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I work so I can buy better tools so I canwork faster and make more money to buy more tools. I work for the tool companies basically. But I get to kakw cool stuff with great tools that work beautifully and are a joy to use. Maybe one day when I've bought all the tools in the world I'll be able...

I make kitchens, free standing and fitted furniture. avery howell bespoke furniture. Co. UK. Although, ironically my new website is under construction my old website will give you an idea of some of my previous work including kitchens. I work from my workshop in East Sussex. Actually I've...

Exactly that. I put a fretboard on where there wasn't one before. Ebony

Don't know if this is relevant but I put an ebony fretboard on my bowed maple necked fretless deering banjo. The neck had bowed and was worn where there should have been a fretboard anyway. I took a million pictures but as always lost them all in laptop breakage etc etc. The gist of it is how...

Time to start growing trees again. I wish I'd thought of that 100 years ago. Doh. Turns out money does grow on trees

Don't buy either. I bought the macalister as a site tool and immediately wanted to throw off a cliff. It doesn't slide, it doesn't cut, the rails move. youde be better off with a handsaw. I have a festool ts55 in the workshop so maybe I'm spoiled but save your money. Nothing worse than spending...

Osmo says not to sand above 120. How you sand it makes a massive difference with osmo . Ive been doing exactly that all week. I rang them in the end and they told me the 120 sanding thing. Good luck . I hate staining and try to avoid it , its just too unpredictable. Different sheets of birch...

wardrobes wardrobes wardrobes and more wardrobes.

Looking at your oriental wardrobe again it's interesting because I had a client a few years back who asked for some stepped wardrobes to be arts and crafts and/or oriental in inspiration. I went for Ash and sapele. I'm not sure why I made that choice but it looks like you came to the same...

The workshop accross the road from me had an amazing machine. You poured your sawdust into huge vats and once full it squashed the dust/shavings and squirted it out like those playdough machines which your sister had and chopped it into wood sausages which burnt really well. The machine cost...

oh yes and a 9mm panel from mdf is a fantastic idea. MR mdf. The green stuff. which you can assume will be flatter and stay flatter in time. right NOW im going to work....

These are all great answers to the unanswerable question. And i was going to use the "touch wood" gag but you beat me to it. Nice ash wardrobe by the way. very delicate .....and straight. I have posted some irrelevant pics basically because i found the attach button at the bottom. Some of those...

So here goes. Can you knowledgeable and experienced folk help me with an unanswerable question? How annoying I know. Trying to make decent money as a furniture maker is a struggle at the best of times (not a question about money in the end but kind of I guess). Especially when your wardrobe...

I have a similar issue on long cuts and my panel saw is a massive SCM. I have heard other furniture makers bemoan tha annoying curved cut. I put it down to blade resistance that nends the blade slightly towards the board as its cutting. Its the only thing that makes sense as the gap isnt on the...

I have 4 bessey revo, the ones where both heads move .2 are 1500mm long ( both heads move) and 2 are 1250 long (top head static). That's the clamping size. I also have a million other clamps. I never use these 4 and would much prefer 800 or 1000 or even 600mm. Bessey or similar quality. But not...

sorry can i bother you again? Ive heard about the alignment pain. I have a tersa block in the workshop so life is easy. So you set the blades manually measuring off the top of the table top. Not sure what you mean legnth of wood . Wouldnt you use a ruler or something straight and set the blades...

Thank You for your answers. Ive decided to buy it today. Hopefully Its not on its last legs as ebay doesnt work in portugal . Thanks for the record and metabo lead, if anything breaks like it often does on a too; thats been sat ill start with them for spares. Thank you

I live in brighton so this comes up a lot. Green Heart is what was traditionally used but its mostly gone now and you will struggle to source it and you would have to remorgage anyway to buy it. The romans used Elm for their irrigation channels and obviously Oak is pretty longlasting, other than...

sorry for a boring post but im really interested in peoples experience with this tool. Generally i hate cheap tools, my workshop has a nice SCM planer . This SIP 01344 is for an outdoor build offsite and my friend is selling it for 300 quid, i have a few days to decide to buy it or not. Ive...