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I’ve taken bags of extractor waste (from saw and p/t) to the local tip no problem. They ask me to empty the bags into the mixed wood skip. On a windy day that makes a lot of mess so I always ask if they’re sure but they always say yes!

I have the Makita. It’s ok and wasn’t too expensive bought new. However I agree with the limitations mentioned above. If I had to buy a new one now I think I would be looking at the dewalt.

My default is brown parcel tape. It works unbelievably well for minimal cost. As suggested above, a decent brand of tape is definitely worth the extra pence. Lay all pieces end to end, slightly overlap the mitres and tape the back. The stretch in the tape “clicks” the pieces together when it’s...

Thanks Ian. I've gone for some from Hafele. Been generally pleased with their products in the past.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a source of decent quality pan head screws? I’m after some shortish screws - c.25mm long. I’m currently struggling along with a multi pack of different sizes from Toolstation all of which appear to be made from a material closely resembling fudge. Many thanks

Your bench ends look pretty similar to this A wrought iron garden bench with parasol. 107 cm(w) x 70 cm(d) Looks like the round holes with the dowels held a parasol and the lugs were possibly for joining multiple benches together?

Thanks everyone for your help - much apprecaited. Plenty of food for thought there. Not heard of the door straighteners before Brian so thanks for the intro. I'm inclined to just go for it (taking heed of the sound advice above) and see how it goes.

I'm currently designing a wardrobe with a pair of matching chests of drawers. For aesthetic reasons the client wants to have flat plank wardrobe doors of solid oak to tie in with the design of other elements of the pieces (eg all of the drawer fronts will be a single flat panel of oak). It's...

I paid for the download from the New Yankee website: https://www.newyankee.com/product/deluxe-router-station/ I probably could have come up with a design myself based on free sources but it saved me a lot of time and took out the guess work as its the first router table I've made. The plans...

Hi Ollie, good idea - I hadn't thought of locktiteing the grub screw in place - I will try that. Just a shame they didn't think to put a square (or hexagonal) section of rod on the crank handle with the equivalent internal section on the bar coming off the lift assembly.

I recently bought the Rutland lift and motor and fitted it in a homemade table based (strongly) on the Norm Abram deluxe design (pics below). I think the Rutland normally goes for £400 but got mine for £300. Power is either 2.4kw or 1.8kw depending on which bit of the (largely incomprehensible)...

Thanks for the intel tyreman - much appreciated.

Many thanks for that Oddbod, much appreacited. Thanks also for your endorsement of Cabinetman's thoughts above. Sounds like its time for me to stop procrastinating and crack on!

Hi Ian, many thanks for your advice - very much appreciated. I've also just been looking at your Behomoth for inspiration. What a fantastic project! That is a beautiful piece of work and thanks for taking the time to share such useful intel. I feel more confident in my design now. As you say...

I'm currently designing a desk to fit an unusually shaped room. The back edge of the desk will be scribed to, fitted to and supported by the the wall on four sides (see sketch of plan view attached). The front edge will be a stretched "S". The top will be solid oak - probably around 40mm...

That looks like the sort of portable bandsaw oak framers use to cut curves where the timbers are so large it’s easier to take the saw to the timber. Agreed though - terrifying

Does anyone have a bandsaw with a similar capacity to this? I would be interested to know what it’s capable of. I’m tempted by the Aldi bandsaw at that price but is it realistic to expect it to be able to re-saw hardwood stock into thinner boards for example?

I made a balcony last year - my first green oak project. For mortises I cut out the bulk using an auger bit in a cordless drill then chopped out the rest using mallet and chisel. As above I would definitely recommend a raw hide faced Thor mallet. I also made a “persuader” using an off cut of oak...

Thanks Doug, that’s interesting. I hadn’t thought about the springs being too tight rather than too slack. That could explain some of the issues I’m experiencing - the misalignment of the thicknesser table effectively making the infeed roller springs stiffer than they would otherwise be (and...

Thanks Sideways. I followed up your suggestion and found the Sedgwick manual to be really useful. I agree that the general principles set out in it should be transferrable. The section on the relative heights of the cutter and rollers confirms my suspicion that the outfeed roller should be...