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I feel your pain. It's always seemed strange to me that so many woodworkers accept that everything they buy will need modification or alteration before using it. There's no way we'd accept that with cars for instance. Having said that it's definitely true that if you buy cheap modern tools...

Result indeed! I almost don't mind that it's cost me over half a day of picking around trying to figure out why I was planing like a ******!! And I've dug out my No 7 and had a practice with that to boot - the cabinet top could not wait for Mr Felder.

I'm equally confused as to why this only manifests on the edge. Can't explain it to be honest. Felder are sending an engineer out with a new table next week. Also giving me a full service, belt change, lube job, the works. They wanted £350 for the visit but I protested loudly. I suspect the...

Thanks Custard. Do you have a link to the Festool test info?

Just a quickie this.... (although I'm sure it will spark a debate!!) If using Dominos to connect carcass elements (legs to stretchers/rails) is it necessary to glue the faces of the timber (one end grain, one long grain) as well as gluing the Dominos, or am I wasting glue? Is it enough to just...

After a few experiments this morning and some more checking and head scratching I found this..... At a point that corresponds exactly with the 'hump' in the workpiece the outfeed table starts to rise, creating the equivalent of a hollow in the table. Phone calls to Felder are about to...

Thats exactly what I meant by 'taking the ends off' in my opening post I've already put a good face on the 170mm side of the board - it's the 42mm edge that's troubling me. What seems odd is that on a wide board I can get a perfectly flat face but the edge causes problems. Am i mixing up...

I've checked the parallelness (I know thats not a real word - co planarity perhaps?) of the tables and it's spot on as far as I can tell. I think that the others are probably right when they say that this could be an issue with technique (or lack of) I'm still not 100% convinced of this as...

The cutter for the Hammer are self setting - either they are in and therefore right or they are not. I've been putting the pressure on AFTER the cutters (the outfeed side) rather than the infeed. So it seems that I need to hand plane some concavity onto the edge and then work it over the PT...

I'm trying to get a face and edge on some 42 x 170 Euro Oak. The boards have been crosscut to 700mm long. My PT is a Hammer A3 260 with approx 550mm both before and after the cutters (indeed and outfeed). I'm using brand new razor sharp blades (three knife head). The problem is that whilst I...

When I owned one of these a few years back everyone suggested I check out a resource by a guy called Mr Sawdust. He wrote a book considered by some to be the definitive word on using these particular saws and the construction of a proper table for them. I must confess that whilst I looked at...

Isn't Tru Oil used for Gunstocks? I believe I have a small tin somewhere that was included with a Browning Shotgun that I bought some years ago. Made by Birchwood Casey i seem to recall. I must confess that I never thought about using it as a furniture finish as I believe it's fiercely...

I certainly will Andy. It seems to me that there is a gap in the market for a really decent book on finishing aimed at the UK market. Having searched through the Forum this comes up quite a lot. There are obviously some people here with enough knowledge to write at least a chapter. Maybe a UKW...

So I took the coffee table out of it's strapping the other day and here she is... These pictures show a few little gaps in the glue up lines.....bugger! If you've read my plea for help in the Finishes section of the Forum you'll know that this piece is destined for Tung Oil and then Wax...

Thanks for the advice people. Obviously my first step is to up the ante with my sanding routine (feeling slightly ashamed of only going to 150 grit!! :oops: ) Next up to start experimenting with Danish Oil and serious multi coating. (I thought four was a lot!!) SWIMBO has heard my cries and has...

29 degs in the workshop porch here in sunny Kent. 32 in the actual workshop.

No takers?

Cetirizine works for me. Depending on the cause of your hay fever some say that eating local honey helps. Cant say I know this to be true but it's not an unpleasant thing to have to try. HTH

Unsuitable for your old mum I agree. Not all wheelchairs and their users though. Having said that I do wish the client would simply let me build a square/rectangular table with either large overhangs as you suggested or widely spaced legs so that his w/chair can easily fit between them. I...

Thanks for all the replies. It does seem that a few assumptions are being made that are leading to some 'interesting' comments. To clarify a few points: I would always make up a mock up of a piece such as this - almost a given I would have thought. The clients wheelchair DOES need to go...