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This is a timely thread for me. I am loyal to this one panel board supplier located right on the on Essex/Suffolk border. I know and trust them and they have never let me down in our 12 year association. I gave then £17,000 worth of business last year alone: all of it oak or pine furniture...

I do a lot of work in period buildings. I try to get things period correct but sometimes the old mouldings have been stripped out and there is nothing to work from. In these cases I have bought mouldings off of - or stolen their profiles when making my own - mostly from this company. At the top...

Its all just practice. Like anything else I suppose. In my experience if you are just starting out on dovetails/tenons etc the chisel will be more important than the saw initially as it is here you will make your corrections and bring your cuts up to the lines. I don’t know where you are getting...

Im so thick. I couldn’t work this out. I thought you’d misspelt joinery. I get it now (shuffles off head down in embarrassment).

Wahay. Its gonna get fun and dusty in your garage. Working with wood is both my profession and my hobby and I hope you will enjoy it as much as I do. A dovetail box is a great place to start. My old boss who taught me my trade - unfortunately long dead now - used to get me practicing dovetails...

Where I come from all the houses are made of timber stud. Once the carpenter has all the walls up and the roof on the electricians come round for a couple of days with their drills and run the wiring between the studs and joists. They use a lot of angle drills for the reasons stated immediately...

Agree with the above. After removing the old finish I would use Osmo. I have put it onto scores of worktops over the past 10 years and never had a problem. It is a great product. You don’t need any particular skill to put it down: but you do need good ventilation. It is heat resistant and most...

Oh okay. good to know

This isn’t so much a joke but something my grandfather once said that still makes me laugh. Bob - my Grandad - died in 1981 and was a sheep and cattle farmer in New Zealand. In the mid 1930s he bought 90 acres of native bush and scrub that he would eventually clear to become his farm. To save...

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I don’t quite understand the Aldi comment as aren’t they a supermarket. But machinemart stock Clarke bandsaws and usually have them on display in store for you to look at.

Last 3 jobs done since 7th February. Variety is the spice of life. Raised pitch of studio roof. Loved this job because my son was visiting and we had a day on that roof together. You can’t tell how cold we are up there in this picture. Bathroom cab built in for a regular customer… Loadsa...

Sorry, should also have added that those Oakley boards are a little bit overpriced in my experience: but the quality is OK. I work on the Essex/Suffolk border and there are two local firms up here that have the identical boards that are a little cheaper. Hopefully this will be the case near you.

To be honest I don’t know what the last two products you list are. However, I use a lot of furniture board in my joinery. My last order was 65 @ 2400x600x18mm in the week before christmas for a big oak library room I did in January. I love working with these boards as they are solid wood for...

Hi, Just checking not being rude. Have you scrolled all the way down to the bottom of the page on your reply email from your customer. If you haven’t you may find that their reply is present below your message as the entire conversation between the two of you is presented chronolgically; in...

i have a makita track saw that I use with a trend router extractor. While I can’t comment on the festool for a comparison I can say that very little dust is in evidence after cuts. As a side note if you are going to be breaking down a lot of sheets - I make a lot of caninetry out of 8x4...

Makita shot themselves in the foot with me. Their gear is so good they have never got much money out of me. For example, I have a 1/4” router and a 9” circular saw that I bought in 1987 still going strong: and I got the saw second hand in a pawn shop. That 9” saw was used and abused daily - I’m...

Sorry about your arthritis mate. Mine is getting bad (early 50s) and the other local joiner where I live is about to retire as his is chronic. Occupational hazard. A doctor told me last year that putting all your weight behind your bent fingerjoints pushing timber through machinery/using a hand...

Always a few of these in the van

I do as above but instead of dowels and glue I use dowels and the product below. It isn’t cheap though and you have to buy a special gun: the price is not a concern for me as the customer is always paying for it. Maybe there is a similar cheaper product. I agree that a sub-sill looks like an...