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I fitted a set of Woodrat plunge bars to my router for bit height setting. Just squeeze the bars with one hand and measure the bit height/ depth of cut with the other. I use a little horse shoe shaped gizmo, by Trend I think, for setting bit height, bit to fence distance etc. Sorry I can't find...

What about wooden legs, matching the doors? They could be turned or tapered depending on the style of the kitchen.

Just when you thought you had the dust cleaning sorted you have to start worrying about cleaning underwear.

Plunge routers are fine in router tables. Fixed base ones are fairly rare in the UK.

Pretty sure the Green bottle Evo-Stick is just regular PVA. The waterproof one comes in a blue bottle. That is good news, as the hot water trick is more likely to work.

It's when you start to think that you've got everything sussed that you end up doing something silly. Been there, done that. Welcome to the forum, by the way.

When I've made up sawboards in the past I've always used the factory edge of a sheet of ply for the fence. I've successfully used both 6 mm and 18 mm ply.

I think that if you use wardrobe rail to support the end of your breakfast bar, you'll soon be eating breakfast off the kitchen floor. £18 doesn't sound too bad to me. Ikea might be worth a look, if there is one near you. Did I just recommend Ikea? :oops:

You can get router cutters that will bevel an edge at 11.25 degrees, which would give you a 16 sided container. Barrels traditionally have a croze or groove round the inside near the end to house the top/bottom of the barrel, which you could probably cut with a router before assembly. That...

It's hard to see why Ian is wasting his time when there are beauties like that to be had at a very reasonable price :lol: What really amazes me is that at least two people were prepared to pay good money for it.

If you make a sled make sure you can use the blade guard of your saw or incorporate some sort of blade guard in the sled. I recently had 5 stitches in the end of my right thumb from using a sled with an unguarded blade. DO NOT take chances and think that you will remember to keep your fingers...

I've been cutting a fair bit of MFC recently and it dulls tools very quickly. Would a 'quick rub' with one of these diamond hones be good enough to restore a clean cut, assuming I don't let the blade get too bad in the first place? Or am I more likely to end up knackering my blade?

Matt, the crosscut sled usually has a runner on the underside that rides in the mitre slot in the table top. If your table saw doesn't have a mitre slot, you can build a sled that covers the whole table top and runners that ride against the edges of the table. There are lots of versions of the...

For a cheap and easy way to break down sheet material, have a look at this method. For squaring panels and things like drawer fronts/sides you should make yourself a crosscut sled for your table saw, there are some examples here. It's not high tech or expensive, you can lay your sheet of ply or...

Sounds like someone chickened out of asking about the oven cleaner :wink: :lol:

What does EP actually stand for? Effective planing angle?

Be careful you don't grind a hollow into your waterstone. You'd be better using a grinder to establish the primary bevel, if you have access to one. A sheet of float glass with some 60 grit AlOx abrasive will also cut pretty fast and it can be as wide as you want (no danger of overheating...

Ian, your latest project is looking very tasty already. I take it these planes will be used for shooting mitres?

Thanks for the link BB, interesting reading. I haven't had a chance to play with my new toy yet but I can see from the posts on the Old Tools Archive that it is important to get the skew angle of the blade to exactly match the angle of the mouth. Mine doesn't, so some careful grinding will be in...

Thanks guys, I think I will try the low tech approach and make up one of Derek's little jigs. Who knows, if I get on ok and the plane proves to be useful I might shell out for the real thing sometime. Right now though, I've just about used up all my tool buying credits :wink: