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Thanks BB Similar in approach to the other videos I've seen but he seems to be be more proficient, and he's carving serifs. I've come to the conclusion that Oak isn't ideal for letter carving, at least for your first attempt, but I'm kind of stuck with it for this job. There is no way you can...

I honed the chisels last night, some of them could do with a proper grind, for example this one, so I'll do that at the weekend. I traced out the new font, a bit rough but its only a test. I then marked the centre line of the font. Using an "R" as a test piece seems to be standard as it has...

Initially I wasn't going to post a WIP on here as it is so simple, however it has ended up that there will be a bit of a twist to it. My eldest daughter wants a full room height bookcase with adjustable shelves "just like the ones in Harry Potter", After further questioning it could be the...

I'll let you know how it goes Sammy, I may make separate tables or combine, I'm still using CAD to put my thoughts down. When I mean CAD, I mean Cardboard Aided Design, its a beer mat :) I spent 2 years in Belfast a while ago working. A lovely city, I have some very fond memories of the...

Cheers Sam Being a radial arm drill, I think the sacrificial insert will have to be a long rectangle :) Andy

Thanks guys, Wealden's or Axi it is, looking at Whiteside in more detail, the closest they had was a combi cutter with bearing at top and bottom that was over a £100 :shock: I hadn't seen Wealden's before so that's a good tip :D

I have the usual selection of cheap router bits sourced from various pressies and 2nd hand purchases plus I have a few that I have bought for specific purposes, such as worktop templates. I usually buy Trend for these however I just looked Whiteside and they sound promising and at a glance look...

I like the cast iron table top however the t track for the fence seems to be missing in hte Axminster pics, only the mitre slot is cast. How do you get around that? Cheers Andy

I'm just getting kit together to build a router table, so far I have a 22mm thick piece of buffalo board, this is 22mm birch ply covered both sides in phenolic, rough one side, smooth the other. I have ordered a Kreg insert drilled for a Triton. If it turns out the phenolic coating and/or the...

My Makita drill/drivers are well over 10 yrs old and showing their age so I bought a replacement a while ago rather than wait until they stopped completely. I was tempted to go for makita again but I realised I would get more use from something smaller that could get into tight spaces, didn't...

Not a bad price but I've just put an order in for shiny woodpecker fences for router table and drill plus a few sheets of birch ply and some levelling casters so skint for a while.

Blimey :shock: Bloody good jig but cheapest I could find was £400 second hand I only paid £250 for this :D

I'm just opening my DJ300 box for the first time, I must have bought it around 15 years ago. It still has the seal intact :oops: On the end it says "Now includes DJ300 gauge and Video TV7 " Somehow I don't think it will be on BluRay :D

Cheer Mike, that clear that up! :) Edit, just bought the Triton from Dennis on the basis that I'll get good support if needed, an extra 15 quid more than the cheapest but I think money well spent. Also I realised that if the shiny Xact one came back into stock I would talk myself into buying a...

I just checked the Triton en-GB web page and it states 2400W in the spec however it doesn't state volts/frequency so not conclusive as it could apply to the US version. The power figure is not very scientific anyway as this will be input power, output will depend on motor efficiency. It's...

Good price on that Hitachi Mike :) It looks like an Elu clones so still have to add the router raizer and possibly the collet extender, brings option 1 down from £400 to £300 though so a contender but I think the Triton shades it still for my requirements.

+1 for the Parweld xts162, £187 from weldequip and probably others, worth every penny. Far better than my old transformer buzz box, it strikes an arc easy, a pleasure to use and easy to transport. 3 year warranty too.

I've been scratching my head for days about choosing a router for a table. I have a DeWalt 625 1/2" that I've had for years and I've started to use this on a mafell/bosch rail system and don't want to mess about swapping routers between rail base and table. I also have a knackered Electra Beckum...

I have an Axi radial arm drill that needs a new home in the workshop, and I have an old trend craftsmen router table that I rarely use as I find it a bit basic and awkward to use. So, I thought I would build a new cabinet combining the two functions, I'll sell the old router table/cabinet and...

I have some bookcases to make and a lot of those metal strips to let in to hold the shelves. I've had a Dewalt 625 router for donkeys years and really like it, and I had some Mafell guide rail that came with their jigsaw on an offer and like the system. Its the same as the Bosch rail, Mafell...