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A Week In The Workshop 169



Direct link - https://youtu.be/z-FxerTzqXo


Hi Everyone, hope you’ve had a good week and are having a good weekend. I seem to have spent all this week at my computer writing, so my apologies - I know I owe a few folks replies to emails and I will get to them over the weekend.


Still haven’t managed to turn up my 20mm router bit tests so we’ll chat about that another time. There’s a bit more about the Birch ply alternatives now I’ve used them a bit more, and a little more info on the Festool CXS 18 that I mentioned in passing when I chatted about the Centrotec system.


There’s also the Festool USB Lanyard giveaway too, so stay tuned to the end for that one. Oh, and a little bit of chat about the Domino too. Or is that two?


Thanks as always for being here, and enjoy the rest of the weekend.


Peter


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Gaz  Coulson
Gaz Coulson
Feb 21, 2023

I agree (spot on) to get used to the Domino before the Dommy Plate makes it’s appearance- muscle memory is big part of the Domino’s speed and accuracy 👌🏼😁 - roll on the birth of the Loose TJ - Max 🤓

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petermillard
petermillard
Feb 21, 2023
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And 💥boom!💥 there’s the name, right there! Loose Tenon Jig Max. 🙌👍👍

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Tim Webb
Feb 20, 2023

I bought some sheets of this for a project. Not premium grade but very usable. Reasonable delivery charge too! https://sheetmaterialswholesale.co.uk/18mm-latvian-birch-plywood-throughout-bb-bb-2440mm-x-1220mm-8%e2%80%b2-x-4%e2%80%b2/

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petermillard
petermillard
Feb 20, 2023
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That’s the kind of money I was paying before the madness. Thanks Tim!

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Paul
Paul
Feb 19, 2023

I seem to recall that a few of your previous build videos (from about 3 or more years ago) you would do a "postmortem" video as well...? I'm looking forward to the next video in the cabinet build and then would quite like a follow-up video about the ply and dowelers after that.

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petermillard
petermillard
Feb 19, 2023
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I kind of did a pre-mortem with this one Paul! 😂 Yes, there’ll be more to follow on all aspects of this build, and they’ll be posted here first.👍

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Connor R
Feb 19, 2023

Looking forward to seeing what you think of the big Domino when it comes, I've got a few larger furniture projects coming up so I'm seriously tempted to pick one up too!

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Connor R
Feb 19, 2023
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I'll keep an eye out for your XL jig, I expect it'll be a fair bit more affordable than the df700!

I will admit though, since getting my df500 I've got pretty lazy, not sure if I'll put up with the hassle of a router jig for long 😬 I'm no stranger to hand cut mortises so could do it that way but I repeat, getting lazy 😂

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Derek Caldwell
Derek Caldwell
Feb 19, 2023

Hi Peter


Is there a James latham near you they are claiming to have birch ply haven’t tried them yet as my local timber merchant still has a small stock of birch managed to get 6 sheets 12mm birch the other day I have attached a link to a tweet from lathams hope this helps


https://twitter.com/lathamsltd/status/1620453976687939586?s=46&t=_GgxaFQjLl3kkuhMlU50Rw


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petermillard
petermillard
Feb 19, 2023
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Thanks! Lathams are the distributor my local yard buys from, they can get most thicknesses, but 18mm has been unavailable;able for a while. 👍

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