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Hi Gordo,
You say you have an assortment of hand tools. You'd be safer using a hand plane to square up your table legs...my own experience of hand-held electric planers is that they can remove a lot...

The basic WC2000 is a saw bench, either table saw or crosscut. You need to remove the saw bench table top and saw and fit the router table top RTA300 onto the base unit (with router) the finger...

Rather than shell out $100 for a 10k grit stone you should try a strop after your 6k stone. You can either get a leather strop and load the surface with honing compound, or do what I do and use a...

The best tip I ever found for getting good results with a biscuit jointer is to avoid using the built in fence wherever possible. Instead use a flat reference surface...I made a torsion box bench top...

It is fairly easy to make a little thickness sander using a drill press, a sanding drum and fence parallel to axis of the sanding drum. I set the gap between the drum and fence (final thickness of...

I recently had to replace my table router and, after much thought I went for the Trend T11. I'm not sure if the Trend is available in Oz but it is basically the same machine as the Dewalt 625, with a...

If you search the forum you might find some references to modifying the Triton 235 mm saw to take 250 mm blades. It is simple to do, works just fine and gives you another 7.5 mm depth of cut. It also...

A veneered MDF panel will be quicker to make, assuming you would be machining the T&G boards for the panels. It would also be more dimensionally stable than solid wood.

George

I have a 52 1/2 QR on my bench, which is a similar size to yours. I would certainly recomment it over the smaller, non-QR one as a face vice. Apart from the obvious advantage of the QR, the large jaw...

Hi, Philip, what you need is a coping sled. http://lumberjocks.com/projects/1061

George

The best jig I've found for setting primary bevel angle is the Tormek Anglemaster Search Results I use it with a cheapo bench grinder, though I do have a Veritas tool rest.

I don't know about IKEA in Oz, but in my local store they now sell good quality Blum hinges for £3 a pair (approx $6).

A lot of the strength of a torsion box comes from a good glue joint between the skins and the core. I'd be inclined to make the core as a grid with a couple of full length strips as well as cross...

There is a tutorial on making torsion box shelves here...Torsion Box Shelves - The Woodworkers Institute. I'd have thought 6 mm ply skins would be adequate for the size of shelves you are planning.
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If you make your own out of wood all they really cost is your time and you are a lot less likely to ding a plane iron or chisel.

Hi Ray,
glad to hear that the recovery is going well. I just checked out the post-op picture of your @rse (there must be a law against that:B)...that is some bruising you have there. I'm amazed that...

The usual method for drywall is to use a screw gun, for example Makita 6824 or 6834. These guns use paper collated screws and are fast and easy to use. They also drive the screw to exactly the right...

I bought a Bostitch 16ga angled nailer (s/h off Ebay). The collation angle is 25 degrees compared with the 20 degree angle of Paslode and Dewalt. I'm having the opposite problem to you guys in that I...

Paslode guns are good but if you are only an occasional user they are a big cost. The gas also "goes off" so you would be better with a small compressor and a pneumatic gun. Problem is that you need...

My dad used to make sheperd's crooks out of rams horn (mostly Scottish Blackface). Horn can certainly be shaped by heating, either by boiling as suggested earlier, heat gun or propane torch. The gas...

The low tech way to do it is to make a sawboard using the factory edge of a 2400 mm sheet of 19 mm MDF or good quality birch ply.. Set up one side to rip a straight edge with a hand held circular saw...

Yes, there should be a slight toe-in at the top of the jaws to make sure that the jaws are parallel when they are tightened up.

I have made a grid out of 2 off 6"x2" x 4ft and 3 off 4"x2"x8ft. The grid sits on a couple of Triton Multistands. The advantage of this is that the whole tabletop tilts to an almost vertical position...

If you are right handed, you should place a face vice near the left hand end of the bench. It is advisable to line the metal jaws with timber so as not to mark the workpiece and, yes the jaws should...

I made my crosscut sled to run on the maxi table inner rail and it works very well. I've just completed a kitchen refit and I got perfectly square panels for the cabinets and doors...well worth...

Hi, I'm a relative newbie here too. I currently use an old Black&Decker Workmate for my mitre saw, together with a couple of Triton multistands as side supports for longer workpieces. A workstation...

If you buy in to the whole Festool thing you can get accessories to add to the guide rail for parallel rips and angled or square cuts. Another guide rail system worth a look is the Eurekazone rail...

Window frames, even for rectangular openings, usually involve a fair bit of work. There have been a couple of threads on the UKworkshop forum on window making that you should maybe have a look at, so...

Panel saws are huge and need loads of space. To rip a 2400 mm sheet you need more than 2400 infeed and obviously the same as outfeed. On your budget you will be able to get a good table saw and a...

Since this is the Triton section, what about a couple of Multistands? Useful for lots more than infeed/outfeed support

cheers

George

I use carpet tape, sticks well and peels off cleanly at the end of the job.

cheers

George

I've done quite a few of these and without a doubt it is easier on a drill press. My cheapo drill press has an extended table top fitted. It is just a piece of melamine faced chipboard about 600 mm...

Are you talking about plain MDF for a gloss paint finish or veneered MDF for a lacquer finish? If it is for a paint finish, you will get a better finish with moisture resistant MDF (generally...

I have just bought a second hand BS, an old cast iron bench top one. 12" wheels and a 78" blade. The motor (1425 rpm) directly drives the botton wheel so the blade speed is around 4500 fpm, which is...

I have 1000mm K bodies and 600 mm Unis. The K bodies are built like heavy duty sash clamps whereas the Unis are much, much lighter. The clamp head doesn't slide nearly as easily as the K bodies but...

file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/newlg/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpgThanks for the replies. I was thinking about something like this one http://www.highlandwoodworking.com/index.asp?PageAction=Custom&ID=66...

Hi Guys,
has anyone made a tenoning jig to work with the WC2k? I have recently bought a second hand bevel ripping guide and wondered if anyone had made a jig to work with that. I have tried the...

Niki,
here is a link to the page with the long compass on the router table...

Niki,
I have seen a web article that described using your "compass" clamped to a router table top with a straight bit at the angle where your chalk goes. Two brads are driven into the workpiece and...

MDF is ok for interior use, like kitchen cabinet doors (even then it is best to use the moisture resistant kind, usually coloured green). I would never use it for an exterior door, even in a...

No, only AM and FM:U

I have a set of Woodrat plunge bars on my router in the table (I don't have the Woodrat and I don't know if they are available in Oz, I'm in Scotland)). It makes setting bit height one handed easy....

I'd go with a CMS for the flooring and skirtings...best tool for the job. If you need to rip sheet material later a cheapish had held circular saw and a home made sawboard; a quick internet search...

I have one of these, marketed by Trend in the UK and it works well for me.

You can use lacquer or paint to get the look you want. The problem with MDF (from a finishing point of view) is that the cut edges soak up paint like a sponge. I usually make some waterproof PVA glue...

I just watched the movies...very impressive. A point about your test cuts though. I reckon you should rotate the just cut edge onto the fence after each cut, not away from it. To check that you are...

I'd make a sub-base out of 6 mm ply or MDF and stick it to the sole plate with double sided tape, then plunge the saw blade through it and mount the whole thing in the WC. The down side is that you...

I have just downloaded v10.5 (the basic free instalation) and it does not have a record facility that I can see. Maybe that is on the paid for version?

The hold-down fingers are available as a spare part from Triton. http://www.tritontools.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=39_40&products_id=167 This is a link to the UK supplier 'cause thats where I am,...

Oops:-. Just had a look at the Amazon UK site and the books are individually priced at about £17 - £18 with free delivery...possibly cheaper if you buy the set.