Recent content by Guy Forks

Scrit Scrit said. Brakes, covers, guards. They all try to cure the symptoms. The cause is still there Human error. If you don't stick your hand in there it won't get hurt. Fine if you’re running a shop employing staff and you don’t want to get sewed then of cause you use them. I stand there...

Hi All. My feeling is break or no break a spinning blade is dangerous. With that said do you give more respect to a blade that spins on longer then one with a shorter stopping time? If you go driving in Italy do you concentrate more over there? YES because you know they drive at you not passed...

Erran. That looks like a nice place you have there. With regard to the lighting. My shop is only 24’x 10’ (Now). When I had it extended by 1/3 I over doubled the amount of 5’ tubes I had in there now I have 4 double 5’ tubes because before it was too dark to see fine work and that includes two...

Jake. Does this mean there was an error of judgement on the part of the “Great British Wood shop”. When he talked about how his friends were surprised when he said it was OK to use a dado cutter set? Glynn.

All Thanks for the complement Chris. There’s no filler in the one pictured just half a gallon of French polish. Others I’ve made have half a pound of wax in them (I’ve tried oil but it just keeps running through). It takes about 8 hours to de-nail and fuzz (there’s a thin layer of cement on...

Thank you. We likes to leave the sap wood on. G.

I have the SIP 01446 12" 4HP CAST IRON TABLE SAW WITH SLIDING CARRIAGE. Glynn

JRB Here’s my old roof timber. . and And this is what I’ve done with it. Keep it!! Glynn

All I use this. To make these. From this. But with the board being so wide tear out is a thing. I can't get enough pressure on the board to prevent it and I have a replaceable insert directly behind the cutters to prevent precisely this problem. I've found double sided tape and MDF stuck...

just testing the pic thing. Glynn

All I was made aware of the dangers of having a breaked TS and using these sets when purchasing the set at the WW show at Alexander Palace. The set then sat on a shelf for nearly 2 years. Then I spent 4 or 5 months looking into the right TS for me (unbreaked) and at a price I could afford. The...

If as you say blade braking is mandatory in the EU. How come you can buy machines with no electric break (or is this a new ruling (last 18month)) and you can buy the Dado sets. Plus if the dado set is such a bad idea then it really shouldn’t have been shown on a British made woodworking...

All. I just had a thought. I better explain the “I love the E.U bit”. Apparently (now this is what I’ve been told and seemed to be true). It’s not illegal to sell dado cutter sets. It’s not illegal to use dado cutter sets. But it is illegal for a company to import a TS with an arbour length...

Hi Brian Not a lot really is the answer to that. The bull poo was finding a table saw in this country that could be adapted (I’m not saying a word about E.U regulations (I read the rules)). After I set the saw up I went through the hand book and looked at the rather badly blown up drawing of...

Mr Pine. I just use a Lumber Wizard from Axminster it does the job no questions asked. I work for myself and charge £20 per hour so I don’t really want to spend £37+ on new knives and 2 hours (now) sharpening them. In my little world with all this timber to sort it is well worth the expense...