Recent content by scooby

Bit late as you’ve already ordered but I had the BS250 and found it good. Most of the time I was cutting 3/4”-2” and it was absolutely fine. On rare occasions, I did max out the capacity (ripping oak). Using a 3tpi (Tuff saws) blade and going slow, it did the job. I did sell it a long time...

Found the thread where I got the leaflet. Only last year…thought I’d had it longer than that. The images are big enough to read easily. https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/threads/sorby-proset-measurements.141706/ Don’t mean to hijack/belittle your thread mate. Even though I don’t have a pro edge...

It’s a good guide, it was posted here a long time (that’s how I got it). It should really be provided with the pro edge, I’ve had 2 here (one was mine and other was nephews). Both came with a pretty basic instruction manual. If it is on the Sorby site, it must be well hidden as I’ve never seen...

The grain on that olive is niiiiiiiiice!

This was the one and only mistral I’ve made..nice kit.

I was kindly given some lovely London plane pen blanks from Phil a while ago. Finally got round to using them this week. I just used melamine gloss lacquer, buffed and then carnauba wax. The pink one is a resin and wood blank I bought from Axminster in 2021. The tubes are Beaufort ink...

Good point, the sxe450 is very tall/top heavy. A workhorse..just not an ergonomic one.

Sorry to hear about the redundancy and your workbench plans being scuppered. Timber, hardware looks top notch. I got a couple of the grammercy holdfasts a long time ago (dieter Schmid was the only place I could get them from. Nowhere in the UK sold them). Very nice bits of kit.

Look good to me

Blister…I knew someone would mention the sxe 450. I’ve seen that sander recommended here on a regular basis since I joined in 2006. And for good reason, I got one not long after joining here and it was a great sander. It got utterly thrashed and just kept going. I had it that long that it went...

I used to have a Deros and it was excellent, until it developed a fault. It had a hard life though. The metabo looks identical but can it take 150mm and 125mm pads? I think that’s what makes the Deros unique. I’ve got a ets150/5. It’s hideously expensive but it is easily the best sander I’ve...

I’ve got one, never had any issues with it. I can’t comment on its power as I’ve only used 6tpi blades on it and the thickest pieces I’ve cut on it have been 50mm (oak) which it did easily. I usually use the big bandsaw at work for cutting bigger pieces. I’d imagine the sabre would be ok for...

Think Peter did a video on them a while ago

Completely agree

Sapele is nice to work with it..ipe is not, it’s rock hard and full of interlocking grain. It was free, so I can’t be ungrateful. I agree, Im not a fan of the chairs either. All the ones I’ve made have been for other people or family, I dont have any.