A moment of clarity

I was (attempting) reading the Leigh Dovetail Jig manual the other day, when I had a moment of clarity.  The Leigh template guide does not fit the Triton routers, and that is unfortunate because Leigh have built into their template guide an eccentricity which allows for a very fine tuning of the fit, and accuracy [...]

Triton Spares

It has been a long wait, but there has been some progress made on getting Triton spares available again.
An ex-GMC employee took it onto himself to buy the spares as the companies went into liquidation so that they would still be able to be made available.  He has moved to the west (WA), and it [...]

A quick preview of Frontline

You know you are onto a good thing when you have a guest in the shed, and you just have to rave about a tool you are reviewing, and this is absolutely the case with the Frontline Engineering clamps that arrived today.
I will do a comprehensive review of this clamping system in the near future [...]

Clamps Clamps Clamps Clamps Clamps

I’m currently working on the panel clamp review article, and it is proving hard-going on some levels.
Some clamps are easy, in fact it becomes difficult limiting how much I write about them!
Doing reviews over a range of tools in a particular genre is really interesting – you get to really see the ins, and outs [...]

Coincidence

Got an email from Incremental Tools today, and one of the items on sale is the very book I was mentioning by Perry McDaniel
Now available in an electronic form, it includes the cutting board, and the wesbite also provides the Trivet plan for free.
And of course, this is the chopping board I have always intended [...]

An Interesting Gauge from Bridge City Toolworks

It is not yet available for sale, but it looks an interesting (and innovative) tool.
An article on the gauge can be found here (Image sourced from their website)

The gauge takes into account the width of stock in the left-hand slot (as seen in the above-photo), and the kerf of the blade (be that tablesaw, bandsaw, [...]

Neil Scobie DVDs – Brief Excerpt

Some excerpts from one of Neil Scobie’s instruction DVDs, showing some of the steps involved in creating an Erosion Bowl.  On the full 85 minute DVD, Neil provides detailed explanations and demonstrations of each step involved.
www.neilandlizscobie.com

Rockwell JawHorse Commercial

This is the commercial for the Rockwell JawHorse that will be featuring on FoxSports in July (in Australia).
The Rockwell JawHorse itself will also be available in July.  The Worx JawHorse (which is the Rockwell JawHorse in the USA) which has been featured on this website will be available later this year.

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Incra Laminated Breadboard

Ever since seeing Perry McDaniel’s breadboard, I have wanted to try one myself – doesn’t look particularly complex, but it has been one of those projects I’ve just never gotten a round tuit.
So with the clamp review, and finally obtaining some purpleheart which I always planned to use as one of the timbers, I begun [...]

Some initial findings

Not too many surprises coming out of the polls, which is as valuable as any left-field results.  If you have yet to vote, please do so as I am interested in getting as balanced a result as I can.
From the article poll, there is an increasing trend towards a desire for more how-to articles, which [...]

Some Reader Feedback

Thought I might check in, and make sure that I am still supplying the sort of content that you want to see on this website.
This first survey is about the overall balance of article types that appear.  Multiple answers are allowed.
Should have mentioned – your votes are completely anonymous, and if you think there should [...]

Universities are the Bomb

Headed over to the Mechanical Engineering workshops, and found someone who will be quite happy to do the minor milling job I need for my router table (that annoyingly slight curvature on the front face).    Once I can get that done, I will be on the road once again to completing the router table.
Also sounds [...]