Recent content by robgul

I'm highly likely to never need a blade bigger than 1/2" - I'm not in the habit of trying to cut bowl turning blanks or logs! I seldom cut any timber or sheet material thicker than about 25mm and the previous smaller machine coped with that.

I bought an MFT from www.cncdesign.co.uk - it's described as a Festool replacement but I just used it to top a bench frame I made. Pretty good quality and price.

Indeed for industrial and primarily engineering stuff, I had a SIP welding kit many moons ago when I used to play with/race a Land Rover.

Excecutive decision made: Ordered the Record (from Yandles) - it seems that the "population" of this machine is much greater than the Charnwood and most of the YT reviews on the Record are positive . . . also, the green colour matches my Record air filter and dust extractor :) - a couple of...

A bit of "thread drift" here! I should have said that size and budget (max £300) were considerations. James: I hadn't seen the SIP - but I couldn't find any word on warranty so probably just 12 months (and a realtively non-mainstream brand) So, back to the Record BS250 vs Charnwood BS410...

Why, what was the mistake . . . ?

I've sold my small Axminster P1400 bandsaw as I need a slightly larger machine (space is an issue, hence just a 10" machine) The runners appear to be the Record BS250, Charnwood BS 410 at very similar prices (I also looked at but discarded the Lumberjack machine) The specs for the two machines...

Or more - I have 4 battery tools - 3 ready-loaded with different driving bits and one ready for drill bits.

I still use a Surform like the one in the OP, as well as a "block plane" version that's about half the length . . . great for easing edges on timber.

. . . I assume that you know the tool is designed with a 2-position handle - as the picture for using it "like a plane" or with the handle in line with the mesh and used "like a file"

He's from Bradford, UK - although they pronounce it Bratford :)

IIRC @petermillard did a video on YT not long ago that mentioned Tyzack's shop?

Tyzacks is a well-respected tool shop still going strong in East London - https://www.tyzacktools.com/ still selling some own brand planes. I used to buy tools there when I lived in London, superb shop.

John Pullan on YT has just done an unboxing video on the new saw https://www.youtube.com/@Smallbarnworkshop and https://www.instagram.com/jps_small_barn_workshop/

To answer the question in the thread title - I'd go for a track saw as being more versatile (and it takes up virtually no space if that's an issue). If you want a table-saw you need to spend a lot more to get anything any good.