Recent content by Grahammon

I bought a urathane set of tyres for my 14” bandsaw from the US, was supplied with a little tool that made the job of installing very easy. Simply was a piece of 3/4” dowel 4” long with a 3 1/2” nail ( or long thin decking screw) with a small piece of 2” hard tubing (eg 8mm airline) placed over...

A couple of things spring to mind, 1) one the motor, knock off the power at the plug and with the blade raised off the table and forward so it’s not touching anything, spin the blade, does it spin freely with no binding ie are the bearings free spinning, I’m thinking of a seized bearing. 2) The...

Could you dig underneath and make a sufficient gap so your chain doesn’t hit the earth. If necessary hit a small piece of fencing plank under the log as a sacrificial piece of wood you cut into when finishing the cut or wind a rope around the log 3or4 times (for friction) (dig underneath if...

Surprised at Senco being rubbish, I’ve had 2 of them for the last 20 years no problems with them admittedly light use. Had an Aldi one that packed up recently for 10 yrs. bought a 2nd hand bostitch ring nailer from eBay, absolutely fabulous. as a result bought a small Bostitch 2in 1 stapler and...

+1 to Recipios reply yesterday at 14:14. One of the wooden toys I used to make, required tyres of a different wood adding, so required accurate inner and outer disks. One way the plans required was a simple jig made out of a 5” square of 3/4 inch ply with a 1/2”x 1”ish routed channel through...

Cheers jelly, will use,if I can't get somewhere closer. If any one knows of somewhere a little closer I'd like to support a local business

Cheers Andy

+1 Jelly, eloquently put.

I think the biggest difference it would give you is the smoothness of operation, plus the ability to do rebates, it is a very natural operation to use. And especially if you have it set up inset in a workstation With some run off left and right of it, such that you can bring in to the garage...

I know this is an old thread, but I really disagree with those that say don't rip with a radial, I've had mine for 20 years or so it is an old DW110 and use it for both cross cut and ripping. I try and check my saws setup fairly regularly using the manual, right angle to the fence and saw table...

Toolsntat, I know this was posted many years ago, but how did you remove the novolt part of the switch and get it to work? Was it butchery or were you able to dismantle the weber switch?

Better but not perfect, it was a sod to do. Got do a proper overhaul of it, I find myself just doing a job then another and before you know it years have past. It is a cracking machine

Hi I'm getting a collection of dull saw blades and planer blades that need sharpening, does anyone know of a saw doctor- sharpening service near Hartlepool?

Hi all It's been a while! But many thanks for the replies Regards Graham

bump, anyone?