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Steve, a thirty second UToob search came up with this little clip which ought to convince you. The dowel joint was the strongest on test by a considerable margin - Rob

Clearly you haven't read my sig block. No, I no longer work for Ax and haven't done so since 2017. Silverline dowels are appalling...when I bought my Dowelmax some time ago the chap importing them from Canada told me that they were 'DIY quality' (his words) even though he supplied them with the...

Nope, contact is still made on the drawer bottom and top (runners & kickers) but the wide sides don't need to touch the carcase. If you have a peek at the pic above taken during the construction of my CoD, you'll see that it's impossible to make and fit one in the conventional way as the side...

Steve, if you care to search on UToob, there's a couple of vids. Basically, Derek was as gobsmacked as me but what he did was to set up a number of joints (m/t, doweled, biscuit etc) using identical sectioned timber and then test them to destruction in a hydraulic jig. Unsurprisingly, the...

It's a myth. Some years ago Derek Jones from F&C showed that a dowel joint, properly constructed with a Dowelmax jig was stronger than the equivalent m&t joint. Strange, but true - Rob

If you look at the pic in the linkie, the Sabre appears to have a huge lump of 'sticky out' mounting rail which to me looks like an accident waiting to happen. The solid bar is good, but that wouldn't be my choice of machine for that reason - Rob

I now build my drawers using a rail housed into the carcase: the rail then runs in a groove underneath the centre drawer muntin. As the drawer runs on the rail, the drawer box sides don't ever need to touch the carcase and the front is just screwed in place. Drawers made like this are more...

How about these? - Rob

I appreciate that John; 'horses for dooberies' as ever :D The thrust of my comment was that it's virtually impossible to use a cambered blade with a bevel up plane iron, so you need to make allowances, one of which is to knock off the corners to prevent 'tram lines' - Rob

Glad it got to you OK Sam, good to natter the other day, even if only by email - Rob

I use BU up planes almost exclusively now (for at least the last 12 years) and because the iron is held on the plane bed at 12 degrees, it's virtually impossible to use a blade with a camber...so I don't, but the corners are relieved to prevent 'tram lines'. The notion that you must, or are...

Spectacular! Is this the the project that Hamish was trying to get the Prince of Wales interested in? - Rob

Absolutely agreed M but I'd add the occasional ****-up and in my case, lots of ****-ups to that list :lol: - Rob

This was was over forty years ago Custard and I might have been slightly 'green'. In the particular yard I visited there was a whole pile of walnut that seemed as big as a house and this one prime butt was stacked some way from it. When I enquired, the chaps said that it had been spoken for by...

Times and prices change John. When I was at uni a few moons ago now I bought a whole log of prime English Walnut for £70. All 50mm thick boards and all originally destined for Holland & Holland to be made into shotgun stocks - Rob

Excellent Steve. I need one too...now on my tuit list (hammer) - Rob

I sometimes, though not always, just use a couple of coats of shellac on the inside of a box followed by some Renaissance Wax applied with a grey Webrax from Ax - Rob

If you ever get as far as Japan, cash, strangely, is still king although CC cards are taken is bigger shops. Take lots and lots of it - Rob

I just finished it this afternoon, so haven't used it yet. It's a heavy, chunky wee beastie so I need to be a bit careful cramping it to the bench top; the handwheels spin very freely on the spindles and it certainly grips anything put between the jaws. The trickiest part of the build is making...

Moxon vic using the Benchraft kit from CHT Made from 45mm thick Euro Oak - Rob