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You can simply put in the bare URL, the forum software will encapsulate it with the preview. I think I've found the video you refer to, a bit too much pratting around for my taste.

It's simply a very robust mortice chisel. Used for mortices obviously, generally banging out larger mortices in harder wood in short order. No, you don't need one, but if you're doing a lot of that kind of work it is a time saver.

Nice clean looking Hegner scroll saw, appears to be a Multicut 3 variable speed. With footswitch and hold down arm. Just went for £72 on eBay. Someone got an absolute steal. Sadly only noticed with 20 mins to go otherwise I would probably have posted here. If it hadn't been 300 miles away I'd...

Remember usings them quite a bit milling during a brief spell as an engineering apprentice - what was then British Aerospace. Oddly enough used for precision alignment in vices or indeed of the vice itself on the machine table. Get them mostly tightened up then judicious tapping with the rawhide...

Is it going to be fun? Yes. Are you going to kill yourself? Unlikely. Is it cost effective? No one can possibly know, depends on how wide the roots are but they sound like some mechanical assistance is in order. Would I do it? Yes, refer to the first answer.

I'm reminded of what I was told as an engineering apprentice... "If in doubt,  think. If still in doubt ask." That always made me feel nervous, it's not necessarily about common sense: after all how could we anticipate every possible risk to life, limb or workpiece?

But does she still give you little presents... dead mice or birds?

Well I have to admit my "thing" is for redheads so I'm probably not best placed to comment on an objective sense. 😁 They don't deny they are in the trade, but it is surely a broad area. They seem to come from the artisan end, I'm sure they can make a good living saying "I only work silver" or...

I know it's not the meaning of this thread, the first couple of posts clarified that, but it's the sense I always get when I see the subject line.

You say you've swapped chucks but there's at least two ways that can be done. Have you tried reseating the taper?

When I saw the title in the schedule I assumed it was people who knew what they were doing, there's been plenty of series, pottery, stonemasonry etc like that. Didn't tune in because while I have the utmost respect for fine cabinet work I really don't have a lot of time for it. Ultimately what...

My concern is about sideways forces. From the bottle count it appears we're looking at a unit around 6' tall. Since you have two columns the worst case scenario is when one column is full and the other empty - yes I think you have to expect that in reality if one gets nominated red and the other...

Still can't think what it's called. See the sketch and I hope it makes sense. All cutting is on the flat.

I'm replying now more as a placeholder that reminded to come back to anything else. Yes, you can screw into the edge of ply. I've done this at 9mm, never mind 18. Work accurately, use good quality relatively "fast" screws and drill pilot holes. I used "Concept KTX" screws which are my preferred...

Welcome, there's more than a few kitchen fitters here - no I am not one of them. This site is a fairly broad church with a good mix of skills. Ask questions away, as a community our concern is mainly getting the job done rather than massaging egos.

But the natural trees are mostly slow growing deciduous types, oak and the like. Now it seems any managed forest is evergreen, dark, and reeks of mould and sap. We did get some benefit from mostly deforesting the country, in essence it's what kick-started the industrial revolution. Running out...

Actually that's another point I'll raise while I'm commenting, although I don't think it's relevant to Jacob. I recommend keeping those small keyless chucks lubed with powdered graphite. Don't need to get fancy, some fine shavings from a pencil lead are fine. Left dry or even oiled they develop...

Interesting... On first seeing that it's obviously an old vice - I mean  old - as in literally an antique. As the casting says it's a "Parkinson's Perfect Vise". They were one of the pioneers of quick release vices, where you press a lever to quickly make big adjustments to the jaws instead of...

I do a lot of this making circuit boards so that's probably a mixed blessing here - doing hundreds of holes on a regular basis probably makes my approach a bit spendy for occasional use. I find the boxed sets like the "microbox" in the first picture uniformly poor these days. Perhaps 20 years...

I don't suspect we are the target audience. I'll admit I have only a peripheral awareness of them but I'm not their potential customer base. Something like this doesn't translate into an immediate sale, even the marketing exec authorising this knows that. What it does do is create brand...