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I had a portable DeWalt thicknesser for years, took up little space in the workshop and handled 95% of the thicknessing. Wore it out in the end and now have a Jet thicknesser which is still a comparatively small footprint. Life's too short to muck about converting planer thicknessers.

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Another advantage of repair is that there is generally no need to involve the Planning Department, a massive bonus as they can be unbelievably obstructive.

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A lovely job in more ways than one.

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I had to do something similar and glued a piece of ply, pre fitted with a pin, to the surface with a few spots of glue from a hot melt glue gun. You would need to make sure it would come away easily without marking the surface, it did for me but you would need to test it first. The other thing I fou...

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As you are going to set a building on this you need to use concrete pads. I usually fill the hole with a stiff mix of concrete then set a paving slab on top, that way it's much easier to guarantee that you have them perfectly level.

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You can get shellac sticks which you melt and run into the scratch, then sand level before applying a final finish. This should give you a good but not invisible repair. I would be wary of trying to steam the mark out, steam is generally used for dents and is a lot less effective for scratches and s...

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The rings are designed to stop the dust ever getting into the box so you need a good extraction system in the fence. Dust falling down over the router can get sucked into the inverted router motor, so preventing the dust getting in there by fitting a close fitting ring is a good idea.

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I did quite a bit of joint testing when I first got my Domino and found that if you Domino a rail to a stile and then put enough force on the joint, the stile will usually split down its length at the end of the Domino. Basically the stile lacks the strength of the cross grain joint from the through...

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As Prom says definitely defective. I've reluctantly fitted a few engineered doors and not been called back to any of them so they should be reasonably durable.

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Was this supplied as an external door?

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If you are not going to be using it for long runs I would look to get an older van without all the emission kit. A friend has a new Vivaro and it has been in and out of the garage with a clogged up EGR valve dispite the fact he doesn't do short runs in it and this seems to be a common problem with t...

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Plantation blinds block the light much better than Venetian or roller blinds as they seal the light out all round the blind. The only down side i find with them is, because they seal so well, they trap the air between the glass and the blind and, even with double glazing, we get a lot more condensat...

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I think that the larva are active all year but they emerge to fly off to timbers new in May. The chances are these are old holes that you didn't spot earlier. The kilning process would kill any woodworm off, and woodworm like moist wood, once the moisture content gets below 20% they aren't normally ...

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I don't think any of these machines will work that well with a large sander, it creates so much fine dust that it will very quickly clog any filter. The bag machine would be the worst option, the bag material gets completely saturated with dust and it is very difficult to clean it enough to get a de...

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I've used Lathams for sheet material and also some timber. On the whole they have been very good, they did slip me a bendy piece of 6mm birch ply once but that could have been error rather than intent.

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Yes, thanks for posting, very interesting to see your construction methods for a table like this.

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Very smart job.

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Thanks for going to so much trouble to post this, the gates look great and I especially like your method of hidden fixing which I'm going to nick if I may! Like Prom though I don't think you have left enough space between the boards, especially as you used kilned. I had a door split its stiles durin...

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Brilliant, look forward to the updates. I had a glue test in the garden for many years, it became a point of discourse and division when it became less sightly!

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You could get a pocket hole plug cutter and make your own plugs, that way it should be more or less invisible. Filler is always a bodge, if you get it to match at the start as soon as the wood ages the filler will stand out like a beacon. If your client is going to be ridiculously picky I would tell...

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I am a bit concerned about using 1" square timber for a bench. Unless you have some way of linking or reinforcing the timber I think you are going to have major problems with it. Plus teak oil would not be a finish of first choice for me. Oak is a difficult timber to finish for exterior use. Tu...

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For jig read home made jig. Just a couple of pieces of MDF cut to the required shape and made into a box would do the job, but you could use the same MDF with a plane and use it as a guide. If you have a power planer take off the bulk of the waste and then a few passes with a hand plane would have i...

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You could make a jig to do this with a router, but, especially if you don't have a lot to do, you could just use a plane to shape them.

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Try looking here http://www.bwf.org.uk/choose-wood/gloss ... king-terms

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Looks like this roof doesn't have fascia boards so will need a tile support batten. You will find that the bottom batten needs to be thicker than the rest of the roofing laths. If you Google clay tile eaves detail and look at images you will find lots of examples, although most show a fascia board y...

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Can't help you with the saw, although I have got a couple of Milwaukee drills and they have been great, but when I was writing for The Woodworker magazine they sent me half a dozen blades to test in my 18v DeWalt saw. Ran each blade with a full battery and cut lengths of MDF. The Freud blade cut mor...

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It looks like it's just laths layed on the slats and nailed or screwed together. If you were to rout slots you would be exposing the less treated inner part of the timber which would encourage rot to set in.

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I like it too.

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The pre filter is rated P2, so not too bad, but I would definitely go for a dedicated P3 mask if I were using MDF a lot.

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If you are using a mask for MDF dust you need one rated P3. The one you link to doesn't seem to have a rating at all so I would assume it is only for paint/solvent use. I have used 3M 7000 series masks for years and they are very good (. I hope)

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I'd lay it as a floating floor, but it would need some laminate floor underlay underneath.

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Danish oil is not very good for treating exterior wood, even the exterior version won't give you a long lasting finish and will need constant maintenance.

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I've had a very quick look at the link you posted but couldn't see where they are using the pocket screws. Pocket screws don't give a fantastically strong joint and if you bought some 10mm round moulding and made your own 50mm long dowels, you would have a much stronger joint than pocket screws.

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Is a sheet of aluminium going to reinforce the door? I've made a few insulated doors by making a torsion box from 6mm ply with a 20 or 25mmm cellotex core which I've then clad with timber, and they have been pretty solid!

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Butchers blocks are normally made from square section stock and the pieces are randomly orientated which creates a board under even tension. You have used rectangular blocks then aligned them to create a pattern and I think this is your problem. You have inadvertently created a lot of tension within...

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Mine reverses but I've only used it a couple of times, having a tilting spindle is the most important extra if you can get it. Keith, what do you find so useful about tilt on a spindle moulder? I have three, one has tilt but I've not needed it so far. I use modern blocks with limiters but do someti...

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Very nice, even the plinth lighting! At least they can turn it off if the novelty wears off

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I haven't replied as I haven't found any supplier round here in Shropshire that consistently supplies decent oak.

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Mine reverses but I've only used it a couple of times, having a tilting spindle is the most important extra if you can get it.

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Something is wrong with the cyclone if it is imploding drums with no hose attached.

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