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My router table router has just died on me (A B&Q Trend-Tech 2 kW...speed controller gone) and I am taking that as an excuse to buy myself a decent replacement. I know that this has been asked and answered before but the search facility turns up so many conflicting posts that I thought I'd start...

I have a Trend one and a cheaper (and better) ProGrip one. I haven't had any problems with them slipping in use with either the CS or router. Having said that I use a home made saw board (or router guide) out of preference to either of them. You just set it on the line, clamp and cut, no...

The Triton Mk3 was replaced by the 2000 about ten years ago. It is made of pressed steel and you mount your own hand-held circular saw in it. It functions as a rip saw but can also be converted to a cross-cut saw. If you are interested in Triton have a look at Argee's site. He used to be a...

I'm reading Chris Schwartz's workbench book at the moment. In the book he proposes 34" as the optimum height for hand tool work (I think he's 6'3"), the reasoning being, that you can get your full weight bearing down when planing, which you wouldn't be able to do if your arms are bent...

Bob, I was able to download the first couple of videos with the download helper in Firefox, but after those first two the downloader didn't work with the NYW website...I don't know if they have somehow blocked downloading or if it is something I've done. I had hoped to grab the whole series...

Hi Jed, I suppose it is pretty obvious to say that the size of cramps you need depends on what you want to make. I have a set of 600 mm UniKlamps and they are good, but fairly lightweight. I reckon that if you are going to be doing cabinet work you need a set of sash cramps. I have a set of 1000...

Rather than mask the sole plate of the jigsaw, mask the worktop. A roll of wide tape is a lot cheaper than a new worktop and you can draw on it with a marker pen.

How about Mitre fix adhesive. It is an almost instant superglue that comes with an activator...you put the adhesive on one side of the joint and spray the activator on the other. I haven't used it with a biscuited joint though.

John, by coincidence JasonB just posted this thread on cabinet construction and has some good photos of loose tenon frame and panel door construction...it really is as easy as it looks.

Hi Charlotte, personally I wouldn't make a sub base out of MDF as it isn't durable enough. You would be better getting hold of some perspex (acrylic) sheet, 6 mm should be ok. MacAllister routers aren't exactly top of the range so the casting of the base may not be dead flat, which may be a...

I've made frame and panel doors and drawer fronts for my kitchen out of 18 mm MDF with 6 mm MDF panels. The frames are connected with 6 mm loose tenons so they are very easy to make...just rout a groove on the inside edges of the stiles and on the inside edge and ends of the rails. I also made...

I live a couple of miles from the Edinburgh IKEA store. As consequence I get dragged in fairly regularly by SWMBO...usually with the promise of coffee. Like Danny, I usually stick a few pencils in my pocket. Problem is, I usually forget about them and I now have holes in several trouser pockets...

Hand-held power planers are tricky to use at the best of times. They can take off a lot of stock in the blink of an eye and just like a traditional hand plane, you need to practice and develop your skill with the tool. Personally though, I have never got on with power planers and I either use a...

Why not laminate a bench top out of a few layers of MDF and rout a cutout to take the edge bander, such that the edge bander work surface is flush with (or a testemeter below) the surrounding bench, much the same as setting a router mounting plate in a router table top? I guess it would also be...

You might be able to cut the birds mouth profile in the edges of your drum staves on a router table fitted with a straight cutter. You'd need to make an auxiliary table that can be tilted to present your workpiece at an angle (say 45 degrees) to the top edge of the cutter. It would need a bit of...

I got one of these from Axminster. I set it up on a board and wired it to a separate 13 amp socket, just as DW is suggesting. In effect it gives me an NVR extension socket to use with my router table, band saw, hand-held CS etc. I have a 2.1 kW router in my table and it handles that without a...

Cheers mate! I'll give it a go.

Anyone know if it is possible to download episodes, rather than streaming the video, which is a bit stop/start depending on the broadband connection?

I have to confess to getting mine at IKEA too. Blum hinges for £1.00/pair when I bought mine and the store is only a couple of miles away from home. I'm pretty sure they now do soft close kit kit too.

I have had a WC200 for about four years and have the Triton 235 mm saw fitted. Over that time I have added a maxi sliding table and bevel ripping guide, the former off Ebay and the latter off a member of this forum. I also built a cross-cut sled, which is more convenient to use than setting up...