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For me the difference between the “engineering approach” and the “non-engineering approach” is that the timber engineer finds beauty and meaning primarily in very precise, accurate geometry, whereas the non-engineer finds it primarily in more intuitive, inexact forms. Machines tend to favor the...

Hope I'm not teaching my grandmother to suck eggs here, but I have just got one of these http://www.3dconnexion.com/ and if you use sketchup it is an amazing productivity booster. Basically it allows you to move the model around in 3d with the your left hand while designing with the mouse in...

Maybe so, maybe not. But I wonder if it is necessary to privilege hand tool skills over other types of skills? I'm hand tool focused myself, and I value skill with hand tools. As a result there are huge areas of skill with machines which I know nothing about. These would require of me just...

I think JK kept his pretty tidy too from what I remember him saying in his books :wink: I think as others have said it's about personality types. I shared a workshop for a while with some guys who took the "woodwork as engineering" approach, and I was blown away by the precision of what they...

Well they've updated their instructions since I bought mine, or my memory is playing tricks! :?

All I know is that in the instructions for mine it said "do not use oil"! Don't know why , but I guess they had a reason.... Marcus

You need to use water with the diamond stone.... but you would still need the combination stone, as sometimes the diamond will be too fine... M

If you want to get a seriously sharp blade without too much hassle, and reasonably cheaply, you can't beat a DMT D8E - 8inch Sharpening Stone - Extra Fine . http://www.tool-shop.co.uk/acatalog/Continuous_Stones.html They're supposedly for sharpening knives, but I use mine for sharpening...

I have an azebiki and it is brilliant for starting a cut in the middle of a board - for stopped rebates & housings etc. For most jobs though I find a Western saw easier, but I guess it's a question of what one is used to. Oh and you can't beat a hassunme for cutting protruding end grain flush...

Cheltenham Gallery & Museum has a wonderful collection of early arts and crafts furniture http://www.artsandcraftsmuseum.org.uk/ which is well worth a visit.... Marcus

Have you tried Interesting Timbers http://www.interestingtimbers.co.uk/ or John Boddys http://www.john-boddy-timber.ltd.uk - usually worth a try. Marcus

Thanks for all the suggestions! Have decided to discuss it with them on Monday and see if they are willing to let me try and modify it. Hey ho. Still, on the plus side, I get to spend the weekend wood turning instead of machining up timber for 14 wardrobe doors.... Marcus

Hi, Just wondering if anyone out there knows about the possible consequences of grinding some iron off the underside of a planer table.... I recently bought a scheppach planer/thicknesser, and found when it arrived that the outfeed table was warped. So I got them to send me out a new table...

Ok, thanks all, have decided to go with he dewalt stand and make it fit one way or another! Cheers, Marcus

Thanks! It's mostly for workshop use, but sometimes site, so something lightweight and collapsible like the dewalt is probably best....

Hi, I'm about to buy a Festool Kapex sliding mitre saw and am just wondering if anyone knows whether it will fit onto the DeWalt DE7023 Legstand? I know that Festool (bless em) love to make their kit difficult to use with any one elses' but would appreciate a cheaper option to the £600...