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As someone new to bandsaws, with no 16 amp sockets and not much space or height in the workshop, I went with the Laguna 14BX. Spent years saving and deciding. If I had more experience or fettling skills, more space or the ability to move heavier saws on my own i would have explored bigger second...

Didi you mention budget? I recently bought a Laguna 14BX on sale as my first bandsaw. I spent years debating what saw to get. I had no experience of bandsaws so wasn't confident to go second hand. The Laguna was the most power and biggest capacity i could get that runs on a 13 amp plug. So far...

I'm not planning to recess the rear plate. So i can fix through the rail, add spacers in the vertical gap and fix through the top and if i need to replace the top it's it's easy to do just by removing the vertical bolts?

Never had a workbench vice but after a recent project decided it was something i needed to add. I have a slightly unconventional bench, 90mm square legs with a 2x4 top frame that supports an 18mm MFT style top. I built it to aid in building my kitchen but it's proven to be solid as and heavy...

The only place I had to put it at the moment before I reorganise the workshop!

I sanded to 400 and finished with Chestnuts Sanding Sealer and Acrylic Lacquer aerosols and a coat of microcrystalline wax. I stupidly glued the handle on before adding the leather thread so had to keep wrapping it under and over and of course when i got to the end i'd cut it to short. Oh well...

I wanted a chamfer on the lid but the maple I had wasn't wide enough so after I'd ripped it I glued a strip of rosewood in the centre to widen the board and give a added visual feature. I got some great advice on how to cut the splines on the router table and that went really well. Used a bit...

First time making a jewellery box and it was a great fun project. I didn't quite make my self-imposed Christmas deadline and had a few issues along the way and some helpful advice from a few people here for which I am very grateful. This box is very much influenced by one made by J Katz Moses...

Thanks @frankendoodle65 It's one of those decisions, like the bandsaw that I agonised over for so long but am delighted with it so far for my needs.

I know, but it's the only place i could fit it at the moment until i reorganise my small workshop!

@Peter Sefton Thanks for posting those photos Peter, really lovely box and i like the set-up you have for cutting the spline material. I got the box finished, not in time for Christmas sadly but in time for New Year. It was a great project and packed in lots of skills and learning. Helped me...

I got the long arbor from Wealden that has a total length of 107mm, i think that would give plenty of scope for positioning the splines. The set up worked really well.

Thought I should update the thread to say what I bought. I really appreciated the photos from @frankendoodle65, they actually made me realise it would be too big for my space so I went with the AW153E with the optional fine filter. Got the extractor for £300 in the Black Friday sale and they...

Great thank you. That's what i ordered and they arrived today. That is one beautiful box!

@Cordy that looks like a great technique. I don't have a table saw but have a tracksaw and mitre saw. @akirk That jig looks really simple to use, thanks.

Thanks everyone, some really great suggestions and I think I know which way to go. I'll get one of the groovers that @Junah suggested and make a quick sled like the one @PerryGunn linked to. Some really nice examples from @furnace, really nice workmanship! Thanks all! One of the biggest...

Thanks @Peter Sefton , that Jessem mire r slide looks like a beast!

THey look perfect, I'll see if i can get some for tomorrow. Thanks! Don't suppose you'd have a link to which arbor you used?

I probably wasn't clear, it's the slots for the splines i want to cut. I'm happy to resaw the splines themselves on the bandsaw and plane to thickness., sorry!

Just to add i have a router table, and big and trim handheld routers