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It's not the EU punishing us, it's the brexiteers punishing us! They still spout out through the right wing press, their shameful think tanks, and american right wing nutcases the message that we must hate Europe! It's just unbelievable and to cap it all Sunak can't be bothered to attend the...

Hi, thanks everyone. I am going to be occupied with one of my nieces' weddings this weekend so haven't had the opportunity so far to tinker with the sander as I had hoped. I will report back hopefully in the next week on progress on doing a bodge job first. I appreciate the suggestions for...

Thanks Andrew, I have just got round to trying to order it and while I can put the item in my basket when I try to check out it still says that the roller assembly is "out of stock". So that seems like a no-goer. I don't think it is possible to order from the other countries from Bosch website...

Hi, thanks that’s a useful thought. It might be easier for me to bodge together with a small taper lock piece of metal and glue that in, and the nut then loctited in place

Thanks for this. I have had another look and it is aluminium/alloy but with a steel/alloy (I think) sleeve which has worn away. Unfortunately the design is such that the nut to hold the sprocket on goes on the inside of it, so I don’t think your idea would work

Not to worry. Thanks for looking.

That’s what I’m beginning to think . Thanks yes the flats inside the sprocket have failed completely

Hi ChaiLatte. I have to hold my hands up - that post was me as well! I did manage to get the sander going by tightening the nut holding the sprocket to the roller, but sadly it now seems to have failed altogether! So I am back to square one in trying to find a new solution. The ideas suggested...

Thanks Sideways, actually I do have a friendly model engineer next door to me! But my problem is that the sprocket needs to have two internal flats and am not sure that he would be able to make that for me! But I haven't asked him yet !!

Hi Phill05, thanks. I have attached photos showing the part. it's 4cm at its widest on the teeth (i haven't measured the flange), and 2.5cm deep. The shaft is 8mm. The big issue is that the sprocket has two internal flats to engage with the shaft of the roller, so I have attached a photo of...

My PBS75 sander has developed a problem. I know what it is, but can't find the spare part to fix it. It's the sprocket which is attached to the drive belt and drives the roller for the sanding belt. It appears that Bosch no longer supply the spare part either on its on as a complete roller...

I have hankered after a router lift for quite a few years and struggled by with my old router. But when that conked out I thought I might get a router with its own "lift" which I could adjust from above the table. I bought the Triton TRA001 which you can adjust from above. I have found that to...

The Axminster sander arrived this morning. The poor delivery guy carried it without any trolley to my front door! It's a heavy beast at 32kg! I trollied it down to my small workshop at the bottom of the garden and unpacked it. I needed to check it was all OK, and it was. So looking forward to...

Just got round to giving an update of the Triton router. Yes it was repaired within 48 hours and posted back to me ASAP. I only got round to putting it back in the router table yesterday, after checking that I didn't have switch problems again! So far it all seems tickety boo. I am really...

Like the plastic tubes for pencils etc! Neat numbers for the drills as well.

Nice job. But makes me wonder what kind of vicious dog did that in the first place to a cupboard! The owners must have kept something it liked in there! Or was the dog locked in? We will never know

Well i have had a rethink and have bought the Ax sander. The deal ends today so I thought why not! Also got a further £10 off due to me having some of their loyalty points which I had forgotten about. So should get it next week on Tuesday or Wednesday. Looking forward to that. I am sure there...

Thanks for feedback everyone. As a cheepo option I might pursue Sachakins suggestion of cannabilising my current one and see how that goes. It might be a few weeks before I get down to it though.

Thanks Spectric, I currently have a belt and disc sander. It's old now and well past its best times, and can be a bit cantankerous! I have found lately that I don't use the belt part and have used the disc frequently. It has an 8 inch disc, and I quite like the idea of a larger disc and a more...

I am looking to buy a new disc sander. I am looking at the Record or the Axminster. Both look to be from a similar factory, although tweaks! Or do you have other suggestions of a similar model within a price range of up to £250? I am a casual DIY guy making odds and ends for the house and...