! :? Mike.

Hello, Perhaps save the task of sharpening saws that cannot be bought with induction hardened teeth, such as dovetail saws and backsaws in general. If the hardpoint handsaws do the job, and IMHO they generally do most jobs I use a handsaw for, then maybe just continue with those. The saw you...

Hello, Thanks for that, Custard, I too set my sides a smidgen proud with drawer fronts fitted tightly into the openings. In fact I actually plane a slight angle on the ends of my drawer fronts, so they only just begin to fit the openings and go no further than about the first 1/8in, then wedge...

Hello, Thinking back, it was on a carcase when I gave the rebate trick a try, once. I think it worked well in that instance, as the dovetails were as much aesthetic as structural; I seem to recall there being 13 tails on each corner, so I suppose I reasoned I should give myself every small...

Hello, The biggest problem I see, with the rebate trick in drawer-making, is that you don't really want to do the rebate trick on the back of the drawers. The rebate would show on the through dovetails on the sides, as the sides have a half tail on their top edge. But you would set your marking...

Hello, This was exactly my findings when I converted to pins first, about 15 years ago. I used the rebate trick not long after, for one job, but haven't since, for some inexplicable reason. I don't know where I got the idea for that, I was experimenting with different ways to do things, to see...

Hello, Try this; http://www.pbs.org/video/woodwrights-sh ... d-table-2/ Though I think the method is more hybrid, dovetail as much as possible, rough out the rest straight, then dovetail the remainder. Roy should slow down a bit, it's not pretty, but method is fine. Mike.

Sorry, double post, Mike.

Hello, It is interesting to see the male portion of the joint being cut vertically with this set up, whereas it is done with the timber on the flat with the traditional planes. It is also interesting to find that this kit at $682 does not come with the plane! ($259 extra and that still might...

Hello Derek, Are you a Leftie, Derek. Both your male and female planes are mirror images of what I would think a right handed person would use, and indeed suggested by the vintage ones shown. And if you are left handed, why don't you have the left hand version of the Veritas rebate plane? Is it...

Hello, The shouldering plane looks wider than I would have expected. This looks ideal for the female part for dovetailed batons, such as you might find in the wide lid of a chest, or boarded and batoned cabinet backs. But for bookcase shelves into cabinet sides, I should think it too wide for...

Hello, I've only ever done them with an electric router. I wonder if the common use of them these days is solely down to that, because the female portion seems too long winded to do if speed of production is important. The sliding dovetail in tripod tables, as CC mentions must be especially...

Hello, Planes exist for running the male portion of a sliding dovetail. In fact there are still some being manufactured in Europe as well as by specialist plane makers; Philly springs to mind. The only planes I know of, and I'm talking from a limited knowledge, for cutting the female portion...

Hello, I understand how cap ironed rebate planes and ones with a high EP help control tearout. Fine mouthed ones less so, if making rebates in a sensible time frame is desirable. But, excepting a few instances, how important are clean inner surfaces to a rebate anyway? I can see that heinous...

Hello, I had a casual thought a while ago, but did nothing to prove it one way or another, and this thread just reminded me. Could a biggish rebate be cut with a combination plane used as a plough. Narrowest blade the better to reduce the effort, and keep both skates on the work for stability...