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Traditionally drawers are only finsished on the face side. Nothing on the sides, back or bottom other than a bit of candle wax to ease them if necessary. :wink: Common restoration mistake to go and put a finish anywhere but the drawer fronts. :roll:

Hey Felderman, you've been spending some dosh on some very desirable accecories for your machine :shock: Are they any good? I too have a Felder (this time full combi) and agree it's Spindle Moulder is fantastic and has some excellent features such as the reverse tilting spindle, forward and...

I bought the Jet about four years ago. It had minimum use for a couple of years, then regular use for the next couple. About six months ago i smelt burning and the Jet was making a funny noise. Checked it out and found it to be only really functioning at low speed and after 10 mins, burning...

You'll even find that Felders at £8.5k don't have perfectly flat fences! :shock: :shock: An aluminium extrusion will never be perfectly flat by nature of the extrusion process. On higher priced machines they machine the extrusions and, dependant on price, is the level of perfect accuracy...

Thanks for all of the replies. I've booked myself an appointment for an eye test with Specsavers and have tried a few of their rimless titanium flex arms, they are so light and comfy and thats before they've been set up for best fit! Thanks again.

Hi folks, I need to get myself some new glasses and have visited a few opticians locally and quite like the look and low weight of the rimless type. I wear glasses all of the time so comfort is important. However one of the opticians said steer clear of the rimless, flexi frame type as in her...

What on earth are the Woodrat people doing? :shock: :( They produced this very useful tool and now seem to have dropped the ball and let the Americans run with it :roll: . Have a look at the website for the craftsmans gallery, they sell the eliminator chuck and quite a few other very useful...

Hi Chris, What about the Sedgwick for fine cabinet type work, is it precise enough? I know it can do joinery work till the cows come home, but it's the fine stuff that i do mostly. Anyone know why the Axminster version is £100 over normal prices? (other than being painted white??!) Thanks Steve.

Simon, Can't beleive a morticer like that can sell for £300, have you got one? Is it any good? Yes the Axminster plus morticer is a rebadged Sedgwick 571, but the Sedgwick is under £1k where as the Axminster is nearer £1100 :shock: How have they managed that (apart from painting it white :roll...

Thanks again scrit. I'm definately trying to look at it from a professional makers point of view. At the moment it can take up to 3/4 of an hour :shock: to set up for a run of mortises, not including replacing the chisel etc. I don't really like the router anyway (too noisy) but was trying to...

Thanks for the advice Scrit. The Sedgwick 571 is one of the beasties i've looked at. Used one in the past, but that was more for joinery work and not too sure of it's capabilities for fine cabinet work. Also been researching the big Jet morticer. It had a good write up in F+C magazine (but then...

Hi Roger, Using windows XP and outlook express 6. Using picture viewer as when someone sends me a photo i.e. JPG file my pc loads up this picture viewer thingy and i get the problem as described. Thanks Steve.

OK boys and girls heres my query, I've currently got an Axminster 1903 hollow chisel morticer, but it's a bit of a PITA as you move the workpiece relative to the chisel. i.e. you set the fence and move the piece to be morticed. It hasn't got the lovely fore and aft and side to side movements...

Hi folks, I've got the installed, but when i try to view any JPG images all i get is a grey screen within a screen. The second screen tells me the photo title and size and i can get image details i.e. pixels etc, but i just can't see it. Anyone got any ideas? I can see the image by opening it...

I too try to earn a living from woodwork. Most of my work is furniture restoration, but i also design and make furniture. As a restorer i have to have a huge knowledge base inc. furniture history, design, authentication, french polishing and other hand finished, very high level of skill for...

Hi used to be a diese fitter a number of years ago. Could be quite a few things, but i'd start with the intrecooler pipework (assuming it's a turbo) if it's split when the turbo cuts in it just pumps the air out and looses all the pressure. Modern diesel engines are controlled by a lot of...

Thanks very much for the replies. Majorlarf - can you let me know how you get on with your new mattress when it arrives, much appreciated. We've found a UK based company that are a family run business and say that there product uses the same materials as the Tempur range, but are significantly...

Hi folks looking for some advice. I'm looking for a new mattress and am bewildered by the choices. Bought a new mattress couple of years ago and it's useless, saggy uncomfortable - you know the sort of thing. Anyway, theres me and the good lady (both a bit on the heavy side :wink: ) and we...

Hi there, What you probably need is Ferrous Sulphate. I use it to give oak and beech that old grey look. It last forever so can't remember where i got it, probably either Fiddes or Richard Barrys. Mix it up to a 100% solution then experiment to get the the colour you require by diluting it. I...

Thanks Chris, I had an inkling that may be the case. I'll stick with the trad. ones.