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As a guide,you can work with 3-24 teeth in the workpiece but 6-12 is better. So you could cut 1/2” plywood with 6tpi but not 6mm plywood with the same blade. A better blade for your 1/2” plywood would be 12tpi. Using the wrong blade can be the difference between success and failure (more than...

I updated the original description to include a diagram of the "problem" area. This is the technique (using dowels) and you used it (successfully) on your Assembly Table? This is how I could strengthen the dowel joint (on LHS is one available option and on the RHS is the "Rob" method): On...

Rather than look at the blade and imagine the worst, what happens when you actually use it e.g. the effect on a planed edge? My guess is that with one extra pass of the blade it will all but eliminate any issues? If it was on a rebate plane it might be seen on the planed edge but that's not the...

With big screws do you need a pilot hole all the way? It's into "end-grain" but with a dowel to screw into... I have a frame that's underneath the top of a "bought" workbench. The frame has a top rail on each side with feet and a lower rail on the floor. They come with each foot attached with...

Is there a downside to putting up plasterboard under the A frame of the garage? The construction is single brick with a tiles roof over a concrete floor. At the moment it's "dry" but there are vents in the soffits and up into the eaves. I'm worried that all the ventilation will now be only in...

I bought an IKEA bed frame circa 2012. It has a steel support from head to tail - the idea being that it provides central supports for slats to either side that support the mattress. The steel support has two steel plates that allow the length to increase but to provide a strong downward support...

I don't know how your riving knife and blade guard are attached. On my DW745 the guard can be removed leaving the riving knife in-situ. With my cross sled, there is a "bridge" between the two parts that are the base and it will interfere with the riving knife because it was only cut to the...

I bought 1/2” B/BB 4x8 birch throughout for £47 a couple of times with no other grades on offer. BB/CP should be less expensive as it can have patches on both sides and more patches. £40 doesn’t seem unreasonable. See before buy e.g. 9plyx1.4mm. Good ply can be routed, sanded and planed and...

Search the web for snipe and you will find many solutions. For some smaller workpieces it can be beneficial to mount (CA glue) side rails or a piece behind. Some suggestions are to raise the infeed/outfeed slightly (not tried). My preference is to try and put a workpiece on a flat base that...

I just sold mine in the For Sale forum. I also advertised my Hobby lathe. The old Hobby series bandsaw is IMHO a better product than the new Craft ones. Previously there were four Hobby machines, something like 8”, 10”, 12” and 14” wheels. In the old range only the entry model had ceramic...

This year Crown was behind Robert Sorby (that was next to Mark Sanger). I was in the shop and couldn’t fond the RS tool I wanted, no better at RS stand, so I ended up at Crown stand. I now have one “extra” Crown Cryo tool - very impressed and not (show prices) expensive. The chap selling it also...

Here’s a link covering the different types of steel(I’m not a fan of the music). Link doesn’t always work, search Craft supplies woodturning tool steel YouTube. They don’t cover ordinary carbon steel. Although it’s assumed that HSS is the way to go, I did go to a demo where the woodturner had...

I noticed that this has no warranty. Can a retailer really sell a product to a consumer without any comeback (guarantee) if it’s new? Can they get around this by saying it’s old stock, damaged, sold as seen etc. or does a consumer automatically get some rights? Draper Tools no longer lists the...

I meant with the glass in place and in the same room setting - I already commented on the previous photo whilst it was being constructed. Perhaps advertising it with the base flipped would help it sell? With the glass top, did you have to also flip the glass top? A glass table resists some...

He shows that you need to let air in from above, for his extraction to suck dust out of the cabinet. If you run a table saw with a blockage, you quickly realise the importance of not blocking the airflow. Not everyone has a hood as effective as his above the saw blade. His approach is very...

I wouldn’t invest in an essential tool from Silverline, as their tools are often are only 2/3 of what you need but usually less than half price however “buy cheap, pay twice” and “you get what you pay for”. There are however some “extras” they have that are cheap and effective e.g. I have used...

Take some wood along to a store for a test drive and avoid any that don’t have decent roller bearings above/below a cast iron table. Fence should feel really solid when clamped down. Better ones have tooless adjustment of thrust and side bearings (not ceramic pads) and ask to change the blade...

Mon-Thurs are just as bad (see reviews e.g. ”this item is so poorly built it beggars belief. I am completely gobsmacked at how poorly made it is. no matter how I adjusted the blade guides the blade would not cut straight”). Will you ask for a replacement or a refund Sat/Sun? Aldi have great...

I did that at school. Bought some glass with pocket money and a tube of clear silicone adhesive and used sellotape to hold it together until the silicone cured. Polystyrene ceiling tiles under the base, of course. The tank was a success and a big improvement on the school’s metal framed tanks...

Hmm, I thought a "common" length was up to 24". See https://pethelpful.com/fish-aquariums/C ... ight-Pleco (homer) Even so, it's probably best to consider all your options "carefully" as Bob says. The perfect example of a Pleco is, (of course, something else) a Cherry Barb is nice and can be...