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A follow on from this. I've successfully printed sub-bases for both my routers that work perfectly with the Katsu threaded bushes I'd bought. Then I needed a second 30mm bush so that I could use both routers on the same job (making t-slots). A search for just a 30mm bush led me to Trend...

In principle, no. The reason I made them was that I’m a cheapskate with a 3D printer, and I baulked at the price some of the (Etsy?) sellers were asking for these! I’m more than happy, though, to share the .stl file so you can print your own, and I’d happily make the odd pair really as a...

Oil or Treatex.

The answer’s definitely the 3D printer and the Cen-tec system. In my workshop, I have a Camvac extractor connected to a 63mm ducting spine. Table saw, router table, disc sander and drill press are connected to it via blast gates and 63mm flex ducting. An outlet above my workbench has a blast...

Those LEDs include a resistor in the package. If you buy the 12v version, then you can simply wire them in parallel with the 12V spotlight.

Are you intending to use a 240V spotlight at the top, powered directly from the mains? If that’s the case, connecting simple LEDs lower down will be difficult. LEDs are devices (diodes) that conduct in one direction only; connected to AC, the diode will block half of each cycle. In the...

Or, as we say, “If I were you, I wouldn’t start from here.”

Easy enough if you cut it into 200mm squares 😀

See this (very old) thread

In my experience, Forstner bits all seem to cut slightly (~0.3mm) undersize. In this case, I’d take the advice to ream the holes either with one of the UJK reamers, or with a standard 20mm reamer.

Marine ply? Or how about solid tree wood?

Beware the Rutland’s kit - it’s all imperial sizes.

And it’s probably safe to infer that other aspects of maintenance will likely have been neglected, too.

I used these: https://www.axminstertools.com/ujk-technology-t-slot-bolts-m6-x-25mm-pkt-10-103410 hth