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Hello, Bandsaw, and a big one at that, relatively speaking. The rule is, manufacturers specs need to be taken with a pinch of salt. If you want to cut 200 mm stuff, then don't get a saw that says it will cut a maximum of 200 mm. Yes, the guides might go that high, but the saw is not likely to...

Hello, I think it was the doors and such that added value, not the hand done mortices per se. But the mortices had to be done, so no point labouring the issue. Mike.

Hello, This is the crux, cutting the the tenons is much more taxing. Morticing is just bashing a wedge into a bit of wood. It really doesn't matter if the bevel faces the centre or the boundaries, or whether you chop from the centre out or from the boundaries towards the centre, or from one...

Hello, Sharpening mortice chisels, now this is where the universe collapses! Mike.

Hello, Unless I'm confused too, I think you are saying what I'm saying as per the Frank Klaus's video I just posted, which I think is what Jacob said, regarding which way the chisel faces. I think Ian Kirby does it the other way around, and with just as much success, he really whacks the chisel...

Hello, If the Rider version of the 80 really does have a blade hardened to Rc 63, then how can it be burnished? Do Axminster really just expect the user to hone the blade like a plane? I have the Veritas version of the 112, which has an extra knob to put a bow in the blade, which the LN and...

Hello, To be fair, he is instructing the viewers. When he is chiselling, he doesn't stop. If he wasn't talking between times, he wouldn't stop at all. If you time him, and omit the bits where he has the ordasity to stop and explain what is going on, he actually takes less than than 2 minutes to...

Hello, I bet Mr Ford did it very similar to this, what do you think, Jacob. Quick, no fuss and well, does the job. http://www.finewoodworking.com/2006/08/ ... se-by-hand Mike.

Hello, You are right in theory, but in practice, it is not quite like that. With the thin shavings made by a plane, a human cannot push a plane that can make shavings much thicker than 6-8 thou at full width, the wood is compressible enough for the sole to be pulled flat onto the surface. It is...

Hello, Careful, Santa will be cross with you. :ho2 Mike.

Hello, That is what I mean, wide wheel can bog down with a wide area of contact. I have to say, if you are gentle then it will be fine, but if you ever have a lot of material to remove, impatience gets the better of you and even a 300 watt motor can be bogged down. Why didn't the OP mention...

Hello, I would suggest that a 200 watt motor is a bit underpowered. I wouldn't get any less than 1/2 horsepower myself. Mike.

Hello, You might try a mortice chisel after Christmas. :wink: Mike.

Hello, Don't slow the router down for harder stuff, but take more, shallower passes to get to the final depth. Speed control is generally down to cutter diameter, bigger diameter lower speed, irrespective of the material being used. Mike.

Hello, Starrett is an excellent choice of square, I think they are peerless. However, I would have got a rule graduated only in the units I use. Dual reading rules are a PITA because the measurements don't scan across the the face of the rule and this is really annoying in use. Also Starrett...

Hello, Yes, it probably will be it. I think you are worrying a bit too much though, .5 mm either way is not going to matter. Especially since you have an adjustable outfeed table. The only thing that might need altering is the thicknesser scale, as accurate as they are! Don't forget, the feed...

Hello, You don't always use the square for marking lines and not always with a pencil. A knife is finer, so less tolerant of out of square. And what about trying for square? More often than not I'm using a square to test face side to face edge squareness, and trying the ends of boards for...

Hello, I got an 3 phase Elliott Progress No1 floorstander a few years ago for 90 pounds of that ebay. 75 pounds for an inverter. It is likely older than me, but is smoother and more precise than anything I have seen new below 1000. And it now has infinitely variable speed. I can understand the...

Hello, I don't own one, I made my own and would advise this as the best way if you have a tight budget, possibly the best way even if money is less of an object. I do know someone with one, though. I think it is pants. A sheet of MRMDF with a hole drilled into it, a couple of coats of sanding...

Hello, Try something like these, http://www.rutlands.co.uk/sp+planer-bla ... JIG?tyah=y Not a bad price at the minute. PUWER regulations state that planer knives should only project a maximum of 1.1 mm. Hope this helps. Mike.