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Cool, you made it to step 7, only 8 more to go!

Nice work on the table! Is it just me, but are the offerings at Fantastic and other places getting worse over the years?

Thanks everyone.

I have a very inexpensive router (Westco). My main concern when I stumped out the money for it was being able to squeeze optional extras like food into my budget, so it pretty...

I'm not sure if this is common experience or not, but I am having some real difficulties getting bits out of my plunge router. After thoroughly loosening the hex nut, the bit is still firmly...

I just checked with the boss and she says we can stop by for a bit. That means the little boss will be coming also.

Well done on working to show a balanced and fair view of things. Even though you have been slandered, your efforts are well worth it, don't give in to the temptation to reciprocate. People who...

Some of my best tools are inherited. Recently I've begun sourcing more scrap timber because my 9 yo is going nuts with her great grandpa's hand drill.

Thanks. I've actually been reading up some of the router-related horror stories that have been helpfully relayed on the forum, such as fletty's "Ouch" from 2014, and have rapidly developed a...

Lappa, thanks for that, simple but effective. It's the opposite approach of what I was trying to imagine, in that the jig goes onto the router, rather than the table.

Handyjack, I put some scrap...

Hi all,

I have an inexpensive router which I have used for a few edge trims and not much else. I have a new piece of timber that I will use to make a new frame for an old large photo that is...

I was just about to Google this strange substance when I sounded it out...

I had never heard of "hard" and "soft" water till I lived in SoCal. First time someone told me that they just got water softening installed I had no idea what to say.

Wow thanks everyone for the great replies, its been really helpful. I *was* looking at el cheapo ebay stock, cast, etc, and it does look like a poorly timed blow from a feather would cause it...

Thanks Shaun. I gather from what you are saying that the stand *might* work out if I'm willing to put in some time and effort to set it up firmly on a solid base, taking special care to get it...

Thanks for the welcome Keith and crowie.

crowie I'd anticipated that there might be quite a few on here from the Mountains, it's that kind of area. I'm fairly busy at the moment, get a bit of...

What a prize... the main shortcoming with Aldi stuff is when the right thing comes around, the bank account is inevitably a little short of the funds needed...

I wonder if Aldi does a laser...

Hello all,

Hoping to get some advice concerning the product named in the title of the thread. The idea is that instead of buying a drill press, you pay less money and probably take up less of...

Hi all,

I am a hobbyist, mostly reclaiming stuff I come across into picture frames, boxes, etc. About to start a somewhat larger project, making my daughter an elevated bed with a desk (think...