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That shouldn't be more than about £11 inc vat. So the price difference is marginal. This is always the problem importing goods from the States. The cheapest way to import is sea freight, but for that you need to have a large consignment (at least a cube pallet) - and that's a lot of products...

Postage from the states would be at least another £20 approx, then you pay VAT on that so add at least another £3.50 - so totaling about £96 plus for a single order.

The link to the PDF requires log-in (says 'membership required' under the link) :(

I used to, but the US company changed hands and the importer here fell out with the new owners and stopped importing their product. The importer used to get me a couple of things stowed in their container some time back, but I've not really needed to talk to him lately so not sure what the...

I tried this - and no joy. Did you get the plans? - Seems the only way to get them is to sign up for a subscription - no one off purchase fee available.

Or a 'friendly' supplier who ships their goods in bulk regularly to the UK ?????

Looks interesting - their rates are just slightly higher than USPS - but there is their regular monthly fee to pay and the added cost of the Seller shipping to Florida. In addition, on top of UK VAT and import duty, there may be US sales tax to pay as the delivery is in the US as far as the...

I have looked at this in the past as a number of US companies won't sell and ship to the UK. I found that shipping companies in the UK collecting in the US seem to charge about twice as much as the USPS service in the states for parcels up to about 20kgs. It gets slightly cheaper (pro-rata) for...

Engineer, I wholeheartedly concur. The original poster said I am as probably as guilty as anyone of getting slightly away from his original question. But your comments beg the questions - which have not been asked of him - Does he already have a circular saw, and if so which one? Does he...

I have to say (no argument intended) I disagree. I deal with a lot of people in Europe and it is not unusual to find that they express themselves in English in ways that can easily be misunderstood by us Brits. I am talking not about the words, but the way they are used and/or expressed...

That's where I found all the information - I spent a whole evening 'researching' and came to the conclusion that the system was worth serious consideration. The users all seem very happy with their systems, and some of them are like Colin - have been in the trade a long time and are quite...

Scrit, I understand your comments completely, but I have a question and an observation. But at what price? Most of the saws within the price range of the enthusiast or small trader won't support an 8' x 4' sheet flat as the tops and or/sliding carriages are not large enough and need to have...

If you have the tracking number (if not ask the seller for it) I suggest you try and call DHL and ask them for the status of the VAT/Duty (ie is it paid or not). They should be able to tell you BEFORE the delivery. You don't wan't any surprises in a few weeks :shock:

I have one of these too!!. And you are right, they are cheaper. I had not thought about fixing it to the P/T, but thinking about it, it may be a better option for fixing to the EB. I could probably attach and calibrate this on the EB by setting a stop for '0', set the zero on the DRO and then...

The Wixey DRO is designed for Thicknessers. If you look at the images in their instructions you will see that the bed that the timber is placed on is fixed at the bottom, and the blade drum moves up and down. So material thickness is measured from the bottom and that's where the Wixey is zero'd...