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You misunderstand. The OP wants to replace the pad consisting of threaded backer, foam/rubber pad and the velcro with a 125mm one. The...

I’m looking at getting the Metabo 450XS RO sander as it’s much recommended on here. I was wondering if it’s possible to fit a 125mm pad...

I think of a story stick as a rod with the lengths marked on it. A 2 dimension drawing particularly full sized is called a lofting (at...

SWMBO bought a water bottle to use at work and then noticed lots of others have the same bottle so she bought a label maker off Amazon...

Before you spend on other jigs and things. Use a straight or spiral up cutting bit to cut a groove close to the opening size you want to...

I use 8 point sockets on a jig for the TS to fabricate almost perfect octagons on londom pattern chisel handles with a slight taper to them

Story pole or stick seems to mean measurements marked out on an actual pole or stick i.e in one dimension. Might have picked up the name...

I know your question has been answered already and similar questions have been asked here before. I'd call what Scotty's doing is...

If a story pole is what aids you in making something Pete then I can only assume yes it is! Thankyou for the interest and I hope you...

the rod isn’t calculations as such Mike, in most instances the drawing (if I’m lucky enough to get one 😄) has all the salient details on...

I'm pretty sure I know the answer Scotty but I'll ask anyway. Is what you call a "rod" what we would refer to as a story pole? Pete

Not if you worked the table side until it was flat and true. Then it would work like any other thicknessing machine. Square one edge and...

I don't have one but I'll offer this calculator. Plug in the wheel diameters and distance between the centres of the shafts and it will...

They look like little flagging paddles the road crew traffic control people use. Paint stop on one side and slow on the other. Hand them...

I agree in principle, but I hate it more that manufacturers keep changing the tooling so that it's harder to fix anything. Used to be...