Recent content by Geoff S

If you find your nearest technical college that runs a woodworking course, the workshop technician will be able to help you. He'll almost certainly have sharpening equipment in house (which he might be persuaded to use on your blades) or he'll be able to point you to a local sharpener.

I have the Axminster bmst. Had to play around with it to get the back fence to be square to the sliding table, but it now works fine as long as you don't try to use it like a Sedgwick.

I have been looking around at these but have now decided to go for something bigger. If anyone else is looking for one, A L Dalton Machinery in Nottingham have an early '90s example available - it came out of a school and has a dc brake fitted. I wasn't able to see it run as the brake needs a...

There's one currently being advertised on Ebay that helps at all

This request may make some of you chuckle, as Startrite bandsaws seem to be handed down from father to son without ever coming on the market. However, someone may have designs on upgrading to a bigger and even better bandsaw! I'm looking for a 301/301S/301E to make best use of my limited...

Thanks mike, I've bought the machine and used it a bit just to check it out. Now I've got the cutters sharpened and reset and shimmed the outfeed table slightly it seems to produce a really nice finish. However, i can see that the extraction and the fence settings could be a bit fiddly - good...

Thanks Pike, Good to hear that it's a nice piece of kit. How did you modify the extractor fitting from oval to round - i think i'm going to have the same problem? The 1.1kw motor sounds a bit small to me - have you had any problems with it being under-powered in practice?

Timmo I have one of these I bought a couple of months ago - works well if you respect the fact that it's not a huge industrial machine. I also bought the set of three Axminster chisels and they seem to do a good job for the money - well worth the current price. The rear fence was not totally...

Hi, I'm a forum newby and I'm about to buy a used Kity 439. I know some of you have them - any particular points I should look for? Also, can someone tell me the max depth/width of cut on a Minimax P32 bandsaw and also perhaps the motor size and maximum width of blade it can take? Thanks in...