Recent content by Kirky

Teacher (Special school)

Tony wrote I'm new to the world of ratting. I bought mine as a dovetail jointer as opposed to the Leigh, and I think the two are comparable in price if you consider that you have to buy different templates for the Leigh. Axminster has the cost of the Leigh at 360 ukp plus 220 for the finger...

Hi Don't know if I can really answer your question because I have only used the perform planer thicknesser. Anyway, fwiw, I bought this machine as my first planer a few months ago. It does a job, but its pretty ropey to be honest, difficult to adjust the table for depth of cut, poor thicknessing...

Well the new squares have arrived from Rutlands, described as engineers squares and allegedly square to within 0.001" . They come as set of four, costing 30 quid! Using MR's square trick, (using a very straight edge- not the edge of my bench as first tried) I tested each one of the squares and...

Hi Paul As you might have guessed I'm a newbie, not only here but to woodworking fullstop. I haven't read anywhere that I needed a square to not use...I thought tools that weren't used were for c#ll#ct#rs :P K

Ooer, I think I am the first to say I have the Jessem system, incorporating the routalift. The fence is fantastic, expensive but fantastic. (And I've just bought a rat, but that's a dovetail jig.) K

Woodrat (Clico in various shaft sizes), Wealdon, Trend, CMT, Titman, Jesada, Perform, Tornado, and some nasty B and Q things, oh and a freebie silverline thing - even worse than the b and q. I also had some bent bits of tin stuck on a shaft, which my dad gave me. They are now burried in a land...

Trend T11 in woodrat (arrived last week) Dewalt 625 in table Trend T5 (mk 1) for hand held and my first router... a b and q performance pro monster 1250 w (i think) which is just horrible.

SIP 10" LKirky

Thanks for the replies guys. I have to say I didn't want an adjustable one, I want something that I can use as a reference for square, always square every time. Same with doing a dust cut; how do I know my fence is square unless my square is square? Needless to say I've ordered an engineers...

I have a sneaking suspicion that my Marples Square is anything but square! So I want to buy a new one, but which one? Rutlands have many from which to choose ranging from a few pounds to 40 quid for an incra square. Is that really worth it or would the dakota engineering squares be OK (30 quid...

If you read my original post I think I said they had some production problems, which is why I hadn't received my order, and why I submitted my original post - I was worried that they had neglected my order in favour of Ally Pally potential sales, but I'm glad to say I was wrong - my woodrat...

Thanks for the replies, guys. However, bit of a sods law this one.... it has arrived today. Hooray! No doubt I will make a mess of things. Follow my howlers on the woodrat forum. Cheers Kirky

Hi All I'm just wondering if anyone who went to the Ally Pally show at the weekend, could tell me whether Woodrat actually had any machines for customers to take away with them...or were they only taking orders? The reason I ask is that my WR has been on order for a while now. They've told me...

Hi Effigy A little obvious, and I'm sure you must have looked here, but just in case you haven't, try... http://www.gerstnerusa.com/hardware.htm Hope this helps