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Don't shop by brand. Decide on what you want and shop around for it. Personally I think a belt driven saw with trunnion is essential as it will keep it's accuracy for life. Otherwise get the biggest capacity saw your shed will comfortably take. You might consider the heresy of an American saw...

For stock over 30 mm in width you are really into using a spindle moulder with a sliding table. The Incra excels with thin stock like 12 mm for boxes. It will machine super strong joints which are otherwise difficult to do with thin stock. Using thin ply is a bit pointless as the laminations...

Yes, always check the cutting height or you will end up cutting a slot in the aluminium fence ( don't ask me how I know ) I would always use a little glue and make the fingers a tad oversize. Avoid sanding them down especially with Baltic ply as you will quickly sand a mm too much. Better to use...

I have one and it's a super bit of kit. It can be used on a router table but is really designed for an American style saw which has two slots to guide the jig and of course the ability to use a dado stack. It is adjustable so your finger joints are really tight with no infuriating hairline gaps...

Brown markings are common in maple. The Americans call it ' Ambrosia maple ' and it is usually left in place as a decorative feature You should also be able to find bird's eye, ripple and quilted maple easily. - good luck bringing it all home

You can get beam saw attachments which will work on cordless saws. I think it would be easier just to buy a cordless chainsaw. I have the 36v twin battery Makita and it is excellent. In the US they have dedicated beam saws with 16" blades. Makita and Skillsaw are two examples but of course they...

Thanks for all the suggestions. As I say on second thought I'd rather not use a chemical product. The purfling looks promising as I'd prefer a jet black finish. Some dyed stringing can look more blue than black so I'll keep experimenting.

Thanks all. Somehow using a chemical product goes against the grain - it doesn;' feel ' right ' in fine furniture. African blackwood is also very brittle. I have some Wenge so I'll give that a go next time.

Folks, I like to make small circular tables with a black inlay about 30 cms in diameter. So far i have used solid ebony about 3 mm square but it is brittle stuff and not easy to bend to that radius, Does anybody use black hot melt glue for inlay lines. ? I've seen one hot melt system with it's...

There is also a one hour formula from the same company. Good stuff but use it in a few weeks or it goes hard.

Have you tried black shellac sticks. ? They seem to run into cracks with a kind of osmotic attraction. i bought a box of them but I think it was from Lee Valley in Canada.

It;s Yew. Surprisingly soft when worked and a facemask is advised. It is glorious when finished but fades to a golden brown over time.

I don't see any handles and it must weigh a ton. He must have have used a trolly to get it around. ?

I should probably clarify that I tend to make boxes at 30 x 20 cms which is 100 cms in total hence the need for a long sled. You could make a shorter sled but the piece being cut needs support as you make the cuts.' I been tempted to get the desktop Morso guillotine for a while. Can anyone tell...

US shops may not send goods directly to Europe ' it tends to be hit and miss. You can register with a shipping agency like Shipito and rockler will send the goods there I made a sled 100cms long x16cms deep You can then align pencil marks on the piece with the cut on the back of the fence of...

Originally designed by a chap called Andy Klein to make boxes out of one piece of ply. However I found that it will cut clean miter fold joints across solid wood with the help of a sled. It's particularly useful for cutting veneered wood although you will probably want to insert solid inlays on...

There is more to making boxes than cutting miters. Plain miters can be cut in a variety of ways but how .will you strengthen them ? I notice an increasing tendency to use CA glue to hold them and then insert 2-3 mm slips of wood into router cut slots but I think that's a bit of a cop out. You...

Velcro is not quite as good where absolute accuracy is needed. I make a few segmented bowls and find the joints cut on the saw are just a bit cleaner and crisper. Andrew Crawford advocates using the sander to make miter joints although he has a lathe mounted affair. Velcro discs are still great...

I agree that Titebond is overpriced and Titebond 3 finishes a brown colour that is more suited to dark woods. I recently had a small hammer which snapped its handle in a spiral break and I reglued it with regular PVA - stronger than the wood itself ! Best to buy glue in small amounts as even PVA...

A pity about FFX, I always found their prices to be the best. I bought some sash clamp extension bars from them which was about the only place i could find them. Being a foreigner on here I'm afraid Brexit has ruined retailing from the UK. It's impossible to buy anything off Ebay now due to...