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Hello, Don't think the Shakers used plywood, so there is no such think as standard size of plywood for shaker doors! :lol: I think 3/8 router bit is too big for 9mm ply, especially if you use lower grade ply, that tends to be a bit thinner yet. You should be able to get 9mm router bits...

Hello, Oh FFS I drew this with no trig, just a compass, rule and a square. you can do it easily on a piece of mdf. Draw a half section through the centre line, cut out, fair smooth and use as a template for making the other half. repeat. double stick tape them together and make them the same...

That is one way of looking at it! Simpler to just ensure the centre of the lower radius is vertically aligned with the centre of the top one. Provided the legs are parallel in width, you can do whatever you like with the leg angle, top 'rail' width, size of (congruous) curvature. It is cutting...

Hello, You don't need a 27 inch wide bench. At least not the working portion. 18 inches is fine, and about as wide as a normal person can plane flat from the front side, which is where it will be done when the bench is made up. I would rip 3 inch widths and lam them up so you have a thick...

Hello, Making the drawing is extremely easy, Jacob as you keep repeating over and over....... But making the template accurate enough is not, which is the point that is being made. It is not impossible, but not easy without, let's say, a bobbin sander to fair the inside curves. And it will...

Hello, I'm not sure why you couldn't draw your own! Try it. Mike.

Hello, In my opinion, you are better off with something like these. http://www.axminster.co.uk/veritas-4-wa ... amp-475309 Those corner clamps you show don't put the pressure quite where it is needed. Mike.

Hello, What about rounding the inside of the joint, so it will mate with the top? The inside is where you'll get a short grain breakage problem. It is your call as to whether the large amount of end grain showing on the half lap will look good. My opinion would be not. Mike.

Hello, I'm not trying to put you off, just offering some advice on the reality of making these. When anyone tries to make reproductions of a machine made thing they often run into problems of wrongly perceived simplicity. By the way, if you were to make the legs from 18 mm ply, they would not...

Hello, I would totally agree with this. Those tables are designed for CNC production and whilst they could be done as a one off set, they would require a decent set of tools to do them. They look simple, and to a degree they are, but in that simplicity for a CNC there are complexities for a...

Hello, Jacob has the right idea, make one template, draw around on the sheet material of choice, cut around with a jigsaw slightly oversize, and use a router to flush trim to the template. Repeat 5 more times. Spend time getting the template spot on and the actual making of the legs can be done...

Hello, Theft of Intellectual property. There is an excuse for not doing them! Mike.

Hello, These any good? I use one to adapt to most Sanders, saws, biscuit jointers etc. Dunno why the cost 14 quid though, I suppose if you need one.... http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-ta ... s-ax966250 Mike.

Hello, I Notice you edited in parents today. Thank the lord you did, because the teachers are working themselves into the ground, but the kids attitude is deplorable, which can only be modified by parental guidance....it obviously isn't happening. I'm not officially a teacher, but by a strange...

Hello, I only wondered about the sweep, because we are only lowering the background around the letters, so don't need anything radical. We don't need to dig deep holes, shallower sweeps are better than deep ones. Something around 3~6 on the Sheffield list. Obviously I'm not expecting or need...

Hello, For the job in hand, they look OK. For £3 odd a go, I would not have thought the would be any good, without a recommendation, so thanks, I'll give them a try. You don't happen to know what sort of sweep they are, do you? I guess they only come in one sort, does it vary with width...

Hello, I'm not a particularly good woodcarver, but did the occasional bit when pressed, if the client wanted some in the furniture I made. Consequently I have probably more carving tools than I should!! I really should set some time aside to get better..... Anyway, a couple of the kids in...

Hello, If the sycamore were beautiful, clean boards, then I might agree, but I doubt from the look of these, that they are, so a bench seems like a good use for them. Sycamore is regarded as a weed tree, so it is hardly wasting prime furniture wood. It is only that if it has been stored and...

Hello, Tomorrow, I'm going to saw up my next door neighbour's original Victorian sash windows and then burn them in the garden. It is mainly because I don't like them very much, but I'll learn a bit about joinery whilst I'm at it. :lol: Or I could read a book! Mike.

Hello, So you'll saw all the tails and pins right to the line, because that is the best way to get a fit, off the saw. But you'll (purposely) fudge the edge cuts and pare away the waste. It doesn't make much sense to me! Did we forget how to cut straight just on these cuts. If the saw isn't up...