Recent content by millboyold

Those nice people at axminster imported the kit from US for nothing, bit of a wait but quite cost effective. Thanks Jim Hallett

Hi I haven't got a sliding miter saw but when my radial arm saw does that its when angle of the blade is not the same as the carriage movement. Place a straight edge on the blade and see if its in line with the arm. It might do it more on angled cuts as there is more material to move through...

Hi all. My dewalt 125 RAS has outfoxed me. I have had it for 20 years at least and know all the adjustments: but it has started to not cut square to the bed.... but only for the first 1 and 1/2 inches of the cut. I'm cutting 8x2 inch sepele, 90cross cut. The cuts appear square to the fence, but...

Thanks for all your replies. Yes a lump of oak would introduce some movement, but I might try it as it seemed to work for katellwood, and tracking down a riser block in the UK seems impossible . At the moment I’m dreaming of finding an appropriately sized lump of steel that I could drill...

Thanks for that, I was thinking of having someone machine up a bit of solid bright steel and drilling some holes in it; but this was proving just as expensive as the powermatic/jet rout so I think I might try a bit of seasoned oak before spending any money. Thanks for the tip Jim

Hello all Just bought a generic cast iron 14" bandsaw with the idea of getting a riser block kit. (its a poolewood delta copy). Don't seem to be able to get one without paying P+P from the US though. Has anyone in the UK got one for sale, or any clues other than the usual (ebay or jet...