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Projects – Router table – Part 3

Posted on 06/04/2013 by John

Continued from Part 2. Now I have a circle cutting base for my router I no longer have any excuse for inactivity on this project! I chose a nice thick pine board and marked the center point for the circle … Continue reading →

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Projects – Circle Cutting Router Base – Part 2

Posted on 05/04/2013 by John

Continued from Part 1 Having escaped from Colditz the garage and had a break, I returned to work on the circle cutting base. I took the knob and tote off a Draper plane that I don’t use anymore since I … Continue reading →

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Projects – Circle Cutting Router Base – Part 1

Posted on 04/04/2013 by John

To progress my plans to build a router table I need to cut a circular hole to clamp the body of the router in. The diameter of the hole required is quite a bit bigger than that of any of … Continue reading →

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Special Delivery

Posted on 20/03/2013 by John

A while ago Olly was selling some of his unwanted tools, so I bought his Hitachi C9U2 circular saw, complete with various blades and spares for a very fair £90. I’ve been lusting after various Hitachi saws for a while … Continue reading →

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Projects – Router table – Part 2

Posted on 16/03/2013 by John

As I mentioned in the previous post, I saw a hinged clamp in Jigs & Fixtures for the Table Saw & Router that is ideal for my Draper Expert Combination Router. It’s in the chapter on building a Horizontal Routing … Continue reading →

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Projects – Router table – Part 1

Posted on 26/02/2012 by John

During some recent home improvements I found that the plumber who fitted the central heating for the previous owner of our house had come within about 1mm of nailing into his own pipe while replacing the floor boards. Unfortunately I … Continue reading →

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Wolfcraft mastercut 1000 folding power tool table

Posted on 26/02/2012 by John

As mentioned previously, I have a Wolfcraft Mastercut 1000 folding power tool table which can hold a variety of tools including circular saw, router, jigsaw and drill and has a small vice attached. I bought it about 5 years ago … Continue reading →

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Power tool roll call

Posted on 31/01/2012 by John

I thought it’d be interesting to list all my power tools in the approximate order in which I got them. I’ve even managed to track down and link to the manuals for most of them Cordless drill/driver – Black & … Continue reading →

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