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Scaffold boards are about 11/2 inches thick and I would like to cut them down the middle to make them roughly 3/4 inches thick. Has anyone done this and what would be the best way to go about it. Thank you for any information.

Good used scaffold boards and heavy marine plywood.

If you know little about electrics get somebody who does know have a look at it.

No, it looks fantastic.

Hello, I live on the Shetland isles and due to the weather/salt air all our outside building is done using stainless steel nails. All the builders merchants here keep a huge range of sizes.

Hello, Thank you for the information, It was most helpful. I need something a bit bigger. I have a friend who has a Warco 180 so I will have a look at that.

Hello, Can anyone tell me how the unimat 3 laths perform on steel as I am thinking of buying one and have found out that the wattage of the motor does not seem very high. Thank you.

Hello, I am considering building a small lathe and have motor a from a chop saw. It has 4800 on the tag which I assume is the speed of the motor before it goes through the gears. The motor runs ok but I have no way to check the speed. Any advice on speed reduction would be welcome. The motor has...

Hello all, Thank you for your most interesting views on this subject. I think that if you want a really sharp edge it would be better to sharpen from one side only and leave the other side flat as the angle would be much less than what it would be if sharpened from both sides. I like the point...

Can someone tell me why some knives are sharpened from both sides unlike chisel which are always sharpened from one side. I would have thought that due to the angle on the finished item you would get a much sharper blade with one side sharpening.

Try living on the Shetland Isles, salt air everything rusts.

What is wrong with glass at the back, you could also put something between the glass and the front to take the pins.

Glass for the back.

Yo can get a high amperage 12volt supply from an old computer power supply.

A lot of these tools are more than 12volt ie 20 volt 18 volt so a mains power pack could be a good idea, and you cannot always get the correct voltage by cobbling batteries together.