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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...

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...

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...

Although I'm very new to woodworking I have been playing with machine tools for many years. Armed with this confidence (misplaced) I bought myself a secondhand (very) Kity 635 PT and began the cleanup, reassembly and set up. I have been running it for a couple of days now on softwoods and have...

I have an issue with a small cheap circular saw I bought just before last christmas. I bought a lightweight one to do a small area of flooring. Although I have only used it a couple of times it seemed to be OK and produced reasonable cuts with little breakout, today I tried to cut some 18mm...

Having eventually decided on a table saw I grabbed an SIP 01332 off of eBay at what I believed to be a reasonable price, first lesson look properly before you buy. There are a couple of items missing that I would appreciate some advice on before buying the standard item. The micro adjustment...

Hi, my first post so please forgive me if the terminology is incorrect. While a complete newbie with wood I have for many years mangled metal with various levels of success. A recent journey into some DIY cupboard and bench making has stirred my interest and I am looking to upgrade some of my...