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Evening all. I've just set up my new 10" Bosch GRS10J contractors saw. I'm planning on using it for cutting joinery: cutting tenons, frames for f&p doors and grooving draw sides. It's too small a saw to run a dado stack, but my online reading suggests the next best thing is a combination blade...

Cheers @Ollie78. When building guitars, it's all about getting the details correct. The nut, frets, and bridge have to be in the right place; the fretwork must be clean and the frets well seated in their slots; the neck joint must be sound; the truss rod cannot rattle and carbon rods can be nice...

Burnout often manifests as ADHD like symptoms. If you have access to a counselor or therapist, I would definitely recommend making use of them! Take care a treat yourself kindly!

Thanks @thetyreman! Yes, I made it on a course with Jon Shuker, though the design is entirely mine. Normally, Jon supplies all of the templates, but I wanted something slightly different, with a smaller body and longer neck, so I made my own templates in advance and brought them to the class...

Thanks @Bingy man for sharing your story! I'm quite jealous, maybe some day I'll get to fully renovate my own house. I take your advice quite seriously. I put off buying a tablesaw for so long because of the prospect of kick back, or worse. In fact, my old neighbour lost multiple fingers to a...

I used the extended open time glue from Titebond when laminating up the top for my Holtzapfel workbench, and I think I rushed more than I needed to.

Thanks for the warm welcome! I'm still recovering from a breakdown I had nearly four years ago. I'm still the same person but my capacity for mentally taxing work has been hugely diminished. I'm going to be learning how to make nicer things out of sheet materials. I now have a tablesaw and a...

I don't know, you've not seen the mess I make when washing up.

Thats the stuff I'm interested in for my kitchen. https://mdfdirect.co.uk/product/exterior-mdf-full-board/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA45qdBhD-ARIsAOHbVdFDnckf7al6TvRjWoO-YHdSexrl6B64TVdACdXSrTY-KVJQhdTPS18aAteAEALw_wcB

One option I'm considering is to use 12mm or 15mm sheets, making individual cabinets, screw them together in place and then face the 24 to 30mm edge. The screw heads holding the top batten, shelves and bottom will be on the inside where no-one will ever see, and the screws holding the two...

I was thinking of faking it too, the front stile is the only really important frame component as it's the only part visible from every angle. I'd love to get a Domino but I don't think that'll fit the budget.

So, in frame and panel construction, it's fine, but as the overall structure, it's less satisfactory? I am trying to decide if I'm going to go f&p on the bookcases. I do prefer the look, but cutting those mortice and tenon joints might be a bit of a pain.

Thanks, I'll definitely pull the trigger on the Trend! This is exactly the information I came here for. If anything, I'm possibly a little bit over cautious around spinning metal. I've put off buying a tablesaw until now because kickback sounded so scary; but if I'm respectful of the tool then...

I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions over the next few months!

Hi everyone, I'm returning to woodworking after a break of a few years during a period of poor mental health. I've done some rough carpentry during this break but nothing at all like instrument or furniture making. I've recently bought my first house so I'm now going to be embarking on some...

Thanks @COWS, I had my eye on a Henry, until I noticed Trend now do a hoover with a much finer filter. My routers are Trends and I'm quite happy with their stuff, so might pull the trigger in the January sales. I went a bit nuts on Black Friday, I got myself the Makita track saw and a Bosch...

Hi everyone. I'm in a similar boat, designing replacement kitchen cabinets. Going back to materials, I found out you can get exterior MDF now...