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Cus, Your benchtop doesn't look to be thick enough. Benches get a pounding and the thicker the top the more pounding they will take, the thickness being more able to absorb shock. Is the frame beneath a box-frame construction,(A good plan) or is it just cross members? Nothing wrong with...

Andy, The tube drill is the solution; obviously the better the match when you come to plug the hole, the neater the job. These 'drills' do work though. Fantastic craft-work in the fitting of the doors eh? :shock: John

Hmmm... Looks like it will have been a double edged blade, which attaches to the handle. Either that or the blade carrier and guides are missing. My 'Britool' trimmer has two blades and is about 18 inches wide. Bought it in 1966 for the princely sum of £8 15 shillings and nine-pence (£8.85...

Mike... In the nineteen-sixties, I made a 6 foot sideboard from veneered block-board. My skills weren't so good then. My tools consisted of hand tools only (I even had to lay the sheets down in my back yard on 2x2s, and cut them out, on my knees with a tenon saw. I literally had just the...

I did read it was on the scarce list, so maybe that source was wrong! I also find idigbo available here: https://www.sykestimber.co.uk/timber/idigbo-emeri.html Which is where I sourced mine in the 1960s, strangely enough; the firm was then in Sheepcote Street, in Birmingham. That was for one...

It looks like idigbo to me. It could be ramin, which is virtually unobtainable these days, I used some idigbo in the mid-sixties, and found it easy to work but somewhat featureless in appearance. It was also quite soft for a hardwood, and marked easily. It finishes well and takes stain. Never...

https://www.sykestimber.co.uk/timber/utile.html This will give you some idea of availability and properties of Utile. I used this species making repro display cabinets for 'dealers', at the 'antique' fairs that were abundant in the 80's. Easy to work and takes a nice finish. HTH John

I quite liked my Leigh Jig, but as I say at almost 80 I am not doing so much and I am finding handheld routing to be a bit of a struggle due to arthritis. So a lot of stuff has to go! 8) John

Mike; Yes, very similar. I have the 1990s body with the updated scales. I did once think of buying extra fingers. but I didn't think it worth the bother for the amount I used it. Think it was a case of a jig too far!!!! I did evolve a method of transferring matching layouts from the left side...

Drummerian: Hi there. You may already know about this. Helped me no end when I made my first Shaker piece. Good reading. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Build-Shaker-F ... ure+making HTH John

Mike I was going to use two finger plates, so I could have a quick set up, for when I needed to dovetail on the Right-hand side of the jig. The only other alternative was make dovetails that were symmetrical. If you want an asymmetrical joint you need to work at both ends of the jig, which...

I can't ujse the new foru format. don't know how to et back through the rfelies, don't kno haven'fathomed ot to quoyt nousyts, and ahow to Sorry about that. I got struck by a sudden attack of occular migraine, and I lost it! I am having difficulties sorting through the new interface on the...

My Leigh Jig got a deluge of water all over it, when my cold water tank overflowed. At the time I was busy caring for my wife, when she went down with Parkinson's so I didn't even know it had happened for quite a while. The jig now has a problem with rust and probably needs a new...

I too forgot to mention David Barron's Dovetail Cutting Jig. It is for use with hand tools, but as far as I have seen users say it makes hand-cutting a 'breeze'. It's all a matter of practice I suppose; which is the way I went. These days I find a big router a handful; so I cut by hand. The...

Pros. If you really are sure you want a router-jig then the Keller jig, for materials up to 18mm is a sensible choice. Not too expensive, easy to use, and copes with any width boards just by moving the jig along. Provided with bearing guided cutters. A straight two flute and a dovetail cutter...

Get the footprint of the saw you want, and knock up an MDF box to the outside dimenaions. (!/2 hour's work?) You'll soon see if it's feasible! I did that with my Startrite 8" bandsaw. It was too big really, but I bought it anyway, and put castors on it! Which made the difference of course! John

Hi there. If you have a router; even a small one will do, fielded panels are easily done by hand. I use a 5mm straight two-flute cutter. Set the router fence to the desired width and maximum depth of the fielding (The border) that you want, then rout all round to set the limits of the...

Did you use a table saw or track saw, to cut your panels; and did you cut them separately or fixed as a single board? Discrepancies can creep in if you cut separately, especially on a tracksaw, where you have to place the track exactly. HTH John

Just reading a list of usernames is often amusing; and I thought eyes was spelled eyez! Lol! John

It's just habit for me to leave a tiny amount of waste, which I can flush down with the flat of a sharp chisel; using a slicing cut. Providing the chisel is held flat, not problem. John