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I have three. I bought a 50" that will cross-cut a fulll 4x8 panel and a shorter "back-to-back" 20 years ago. I use the former often and the latter almost never. With my shop in the basement, full-size panels just don't work well for me, so I adopted the practice of cutting them in the...

The plans were in Fine Woodworking Magazine Issue 178 Aug 2005. Cheers, Garrett

Fine Woodworking had this tapering jig in a recent issue. I made it and consider it to be one of the best and safest jigs I've ever made and used. I'm surprised how often I reach for it. Better still, it will do 4-sided tapers easily. If you go to...

A few months ago I posted a very detailed presentation of yet another approach. You can read it here: https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7628&highlight= I then showed how to add a collet lock for above-table bit changing at...

I needed tool storage as well as work space. This cabinet achieved both. The dimensions are 60"x24" by 31" high (same height as my tablesaw.) A 5th caster under the centre gable eliminates sag. It moves easily, even though it's got a couple of hundred pounds of tools in it. Construction is...

Tabletops are never glued to the stretchers. That's a recipe for future disaster. The table top must be able to move, however, slightly, across the grain with changes in humidity. Instead, use metal figure 8 fasteners, or make wooden 'clip blocks' that screw into the top from below, but have a...

Goodness, that brings back good memeories. I bought my first one of these in 1969 when I was living in Tehran. At the time, it had no motor, but sat on the rails of the Emco Rec combi woodworking kit, and was driven off a shaft from the unit's single 3/4 HP motor. Two years later, having sold...

theo ne you ask about would be a very poor choice. Aside from requiring times and a shop-made jig to hold it in precise position on the rest, it would engender lots of frustration. Instead you want something like this - http://www.planemaker.com/articles/grinding2.htm - lalso inexpensive...

The easiest way to achieve 4 perfect mitres - big or small - is with a simple jig on the table saw. It takes only about 30 minutes to make. Install the blade you will use to cut mitres, and use it each and every time. Make a sled from a piece of 1/2" plywood 24" wide, i.e. enough to span the...

I was thinking of raising it myself, although with a different slant. Tablesaws in North America do not have riving knives, a subject of increasing debate. However, they do have - I believe - longer arbors than European saws to accommodate dado sets up to 13/16" wide. Dado-ing is, in fact...

Do you have access to a lathe? Just turn the dowel to size and slice the disk of the end using a bandswa. If you do it this way, make a vee block to hold the dowel for the bandsaw. Cheers, Garrett

Obviously, experience varies. My saw (20" 3 HP) came with bearing guides. I ruined a few bands and eventually traced the problem to inadequate lateral support from the guides. First, there is very little contact surface between bearing and band to start, and that's further reduced by the need...

Yesterday at the end of my post on making a router lift, I promised a follow-up on making bit changes above the table. If your router has a spring-loaded, push-button loc for the quill, a wish can quickly become reality. (Quick apologia: I know that the UK has switched to metric. Unfortunately...

I recently psted a review of Cosman's planing DVD's, but whgen I was at the wood show, he had a packag eoffer, so in addition, I also bought his dovetail DVD's which I cover here. (I have one more still to review on "Drawer-Making, the Professional Approach".) In North America, the name Rob...

If you mean bolts that will fit in a standard mitre slot, perhaps some North American terminology might help you in the UK. In Canada they're also called 'toilet bolts' and are available in plumbing departments. They attach a toilet to the floor flange, but are also a perfect fit for mitre...

When I built a new router station a couple of months ago, I decided it was time for a router lift. However, most of the commercial units on the market have a couple of draw-backs, not least that they are more expensive than the big router they host! A greater problem for me is that with two...

First, of course, the typo in the above post's subject line. Second, and far more important, my (former) ignorance of who "Alf" in fact is. Even as far west as on an island off the west coast of British Columbia, I have heard of and read about Alice Frampton. Which proves that one ought never...

I noticed that Alf had posted his review of David Charlesworth's hand planing DVD review here, so thought you might like to read one on Hand Planing and Sharpening and Rough to Ready, a pair of DVD's from Rob Cosman in Canada (who includes a Charlesworth sharpening tip on one of them.) Rob...

Parts and Performance When I answered the doorbell, the Fed-Ex delivery man warned me that the box was heavy. Curious, because the MastRSlide is primarily made of aluminum extrusions. However, once unpacked the weight is self-evident. There’s a LOT of aluminum in it plus many heavy ball...