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Hi, on the top of the saw plate just to the outside of the rail guide are two plastic adjustment knobs. These hold an eccentric cam which adjusts the fit of the saw onto the guide rail. They do have a tendency to work loose. Just drop the say onto the rail and adjust both (front and rear...

Well, armed with all of your excellent advice and a couple of spare days I have now investigated both the problem and the alternatives I could afford to buy. Looking at the alternatives available new up to £1700 ish, I have to admit to being a little underwhelmed to say the least. The Startrite...

Hi, I have had the Scheppach PL55 for three years and have found it to be very good. I use it for cutting down sheet, mostly plywood and also for putting a straight edge on 27mm rough sawn Oak boards prior to planning up. I have never found it to lack power even with the original blade which...

Hello all, thanks, some excellent advice and great help there to make my decision a little easier. I have looked on the usual sources for a Sedgwick etc but it seems that upwards of £2K would be required if I didn't want to try and follow Nigels' excellent and comprehensive rebuild. I have...

Thanks Guys, I was reluctant to put the 5 thou thing but with the blades set about 4 thou above the outfeed table it needs to reposition fairly accurately if I am not going to have to reset every time I convert from one to another. I certainly do not expect to plane the wood to that degree of...

A couple of years ago you helped me to sort out an old Kity PT and that has served me well but something larger was required and I bought a second hand PT107 type clone a couple of months back. Although still less than 7 months old it has managed to provide me with a number of problems. I won't...

Thanks to everyone for some excellent information and advice it helps a great deal as I will sort out some more boards and sticker these away for a month or two (or more) and see what I can eventually rescue for use. Custard, your description fits my wood perfectly so I guess I'm not the only...

Morning all, I am looking for some advice on the usability of recently obtained sawn oak boards, supposedly kiln dried. I have a couple of bookcases to build and have hit a problem with the second one. The boards were obtained (bargain price he said) six weeks ago and stacked with sticks for...

Mike Thank you very much I will pick up a few of the adaptors when I am in town next. Can't fix the machines in position due to space limitations not for the machines but for the infeed and outfeed areas. Also the table saw connects from the outer casing to the inner shroud (at least that is...

Some more very useful points as I consider just how to install the duct system, thanks again. Terry, I had hoped to do as you have but have so far not found a reasonable source of 125mm "flexi" and gates, please could you point me in the right direction if you have time. At the moment I can...

Thanks to everyone who contributed, some excellent advice and very informative discussion. Having got rid of my frustration and properly read the posts, the PMs and all the links provided I found that a small annex to the workshop which vents outside via a roller door is just large enough to...

Thanks guys, more food for thought as usual. I must admit that the advertising for dust extractors, particularly the specification leaves much to be desired. It is very difficult to compare machines from different suppliers as they all speak in different dialects, a 1 micron filter seems to be...

I know this is a well discussed area as I have been reading as much as I can but I am still left undecided so any help or advice you might be able to give would be much appreciated. My machines are fairly typical and consist of SIP 01332 Table saw, 107 Planer Thicknesser and 14" Bandsaw. These...

Thanks for your comments guys, yes it is an alloy fence although with my little Kity I have been using a substantial hardwood board to help with the small original fence. Works well but of course reduces capacity a bit. Having a better look I see that it is very similar to the original AW106PT...

Sorry to open up a fairly old discussion but I am just about to upgrade my old Kity 635 and am thinking about this AH106PT as my usage is very light and intermittent. I would however need to prepare the odd 8 foot length of 10" wide 2" thick Oak board, any idea if this machine will cope? This is...

A little bit of "license" taken with the gun I think. He was firing a .50" calibre machine gun which if it did come from a Spitfire would have been a Colt Browning which was fitted to some later marks. At least one squadron of Mk1b Spits were fitted with the 20mm Hispano canon but were so prone...

While I find this an interesting subject I'm sorry to say that it has added somewhat to my already confused thinking. As I suffer from a serious Sinus problem I have been trying to decide which type of extractor to get for my table saw/planer and lathe particularly as I am new to woodworking and...

Hi, not an electrician but have just gone through (last year) a similar situation with a small extension. While the experts will argue for hours about the technicalities the practicality is that extra sockets can be added to a spur as long as that spur is fused and of course the correct cable is...

Well, many thanks for the excellent advice as I now have some success to report. Bob, when I bought the machine it came with a "new" set of blades all wrapped up and in a pretty blue plastic box - so I fitted them. With the help of your comments I decided to have a better look at them, they...

Well, "tomorrow" (in my last post) seems to get further and further away. finally after two weeks I got to see a fair range of the new machines available to replace my still misbehaving Kity 635. I have to say that I am rather disappointed. While most of these look very similar I was a little...