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A magnificent model...19,000 rivets :shock: - Rob

Yes Brian, the irony is noted...but if it did :wink: - Rob

It's good! :mrgreen: (hammer) - Rob

You'll probably find that if you're trying to clean up a rebate (for example) a dead flush blade won't get right into the corner...in theory it should, but in practice it don't. A little 'overhang' ensures that the blade reaches completely into the corner so that you don't get left with a tiny...

If it's me your'e referring to, I'll ignore that. Dovetails. Yep, the job is probably designed to sit on a surface and so won't be lifted. However, imagine that it was a toolbox (with a handle on the top) that was designed to be toted around from place to place (as lots of toolboxes are) then...

I think we can agree to disagree Paul :wink: ...except that, if, as you correctly say, toolboxes are designed to carry heavy weights, why have the dovetails been made the wrong way round? To carry weight (and therefore resist coming apart) tails should be on the sides, not on the top and bottom...

Then why has it been made as a piece of furniture that would grace anyone's lounge...if it's a toolbox? :? The OP clearly has the time, skills and dedication to make a piece like this, then he ought to have the time, skills and dedication to make and fit the drawers properly. To make a good...

Nice job, but spoilt in my view by those hideous metal runners - Rob

I've tried Paul's two fence method and the router will still wobble, if only by a fraction. The blocks of wood used as fences have to be really righty-tighty, hard up against the job (which then makes it difficult to push) but the router is still essentially running just on top it. What works...

As I'm doing a bit of decorating, I just 'told' :-" :---) SWIMBO I need to turn off the power :mrgreen: :mrgreen: - Rob

Oh no it's not! The answer to the dark matter question is 42 anyway :mrgreen: (hammer) - Rob

Probably not Rog, but when I used to do pre-driving stuff to Yr 11 pupils at school as part of a social studies :roll: course, I went into the cost of a 'minor' RTA where the emergency services were hypothetically called ...even fifteen years ago, the total cost to all concerned, once it was...

Since we put a 'No Cold Callers' sign in the front window (supplied by the Neighbourhood Watch lady) we've had no-one hammering on the door...seems to work round our way - Rob

Happens to us all Mick at some point, but it's what you do to get round the error which determines whether it's a 'bodge' or a cunning 'fix' (hammer) Sometimes though, stuff that I've done has been so appalling, without any prior thought, that it's impossible to either bodge or fix, in which...

It helps Mick, but doesn't eliminate them. Before the 'organised' and 'methodical' bits you need to add 'stop' and then 'think'. Very often I remember the first two bits but forget the last two which has resulted (more than once) in feeding an entire job through the bandsaw :( - Rob

Agreed, but as I said, when I did them with a pig sticker, the edges always came out slightly ragged which weren't acceptable which is why I use a router for this sort of joint...but then again, if you get an attack of the dreaded 'router wobble' :evil: :evil: :evil: - Rob

I've done this on a tablesaur in the past and it's not best practice, as you have to remove the crown guard to do it. The so called technique of 'deep ripping' is illegal in any commercial and professional 'shop for that reason - Rob

I said as much to Mrs WBloke this evening watching the 10 o'clock news on the Beeb...t'were an eye-wateringly expensive little exercise - Rob

The answer to all your limescale and hard water problems Rog, is to fit one of these bad boys. I'm now on my second one, the first having lasted for about 20 years. I've never had to descale taps, clean shower heads, worry about scummy water, scrub/chip/chisel limescale off toilets etc in over...

I like through m/t's and if they're done correctly, they look good. The trick is to make sure: ...that the 'show' side of the mortice is absolutely crisp and clean. I found that using a morticer or doing it by hand left the edges slightly ragged, which wasn't acceptable, so I changed over...