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Well yesterdays plans went astray and ended up spending the time I had allotted for Secret Santa manufacturing rearranging machines in the workshop. Today however, I made some good progress. I'm in new territory with this years offering so the current item may be a working prototype - we'll...

Wrong I'm afraid - the work at height regulations created a regime where any height off the ground requires a risk assessment to determine the appropriate method of work. This could still be a sawhorse or a trestle if you can demonstrate that it is appropriate and have a safe and sufficient...

As a first serious plane purchase something the length of a 5 1/2 is ideal and more than adequate for finishing machine straightened edges. The Veritas LAJ is the same length and would also be a good choice. Ed

I reckon Utile would be a good choice - its fairly dense and hard and not ridiculously priced. The traditional choice of Beech is also worth considering. Ed

I love the idea of the 51/52, but for the kind of money they go for you could buy a Festool Capex and never shoot again... (wait for barrage of replies ref power tool Vs hand tool.....) Ed

Looking good mate - the drawer slips are very flash! Ed

You can do it how you like - stay anonymous or not. Personally, if I've slaved over a masterpiece of toolmaking I'd like the recipient to know where it came from. Ed

You could still get the size of chamfer I'm talking about, even without the bigger overhang - it looks as though theres room across the front of your table. I like the shelf with the optical illusion curve - might nick that idea... Ed

I trust theres no euphemism in there that I don't get... :shock: and you are referring to our blog Ed

A bigger chamfer like these; would lighten the edges and also casts a nice shadow onto the lower edge of the top. Ed

I don't know about banned on most sites - hop ups are allowed on my sites. The only thing not allowed tends to be trestles. This is one of those things people like to quote in a Daily Mail H&S gone mad way, but its not actually true in most cases. Ed

I'm really happy with my Axminster AP5300, definitely recommended.

I think this http://blog.woodworking-magazine.com/bl ... e+Job.aspx would be a good secret santa gift. Its not what I'm doing by the way... Ed

I'm building a supermarket in Telford at the moment so am there a fair bit. Regrettably I know of no good woodworking shops in the area, although it may be I have not found them yet. Ed

The JB-102 hinges have an inbuilt stop in them, so you don't need to worry about that if using them. Ed

I like the detail where the top meets the leg Ed

Forget that - I just tried it and the link doesn't work anymore.

I had a link to the previous years on last years thread on this forum, if that helps

I've been meaning to make one to this design for a while; http://www.popularwoodworking.com/artic ... _sawbench/ Ed

I originally had a DW733 thicknesser, using hand methods for any planing parts of the job. I then purchased a Scheppach HMS260Ci planer/thicknesser which is a reasonable machine. However, I find that I can't be bothered to covert the Scheppach from one mode to another, so I use that as a planer...