Harrogate Show

[Doug71]

I went this morning and quite enjoyed it.

@Spectric I had a good look at the Lamello Zeta and was very impressed, it would be really useful for me I just need to weigh up if I can justify the outlay. I was also quite taken with the Mafell cordless jigsaw, it feels like a brick in your hand but in a good way if that makes any sense!

The whole SawStop set up was very slick, I can see them taking over the table saw market in the UK like they have in America.

My only purchase was a couple of leather covered magnetic tool holders from The Durham Leatherworker stall, bit of an indulgence and totally unnecessary but will be perfect for holding some nice old chisels that I have.

 

[SVB]

We travelled up from glocs - me + couple of mates. We really enjoyed it, bought some supurb green woodworking tools from the amazing Nic Westermann, lovely new 5 1/2 plane from Luban folks, sharpening kit, lighting, abrasives, veneers, finishes and a bucket of mixed price smaller hand tools.

There were some small ‘show deals’ but for us the ticket and travel value was repaid several times over with the value of the advice received.

 

[jb94]

Yeah the floating tenon jig looks good but I feel a dowel joint properly made would give (in real terms) similar strength.

Shame that all the jigs I saw today were pocket holes.

Perhaps I’ll have to order some metal bushings and make one myself

 

[jb94]

I went this morning and quite enjoyed it.

@Spectric I had a good look at the Lamello Zeta and was very impressed, it would be really useful for me I just need to weigh up if I can justify the outlay. I was also quite taken with the Mafell cordless jigsaw, it feels like a brick in your hand but in a good way if that makes any sense!

The whole SawStop set up was very slick, I can see them taking over the table saw market in the UK like they have in America.

My only purchase was a couple of leather covered magnetic tool holders from The Durham Leatherworker stall, bit of an indulgence and totally unnecessary but will be perfect for holding some nice old chisels that I have.

I saw this stand and did like the products but it wasn’t really a necessity as you say a nice indulgence

 

[Spectric]

Perhaps I’ll have to order some metal bushings and make one myself

Don't think of a dowel jig as just something that drills holes, the level of precision needed is very high, there is a far east clone of the Dowelmax out there which is not that good, both ends of the drilling block must be symetrical to a very high tolerance but this clone version is apparently not precise enough so joints don't close or end up misaligned. The drilling errors will add up, 0.03 mm out on 6 holes then the error could now be approaching 0.2 mm.

 

[jb94]

Don't think of a dowel jig as just something that drills holes, the level of precision needed is very high, there is a far east clone of the Dowelmax out there which is not that good, both ends of the drilling block must be symetrical to a very high tolerance but this clone version is apparently not precise enough so joints don't close or end up misaligned. The drilling errors will add up, 0.03 mm out on 6 holes then the error could now be approaching 0.2 mm.

Agreed, I was looking for a precision bit of kit but sadly I found nothing.
I was also less than impressed with some drill guides I saw - Micky mouse quality without any angle guides. The ujk one did look good however