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hi Mike, like a lot of internet forum threads, there is some good advice and some very negative stuff, You have to take a take both to give you a balanced view. I think you should stick with your current job as it gives you security and focus on making a number of small pieces that challenge...

Hello, Does it 'seem' likely you will get a decent router table for 40 quid. If you had to post the question here, you already doubt it. Avoid. If you are template routing, the fence and feather boards are redundant, but the surface of the table needs to be smooth and omnidirectional. The...

Hello, I agree with this totally. And I think I might be one of the few here who is almost totally self taught. Yes, I did attend the College of the Redwoods, but it was after I had been professional for several years. I went to find out if I was as good as I had hoped, as I had no real way of...

Hello, I can't comment on your particular model, but my track saw only really has trouble with dusty boards. Melemine is one of the grippier materials TBH. Suction likes shinier surfaces, i have found. I would guess there is a problem with the saw blade being out of parallel with the slot for...

Hello, I have got the worlds only 90.00r degree square in my posession, just by lucky hap. I have it safely locked up in a box, with Schrodinger's Cat, until the day someone invents a uni-molecular pointed pencil made from Graphene, to make full use of it. Oh and a uni photon thick laser to...

Hello, Yes, the silver tip are the ones I use. Russian Constructivism was something I liked many years ago , Naum Gabo was who I really liked amongst others who I forget now. I'll have to rekindle that interest again, thanks for reminding me. Mike.

Hello, No, your are exactly right. I don't think anyone needs a working section of bench top wider than about 450 mm in fact, anything wider is a PITA to plane flat and is never used anyway. I think one of mine is 17 or 18 inches wide, has a removable tool well of about 8 inches and then a...

Hello, Gerrit Rietveld is alive and well! Don't worry about the sanding sealer job, you get used to getting it on fast, try a white nylon paintbrush like those made by Wooster. They are great. But remember, it is designed to be sanded, so any imperfections go away. Put on a couple of coats...

Hello, Jacob uses them, anything else is a modern fad and only for hobbyists. (hammer) Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't most if not all the Roman planes have their irons pitched high, like 60 degrees or something? I shouldn't think this would suggest a motivation to 'invent' or 'develop' a...

Hello, I would rip the 150 mm stuff into 75 mm stuff and glue the staves so you end up with a 75 mm thick board, from only one set of edge up laminations. It is a pain getting the thickness by double stacking, unless you have some way if flattening the boards absolutely dead flat, and as Mr. T...

Hello, Perhaps because the iron age was no longer ago than 2500-3000 years ago. 20 000 is palaeolithic, predating neolithic and bronze ages. We will always find surprising artifacts that predate what we knew before, but certainly no iron or bronze tools 20 000 years ago. I would doubt anyone...

Hello, there is a router base that fits the Bosch rails that has a universal fit. And I do believe, that although no other saws will fit the Bosch/Mafell rails, the Bosch saw will fit the other types of rail. I'd go for Bosch or Mafell, hands down. http://www.axminster.co.uk/bosch-router ...

Hello, Chris and the others are right about the solitude being difficult to deal with at times. company is the thing, for at least some of the time. aside from men in sheds, do you have any grandchildren that might like to join in? I saw this the other day, this or something similar couldn't...

Hello, Crowdfunding, I'd be interested to see if anyone has used it for furniture, too. The link cowfoot posted earlier has a crowdfunding element, but not on the furniture as such but on an innovation thing, Lab. httpebastiancox.co.uk/shop?category=Bayleaf Mike.

Hello, Thank you Beech, you are a gentleman and a scholar! Most helpful =D> =D> =D> Mike.

Hello, And if you read it closely, is tells of the dangers of having capital tied up in stuff you may not easily or ever sell, of coming up with a design that can be batched efficiently and still have the unique mark of the maker, of getting the order books full of takers before commencing the...

Hello, Thanks for more good advice. Don't worry, my dovetail jig saw much more action than my dovetail saw, trust me! And my supplier of veneered MDF saw my face more than my solid timber supplier; come to think of it so did my paint supplier, most of the stuff I did towards the end was painted...

Hello, Jacob, almost all small makers, one man outfits, do one offs a lot of the time and only when commissioned. You didn't make dozens of windows hoping a customer with the right sizes apertures just happened to come along. Batch production when you get a whole house of windows, yes, just the...

Hello, I've done a little, but Custard's answer, welcome by the way, pretty much sums it up. There is a nice fellow with an antique shop just along the road from me. When I say antique I mean real antique, not one of the multitude of bric a brac shops that open up everywhere these days, but not...

Hello, The 044 blades have grooves in the back, and are different to the plain ones with a notch that fit the 044c. I wouldn't get those to modify. The earlier Records had blades specific to the models, which is why I originally said they were not compatible. The later 044c, 045c and 50c did...