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Hello, Re-think the position of at least some of the upper rails if you want to fit a vice(s)! Personally, I would off set front and back rails from the side rails so the mortices and tenons do not clash. Lovering the front rails would prevent the clashing and leave space for a shoulder vice...

Hello, Have you noticed that the tablesaw is handed opposite to convention? It is a very peculiar machine! Mike.

Hello, Ulmia are the best, but lie down before you look at the prices. Even second hand they can be eye wateringly expensive. I managed to get a 352 fixer upper for reasonable money, but it wasn't pretty. It was all there though and they are so solid they refurbish well. Mine cuts dead on...

Hello, I'd bet a pound to a pinch it is Sapele. Mike.

Hello, Finally got my shed into some sort of workspace that might suit me and not drive me mad from lack of space! I don't think..... Anyway, I've had some ABW acclimatising over the past month and have started to build a bedside cabinet, can't afford 2 so the missus will get it, and it is a...

Hello, And the thinner the stock the less distance the marking tool has to be inserted into the joint. I've done drawers with sides as thin as 3/16 in and there is no restriction on marking through the tail sockets. Also, gang sawing tails first really only saves time in the marking out. You...

Hello, I have one about 12 in by 18 in for the length of the L and about 6 in wide. It does me for any drawers I do. TBH since I have stopped working professionally, I don't do too many dovetails, mainly because it has taken so long to get my shed into a reasonable place to work. Just last...

Hello, I have an L shaped support board, made precisely at 90 deg, clamp the short leg to the bench and the long leg supports the work upright. I can clamp the work to it, if I feel the need. Mike.

Hello, That is contradictory, but it is never clear what is pins or tails, unless there is a definition and these things are named. Pins would be the bit of wood left after cutting away the tail sockets. For instance the pins would be on a drawer front. Tails would be on the drawer side, and...

Hello, It is what you get used to doing. Dovetailing is about doing over and over until the technique is perfected, and if you start tails first, that is what you program yourself to do. Doing it the other way will seem strange. I cut pins first, and I think it is better, actually. I did do...

Hello, I went to college in America, and space balls were ridiculed there, an absolute no no! Panels should fit snugly with no rattling and were rigourously tested by the tutors. Even in quite high humidity swings, the narrow groove and the tongue of the panel shouldn't change enough to cause a...

Hello, No, that does have the lateral adjustment bit, if you choose to use it. Stanley's version of the Norris adjuster wasn't any good because Stanley made a bloody hash at manufacturing it. Too much slip and lash everywhere. The Veritas one is very good. That said, if you are going to use a...

=P~ I understand, but a tinny little bandsaw isn't going to help much. If you are not prepared to learn to use a handplane for straightening, squaring, removing material to an accurate dimension, all needing to be done after bandsawing anyway, then I feel woodwork might not be for you. most of...

Hello, I would go another way! Realistically, you are not going to make stuff from sawn hardwood without the machines to convert it into usable material. A biggish bandsaw and an accurate surface planer/thicknesser will be the minimum here and 200 pounds is not going to make a dent in that. A...

Hello, The Leigh jig can be set up to make sliding dovetails, oddly enough. Mike.

Hello, Sliding dovetails, both leaves of the top slide horizontally onto the leg section. The exposed tenon may or may not be a sliding dovetail too. Mike.

Hello, That is a real shame, I think the lack of appreciation of makers by the general public will see more of this in the future. I folded a few years ago, but couldn't let my kit go. It would be the sensible thing to do, but I can't bring myself to do it. I'm trying to make stuff for myself...

Hello, A link to dovetail making, pins first, a la North Bennet Street School. It is likely to drive Jacob around the twist, I hope! :lol: http://www.finewoodworking.com/2017/02/ ... =182869533 TBH there is too much chisel paring for my liking, and I don't like people who start the saw on...

Hello, Likely your feed rate is too high. Re-sawing thick timber takes longer than most realise. Because the softwood is, well, soft, your are likely to be pushing it through the blade even faster. For that thickness material, your blade choice is fine, just slow down a bit. Mike.

Hello, As you have been corrected before, several times in fact, Krenov said he was an amateur 'in the true sense of the word'. Which means, doing things for the love of it, not being forced into professional expedients. He earned a living by making cabinets, writing and teaching woodwork, so...