Hi Peter, Just note what I say and not how I say it - we are all different and world is much nicer if we respect each other. Cheers. Peter

Hi Barry, Gosh, you are very kind. Cheers. Peter

Hi Gary, As always, many thanks. Cheers. Peter

Thank you so much. Peter

Hi Robert, Many thanks. Peter

Hi Mark, Stacked Dado cutters are fine if you are doing production work but they do need to be accurately adjusted. Many can be adjusted by "dialing in" the required width. Cheers. Peter

Hi Pat, I hope all is well with you and your family. Many thanks and take care. Peter

Hi Gary, Thank you for this - I feel safer doing things this way too. Cheers. Peter

Hi Marcos, Many thanks. Peter

Hi Mark, Thank you too - all is good thanks. Peter

I said to someone recently that when I make a video it is like inviting your best friend into the house for tea - so I always do a "tidy" before making each video and sometimes during the filming process. When my sound insulation and dry lining was being done I lent the guys my Festool power distribution systainer and my work light. Both were covered in rock hard drywall mud and most of it is still there. Never mind ! Cheers. Peter

Yeah, i made the mistake of loaning my cordless drill to my Dad once. It came back covered in tar and destroyed. So i don't loan tools anymore, unless i want to actually give them to the person. Same thing with books. Someone once said that if you're asked to loan a book, you should respond with such a shocked look of horror at such an unimaginable request, so that the person never tries to ask again!

Just struck me aswell how his 10+ years old tools can look brand new and still use them frequently. I simply love watching Pete's educating about various woodworking skills. It's just soothing and like watching a Jeremy Clarkson but with more manners. Haha So much i finally bought a parf guide system mk2 and made my own mft table

Hi Christopher, You are always very kind - many thanks. Peter

Thank you! Cheers! Peter

Hi John, Many thanks for the tip. Peter

You just helped me! Thanks.

@@bluewren65 thank you it's nice to know I helped someone. I live in New York, USA where are you

@@johnlowry5311 I'm in the remote Central Highlands of Tasmania! It's summer here. Hope the winter isn't too brutal where you are.

@@bluewren65 So far so good. Only one snow storm. Do you ever watch the Dave Stanton live show from Australia. He a great guy & put out a great show. He on Sunday morning @ 11 Australia time.

Hi Andreas, Many thanks and stay safe. Cheers. Peter

No problem 👍

Glad it was helpful!

@@NewBritWorkshop really usefull for a newb like myself 👍🏻

Excellent!

Hi, if I had my way I'd purchase a cabnit grade sawstop with dado set but that's the price I pay for living in Europe. Not available here

Stacking dado blades are not available in Europe? Why, safety concerns? I would have a tough time getting the precision and consistency without my dado blades. I had no idea they aren't common everywhere.

Dado blades aren't common in Europe, although they do exist even on some portable circular saws (see the Festool VN-HK85 accessory for instance). I understand it's partly a safety issue (as one has to remove the riving knife and shroud which have to be used in a professional setting) but it's also due to the fact that spindle moulders are much more common in Europe than in the US. I'm fortunate to have a dado set as it's a very efficient way to make long or repeat trenches (the set up time is relatively tedious, but the cutting time is very short, horses for courses)

I use a dado blade on my saw when needed l From oxford England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@@joycemiller4716 what type of saw do you have and where do you get it

Hi Kate, I bought the Kapex and the extension wings both at the same time from Axminster - that was about 11 years ago ! Peter

Hi Patrick, The Festool HK85 has this capability - take a look: www.festool.co.uk/accessory/576803---vn-hk85-130x16-25#Overview Peter

Good to know!

Hi George, Yes, a small Festool CMS-TS unit. Peter

Hi Paul, You are very kind. Cheers. Peter

Sincerely, always learn something from your videos. Never thought about cutting dados with a plunge saw but will definitely be trying that now. Thank-you.

Hi Victor, Many thanks. Peter

I do too. I use the banggood version of the kerfmaker. Quick and accurate.

Rabbet vs rebate. I read somewhere that the US English Rabbet is closer to the original version of the word, from the old French word Rabbat. Which makes a change 😉.

Hi Lee, It is supposed to act as a sacrificial backing so that one gets no breakout at the back of the cut. In the same way there is a sacrificial insert strip on the base to stop breakout on the underside of a cut. Peter

Hi Mark, I am responding to several previous requests and I think it is a good idea. Cheers. Peter

@@NewBritWorkshop excellent idea, I also think, and I appreciate your fantastic work, cheers for you Peter!

Hi John, Many thanks. Peter

Hi Kevin, Many thanks. Peter

Many thanks. Peter

Hi Immanuel, It is good but quite expensive though. Cheers, Peter

Yes, a mitre saw might be easier but it is also easy to do with a router. There are several ways to do this and the following is just one example. Most routers are supplied with a guide bush which attaches to the base and often they are 30 mm in diameter. You will need a straight cutter that can be fitted to your router and pass through the guide bush. If a piece of wood is clamped at right angles to one of your spars and a set distance from where the left or right side of the channel should be you can then guide the router, held against that wooden guide piece to make a trench the width of the router cutter. You can do this in such a way as to create the left and right sides of the channel that needs to be cut. The remaining wood in the middle can also be taken out in a similar way but without the need to accurately place the guide piece of wood. The following video will help you calculate the offsets for positioning the guide piece of wood: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nKpxjJCirdHNeXk.html Peter

Hi kevin, It is to improve the dust collection but, if you are doing a lot of work with dusty stuff (like MDF) is reduces the efficiency overall. But, it does reduce the odd bit of dust that occurs in normal work. You will have to do a Google search as the original source is no longer available. Peter

@@NewBritWorkshop Thanks Peter

Hi Michael, This will prove the point about me now making single subject videos - it was in a Workshop Notes video but I cannot remember which one. However, by pure chance, it is in the title picture of this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/npyAmsdoxpa5dGg.html I do not think the chap makes them any more but it is worth a check. Peter

Was wondering the same, thank you Peter!

By the way I just checked the other video and Feskit in the UK makes the green dust door. They still do produce it but there is no default option to ship to United States. I’ve written them and hopefully can work something out. Thanks again for providing the link!

Hi there I got mine from the Strawbyte workshop hope this helps

@@tonyblunsum2547 +1 for Karl @Strawbyte, I bought his waste side cutting jigs which which take the guess work out of cutting on the ‘wrong’ side 👍

Hi Andy, Many thanks, Peter

Hi Mike, No, Anti-clockwise when cutting stock on your right and clockwise when cutting stock on the left. Peter

@@NewBritWorkshop so that means that when you cut on your right you have to PUSH the router away from you and not pull towards you...

Hi Jonathan, If the stock is narrow enough then I use the Kapex. I sometimes use my router table (I know I did not show that option) but only out to about 250 mm. The router on a rail is good for wider cuts but those are simpler and just as accurate on the tracksaw cutting station. Peter

@@NewBritWorkshop thank you Peter. I’ve used my mitre saw before but I recently made a small router table so I plan to give that try soon.

I think the tracksaw for wider stuff and the Kapex for narrow pieces. Peter

True. But they're not real big on tablesaws with dado blades over there in Europe, i hear. I've been told that dado blades are actually illegal there.

@@madhungarian3024 Not a dado blade just a wide blade with flat ground teeth.