Recent content by desmoengine

dont want to hi jack the thread but has any body bought built uses one of the cyclone central intercepter units. if so whats your reckoning on performance. dave w

remember also that if you are venting the extractor exhaust out of the workshop ,you will need to provide a means of air replacement,else you just lower the air pressure in the shop and reduce the pick up of particles. open a window or door or fit vent grill that will pass the same volume of air...

hi folks just jumping on the TBR001 B&Q band wagon here, i managed to find 1 locally about a month ago for £98.98 ,its here up for grabs for the price i payed plus delivery or if you want to organise pick thats fine. where am i ,in livinston near edinburgh. its sealed in its box as i picked it...

Ray that picture of the ros is the unit ive recently seen, from your comment i take it you have not handled one. the ros does look like a badged version of previous P Pro unit the angle grinder i'd seen was a complete unit not an adaptor, it may well be a triton badged unit dave w

Ray have you any knoledge of the ROS or the angle grinder from triton dave w

hi folks just back from a visit to the big red shed at Coatbridge just outside of glasgow.On clearance shelf there are 6 big Triton routers at £99.98 and 5 circular saw's at £112.50 . items ive not seen before are a Triton random orbit sander at £30.00 ,any body got one or can report on it...

i also got a good buy on the big Triton router today at the Glasgow Coatbridge store at £149 less an extra 5% as trade card discount . there are 4 left on shelf after my purchase. they also have the Triton saw at £112 think i saw 3 boxes there. best of luck to scotland bargain hunters dave w

hi the last one of these i fitted was in a room with a 9ft ceiling hieght. i screwed up a batten 2*3 on the ceiling , in to the joist, from it fitted drop pieces and finally a leveled horizontal batten 2*3 for the top track to be affixed . so this all looked like a ladder fitted sideways to the...

my choice on uneven floor was to cut back carpet so that i could get a firm fixing for a battern that would be same hieght as carpet but allow leveling out of uneven floor. ive seen these fitted over carpet and that apears to create undulations in the bottom track when screwed down, if memory...

hi chief your asumption is correct for these stanley doors the weight is carried by the bottom track , the castors are adjustable for leveling. ive seen these fitted on top of carpet and on unleveled floors ,its quite strange seeing them lean to one side and them the other as they ride an...

did anybody get a £75 router from birmingham ? dave w

dedicated drill sharpener? i recently came across this BSG220 from Proxxon it looked a well made bit of kit. dave w

ok guys looking for some wisdom on what to do with worn out band saw blades. ive got a few collecting dust in the corner of the workshop and thaught it might be inapropriate to toss them in the bin to end up in land fill. ive done a bit of recycling ie cutting up a blade to make a few shop...

steve i to have a kity table saw withits sliding table when cutting panel i have the guide fence set to the back of the slide so thst the work piece is leading in front of it . with the slide rail positioned back of the machine base i can easily get a 4' sheet cross cut whilst holding the panel...

hi mike have you tried these folks link dave w