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I buy all my chemicals from this place,you need to state what usage its for when ordering.You also need to register to shop online. http://www.lpchemicals.com/product.php?N=Ammonia+Solution+LR+SP+GR+0.88&Id=180

Ive made cages for my wife who has around 100.Through they are built in blocks from plywood and i coated the insides with a special white high solids epoxy finish that was in two parts and came in a 40 litre drum.The cages all have removable fronts and slide in kickboards which stop all the...

Ive always used citric acid in the bath with a small amount of table salt.

Something i use in my job is an hand held UV lamp,like the £10 ones you can get for checking money.It surprising what they can show up.

Can these things be easily dismantled so that you can get them from the road to the workshop? ie. do the tables come off easily?

Just use a beam drill to drill most of the waste and a large chisel! One time i considered buying a chain mortice attachment available in the US for a radial arm saw.It was only around 200$US.Far cheaper than a dedicated chain morticer.

I have the axminster one which is excellent(had it a month or two bought from them on ebay ) ,im using it on extremely hard exotic timbers and it works great. Havent needed to sharpen it yet,but i suspect a tormek is required or send them off to get them sharpened like planer blades.(although it...

I would have been if i hadnt of bought the axminster. :)

I bought one of those axminster mitre trimmers a few weeks back and im highly impressed with it,very accurate and would be ideal for the sizes you mention.There a siimilar sized Wadkin one on ebay right now,but dont know what shape the blades are in.link

You can buy coloured enamel on ebay ,the type for machines like myford lathes.

One thing i notice is how nice and even and chip free the very edge of the bic razor is? Any one know what they use to hone the edge?

I bought a dewalt 621k router off a place on ebay for £80,i honestly couldn,t tell the difference between it and a new one,the only thing i noticed was the accesories packaging had been opened.There was no scratches on the bottom of the router or anywhere else.

Isnt it usual for single phase motors to get hot or is it a 3 phase motor.Most single phase machines ive had got pretty hot to touch.

The above should read the pulley belt has the numbers on it. The belts around 15mm at the top/wide part.

Thanks Roy,the pulley has some numbers on it and B43 stamped on it,is that type B then?