Recent content by DuncanvdH

Hi All (bas 260 swift owners), I was looking at this small bandsaw in a shop here, and the fence stood proud of the table on the far (non attached) side, something like 5mm. Is this normal? Cheers, Duncan

It does move once per revolution. I will try cleaning the rim of the wheel, Thanks gentlemen! Cheers, Duncan

My Tormek makes a very slow periodic sound: 'whung',....silence....,'whung'. When I took off the leather wheel to look at the motor, it became clear the motor is moving up and down a little bit in a periodic motion. It sort of makes very small jumps. Should I be worried and/or is there...

I bought Sipo (utile) 'dark' and yellow cedar strips 'light' for my new tiller. But have not found the time yet to put it together. Sapeli looks better than Utile but I found out it has much tension in it:boards warp and twist like crazy. I dont know what happens if you laminate this together...

Isn't the US machine a 110 V as opposed to the 'old world' 220/240V?

I have a 3M half mask, but stopped using it and went back to the paper ones. The rubber of the half mask pressed down on my skin and caused a rash, despite keeping it meticulously clean. The paper ones are much softer and did not cause any problems. Also note that some half masks come in three...

Hello Mick, thanks for responding. I would like to know the thickness it can easily saw, for a not too hard wood like sapele. I think although 100 mm will fit underneath the saw, it will probably only cut 100mm styrofoam, and not 100mm white oak :wink: Duncan

In all the bandsaw descriptions I miss a sort of 'capacity' indication, like it will saw e.g. x" of pine board, or x" of Sapele. Why is this not mentioned? I am looking for a small bandsaw, no need for resawing, basically to build ship models and small boat accessoiries, and was considering...

I have the flattening stone too. Unfortunately, it does not stay flat itself. :( So you have to periodically flatten the flattening stone itself..

Thanks Rob! I must have made nearly 500 plugs already. These are such a massive improvement over the stanley cylindrical cutter I used to have. Really, really great! Regards, Duncan

Hi, My Veritas 'snug plug' plug cutter is no longer producing shavings, merely dust. Is it possible to sharpen such a four teeth plug cutter, and if so how should I proceed? Or should I have it sharpened? Regards, Duncan

Hello, I need to drill a 1/2" hole at an angle of 45 degrees through 1/2" Mahogany. Unfortunately the part can not be put under a drill press, as it is 24 feet long and boatshaped. :D Can somebody point me out how to achieve this, without chipping or breaking out the edges? Kind regards...

Thanks, It's about a mm. But the only thing I can do is sand it and use epoxy resin to make it smooth. Cannot sand a mm off.. Duncan

I generally buy my wood machined to size, but often (and in the last order of some exotic African hard wood I keep forgetting the name of) there is serious tear out, that will not easily plane, scrape or sand out. I was wondering how much tear out you would accept... Regards, Duncan

Anybody experience with the coarse after market grinding stones for the Tormek like: http://www.fine-tools.com/Tormek.html (scroll down) I found I need to regularly take out the diamond tool on the original stone to keep material removal continuing when regrinding the very tough A2 of the Lee...