I am selling a little used Festool Rotex 150 - RO 150 FEQ-Plus 230V.
It can be collected from Mablethorpe LN12, or I can post it via Parcelforce at cost if preferred.
It is in excellent condition, and I am looking for £400
He won't be putting 2.5mm sheets through the thicknesser. He will just use the thicknesser to give him a good side for when he puts it through his drum sander.
Plane and thickness your maple and then cut off a 3 - 3.5mm sheet. Put your maple through the thicknesser again before cutting your next sheet, and then rinse and repeat until you have all the sheets you require. It's then a matter of putting your sheets through the drum sander to get the...
All those parts can be made by hand, but I would go with the above suggestion of repurposing some old chairs initially to see if your idea works. If it does, then you need to run a costing based on the volume you think you can sell.
The CRT MK3 is a perfectly workable small workshop table or portable table. I used one many years ago and achieved good results machining smaller items.
I will be offering a range of pergolas. The vast majority will be Oak, but I will also offer some in Red Cedar. To be honest, most of this work will utilise a cross-grain chain morticer outdoors, but some work may also be undertaken in the workshop.
The user guide I looked at stated the machine would handle up to 25mm in softwood, but I will follow the advice of doing a couple of passes with a smaller chisel as it sounds like awfully hard work using the large chisel. I will also be investing in a cross grain chain morticer for large outdoor...