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Thanks guys - the 3/8" then I stick with !! It's a pretty solid tool. Out of interest several of you mention different grinds at the same size of gouge. Is there somewhere where I see these and get some comments on their purpose ? Rob

...Any idea of the moisture content? And that of your workshop ? It could well be that the wood is drier than your workshop ! The problem I see with stacking vertically (apart from horizontal being the norm as it is so much easier for a large timber situation) is that you will have to arrange...

Thanks guys - it looks as if I'm setting them a little tight. The blade I have is an old but seemingly sharp one - I've got a new blade on order from the local saw doctor, and I'll find out shortly what the difference is. As far as the ticking is concerned, with the guides set to run freely...

I recently bought a 2nd hand Multico BS. I also bought Steve Maskery's DVD's on bandsaws. The saw guide were solid blocks so I bought the Axi replacement system an with one or two minor hassles fitted them. One thing I'm having difficulty with is setting the side bearings. Steve uses a bit...

I'm pretty new to turning and would like some advice on bowl gouge sizes. I've made a couple of quite successful chisel purchases off Ebay such that I have a 'quiver' of chisels that is in some people's eyes unnecessarily big ! But I have feeling that the two bowl gouges fall into the...

Traditionally the thickness of an old penny - I don't know what current coin would do. This is (a) an indication of my age and (b) an indication that I haven't hung any new doors recently! Rob

I'm going to go slightly off the topic of extraction and ask about the thread protector. The basic question is why? What is going to damage the thread ? Or is it there in this case as the drive shaft isn't bored through and is really used for getting centres out? Ironically I recently got...

Hmm - but will we all want the same size ? No answer to email. Rob

Wizer That would solve my problem with a 15mm T tracked mitre guide. but I bet I wouldn't be able to get 400mm out of them - more like 400m !! I'll email them and ask. Rob

With all due respects to this club, you are really not going to get much assistance on a monthly basis; yes a club is good place to start but I would really suggest you look for assistance on a weekly meet at least. I'm coming from the point that I have access to a local authority sponsored...

Thanks for all your help, guys. Well I'm now going to have to buy a mitre fence that fits the slot material that's around. My BS has a T mitre fence but it's a non-standard size (15mm), and I had thought of that doubling up for the disk sander. Cheers Rob

I'm making a disc sander. Why are mitre slots a T - I've a TS and router table that use just a plain slot and that seems perfectly OK ? If the T is desirable I can work out how to make one, but can the slot material be bought anywhere off the shelf? Thanks Rob

Claim it off your household insurance.

27" x 16" for basic router table use. I would be struggling to store (and lift) anything much bigger. Rob

Richard Do you have any wood working tools and skills as these things are easily made for any one drawer, and is no more than an hour or so's work if you have the materials? I've taken some photos of our drawers but need to go off and find out how to post them here - there's a Sticky that tells...

Bob re. the fence; just have a look at the construction of the clamping mechanism and consider how it is assembled and how the clamping force is only dependent on the accuracy of the build. If you get one that is a smidgen out of tolerance, the clamping force will not be adequate and cannot be...

Bob Re. the aAxminster fence - I looked recently and they don't seem to stock it now. Having said that I wrote a letter of complaint to Axminster about this fence (which was never replied to !) as the construction of the clamping roller mechanism is quite unadjustable and its efficacy relies...

Sportique I don't want to sound as if I'm a smarty pants, but you could have got an immediate answer by searching google with something like "metric tap drill" - I'm sure the first out of 900,000 hits would have given you the answer you wanted within 1 minute. I actually had to do this very...

Thanks again Richard, Having had a look through your website, I can see that there really isn't any point in me exploring the subject further, and that you must have found the best way of doing it !! Impressed. Cheers Rob

Richard That of course is a good example of lateral thinking !! Thanks. Some careful cutting on the front face is going to be called for !! The back, apart from the dovetail area, doesn't matter. What other options did you try before you got to that - thoughts are of drilling through the...