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Hello, Cutting shy of the line and then paring is something that should be avoided when doing dovetails. Inevitably, everyone inadvertantly cuts a little shy from time to time, but cutting to the line is what you should aim to do every time. With practice, you get there, whereas avoiding the...

Not so much. Plaster of Paris sets very quickly and in thicker sections, is more pourable and easier to fill voids with and sets rock hard. Polyfiller does not like being used in thick sections, you have to layer up, which is not convenient here. It might take an age to set if you tried to. It...

Hello, I would say that should read, 'either excavate a matching cavity, or set in plaster of paris' I would do the latter. Make a rectangular box so the hone is suitably proud above the top. Prop up underneath with wedges to level and pour in the Plaster of Paris. Mike.

Hello, One of these? Seems a bit spendy though. I should think it is easy for a man if your calibre to make their own. I did, though out of the machine spares box, as much as wood. http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-su ... hes-502665

Hello, I'm fine, thanks for asking. You seem to miss the point of a forum, though. I want to take notice of what you say. You have skill and knowledge that I want to hear about. I'll decide whether it is something I can incorporate into my methodology, and others will do similarly. Let us hear...

Hello, So why not use your Sorby Pro Edge? Making stuff up again, so you have something to say? We all know, ad nauseum, your feelings on sharpening. FFS tell us something useful, or I'll forget I said I missed you when you were banned! Start a thread on some joinery technique we might not...

Hello, I've recommended Chris Tribe's book before, but I think it is worth mentioning again here. It is one of the best beginners books around these days and the section on tool prep, sharpening and use is very good and not overly complicated. Beginners should have a copy of this. It is backed...

Hello, Paint it green and grey and call it a FESTONG or something. Probably sell for £100 a pop to the fan boys. :lol: Mike.

Hello, The thicknesser cannot tell if the timber is one long piece 10 ft long or 10 pieces 1ft long when they are fed end to end. A 10 ft long piece will only get snipe at the leading end as the planer head engages and snipe at the trailing end when it disengages. The idea of gang feeding is...

Hello, This is sound advice. This, coupled with gang feeding all the pieces in a 'train' so that you'll only get infeed snipe on the first piece and outfeed snipe on the last piece, all the pieces in between will be fine. If you make your last passes ultra fine, you should be able to minimise...

Hello, Indeed, when nailing thin splitty stuff, I always start the nail backwards. This does two things; it blunts the nail point, for reasons stated above, and makes a counter bore for the head, so when the nail is finally hammered flush, the head has somewhere to go, rather than forcing the...

Hello, There is a point to it. Blades used for cutting curves don't want to cut straight when you need them to. The pins will keep the kerf running parallel to the fence, regardless of how the thin blade will try 'remember' it wants to cut a curve. I can't say how effective his set up actually...

Hello, The VFD will need a latching switch wired into it. The one on your Meetings will do fine, but disconnect it for now and save for wiring into the VFD. Mike.

Hello, It is a morticer, look up slot morticer! They are very common in Europe. Mike.

Hello, If the use of push sticks on a surface planer means the bridge guard has to be moved aside, exposing lots of cutter block, then it is completely against HSE directives and should not be advised as a 'safe' technique. Do as you like in your own workshop, but those things should never be...

Hello, I vaguely remember a quote from a wood craftsman, can't remember the source; it went something like this. You might be offered a bench near a window, which might seem like a good thing. But a view is a distraction, when your back is not bent, you are not earning anything. The paintings...

Hello, I would speculate, I don't know for sure, but I think Chippendale would have supplied benches. Many journeyman furniture's makers would have worked in the workshops in London and other places, and couldn't build a bench every time they moved workshop. It is possible some permanent...

Hello Do the knives have slots for the screws to engage? If so, they will have some sort of 'washer' head and will be specific to that machine. Inca spares might be very hard to come by, though. You could invest in something like these, which will enable you to set the knives without the...

Hello, They are reallistically priced, though. The OP hasn't fallen into the trap of underpricing his stuff early on into the venture. which would be fatal. I hope he does well, but fear he might fall into the same problems that all freestanding furniture makers do. There are a few who post...

Hello, Do you make mdf drawers by nailing the sides into a rebate in the front? If not, why not? Which makes my statement less sweeping than factual. If you do glue and nail drawers into rebates, how exactly do you do it 'properly'? I'm sure the furniture you make is fine, but my saying that...