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I've got a couple of from Axminster, they've been great. Matt

Ray iles every time, I have several of his edge tools and they're fantastic.

Narex are good, the ones I've got needed grinding back a mm or two as the steel was too hard but once that's done they're great. For furniture I personally prefer vintage sash mortice chisels of which I've got pretty much a full set. They just feel better on the hand to me. Matt

I removed the NVR on 2 of mine, I then fitted this Remote relay in its place, it needed the spade crimps removing and replacing with ring terminals, but that's not difficult and it's easy to reinstate if you ever sell it. It came with 2 remotes so one lives on my tablesaw fence the other is on...

Are you making external shutters? If so wallybois on YouTube makes them in France, he has some very good information, jigs and tips. Matt

I've used quarter sawn sapele for the whole job, the shutter is going in a west facing window so I wanted something stable.

I'm in the middle of making some for my living room. The Louvres are profiled, I got my router but from Amazon. I'm using the correct Louvre tilt pins as the provide a little tension, so you don't end up with floppy shutters. Rockler have a shutter wizard which you enter some basic measurements...

Before I switched to cartridge pu I used to turn it upside down and squeeze a bit of glue into the cap, this goes off so next time you used it, take the lid off and using a screw pick out the cured glue. Easy and less messy than having a skin on the glue.

I can't understand why you would do that vertically, why not just push it through inside face down on the table? If backed by a square board it's a very accurate way of joining a box. This jig however seems unnecessary. Matt

I had an itech extractor (just sold it) I removed the NVR and replaced it with a 240v remote relay, no need to flick a switch at all, just press the on button on the remote from wherever I am in the workshop. I did refit the NVR when it went up for sale but only because I wanted the remote for...

I use this when replacing cables, it doesn't go really stiff when it gets cold like other pvc cables. https://www.screwfix.com/p/time-3183p-black-3-core-1-5mm-flexible-cable-10m-coil/994jy Matt

I'm selling my beloved tablesaw, it comes with everything you see sat on the saw in the pictures and a homemade crosscut sled. I've had it maybe 4 years but found a deal on a saw that will take a dado stack so this unfortunately has to go. It's single phase and runs fine from a 13a plug. There...

I had a set for my old machine, they were virtually impossible to use. I tried the block of wood method, and found that quite frustrating. In the end I used a piece of glass sat on the out feed table with a piece of copy paper between the glass and the table, rotate the cutter block so the knife...

I've been using the same relay as @Sideways for over a year with my 2hp itech extractor, it's been flawless. I removed the NVR switch and put the relay in its place so it's all neat and no live bits are exposed. Matt

I've got the katsu corded, a Rutland branded plunge trim router and the Milwaukee cordless trim router. The bearings failed in the katsu in very shot order, I replaced them, it works but it's soo bloody loud and vibrates a lot, the Rutland's router is better, still loud and seems to be made...

You will still get snipe even with a spiral head, that's down to the machine setup. I've got a spiral head in my PT, there is still some work to do once the wood has come off the machine, it's good but not finish ready. I had a dw733 before, if the darn thing wasn't so loud I probably wouldn't...

I really like these, they're comfortable, light and don't steam up easily. Bolle contour Matt

I bought the spray gun Keith uses in the above video for a built in project I had going. It's a nice smaller gun, the spray fan is quite a bit smaller then my hvlp guns but it also goes through considerably less air. The finish off it is great. My hvlp guns I need to stop after about 30 secs to...

I ended up with a charnwood spiral pt12s. I fully set it up and have used it for a couple of smaller jobs so far it's great, feels like a quality machine.

Just an update on this thread, I have decided to go with neither of these machines and plumped for a charnwood PT12S, it should arrive on Saturday, I will update with my first impressions. Matt