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Anything for 1/4 collet routers ? (homer)

Hey all So in my small workshop it gets really dusty quite quickly - This is mostly due to the fact that I don't really have a dust collection system but rather just attach a Henry vac to each tool as I need it. This works for me as it's not a fully dedicated woodworking workshop, and we need to...

I bought the Scheppach about a year ago too. This is the first time I realize it didn't come with a riving knife (!) Worth contacting Scheppach? Surely by law they should fit one?

I built my first crosscut sled the other day and decided to cut enough of the back fence to accommodate for the knife and ended up seriously destabilising the whole thing. Bluekingfisher's links above are great (especially first one). Incidentally, what kind of wax do you guys use to make...

Hey guys Never heard of these, sound interesting? Are they compatible with different brands? Cheers

Mysterious 50s - 60s British made saw bench The Mortimer Engineering co. / Davla

Used to have the Titan vac from Screwfix but got rid of it as it was so loud! Happy owner of an old Henry now - does what it needs to and its very quiet! Attaching it to various tools is a bit annoying tho.

Bosch GKF 600 As many other users, I am sure, I too own one of these guys. PROS: light, portable, easy to handle with one hand, OK powered for the size, guide works well. CONS: Bosch parts (mine came with no dust collector attachment - price? around £40-50 for a piece of plastic. Collet...

Hi there I bought a second hand Ryobi cast iron bandsaw. The model is RBS3080 pro, there's very little online about it... I really wanted a cast iron table and I found this on eBay for a very good price and snatched it up. The tool suffers from the same curse of a lot of 'cheap' tools: some...

Hi all Thanks for your replies. I am so busy at the moment that I don't really have time to work on the saw. Unfortunately, I'd love to be in the position of taking a few days to really bring up this saw to scratch but for the foreseeable future it doesn't look likely. So I am considering...

hey everyone I thought I'd give a quick update. I'been SLOWLY bringing the saw up to scratch. I've bought a new blade and run a couple of test cuts (only cross cuts with the mitre gauge) and it's fantastic. It's quiet, there's zero vibration and after a bit of setting up it's running very true...

Got it! It's in great state and runs really smoothly. I'll post some updates soon with how I end up enclosing the belt, riving knife, dust collection... Got a bit of work to do to get it up and running but I reckon I'll be worth it. Again I am new to all this so very thankful for any ideas or...

Thanks guys for all the advice. I'll be extremely careful, I know it's not a toy. I'll see what mods I'll be able to do and will document as well as I can. It seems like the guard is new (can't imagine they had blade guards in the 50s-60s) Speaking about safety, I read that tilting tables are...

Wildman, I am actually looking for a planer/thicknesser. A good one with an induction motor and a good table is a hard one to find for my budget; however, I am not in a rush, but do hit me up with some pictures and so when you get a chance. Appreciate that

It does look like the fence is new doesn't it? I found a quick mention of The Mortimer Engineering Co. regarding their importing of lathes: http://www.lathes.co.uk/carstens/ "Sales of the Swisten-branded machines continued in the UK until the 1950s, though as usual with such marketing...