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Would never have thought of that, thank-you so much. I'll give it a go! What is a full finish?

here is a couple of photos but the scratches are not that obvious and they don't show up well. Thanks

Will do Daniel, i'll sort it later. Thank-you

Guys I have a dining room table from around late 80's, it has lots of fine scratches and appears to be both laminated and lacquered what can I use to both remove the scratches and give the surface a new lease of life?

I might pop along to the show and ask for advice. I'm also in the process of replacing the blade to see if that will improve things.

Eric I have "Record BS350" I can only guess at what the BS stands for. There are so many areas on this thing where the adjustments are not fine enough. As an example the machine has 4 guide bushes, 2 at the top and two below the table. these flop around with so much play that it is impossible...

Just goes to show how I haven't thought this through properly "riving knife" Thanks Mike

Neil, Excellent point. Of course I could multiple passes. Thank you

Just found a 250mm blade at NLS Tools with a kerf of 1.5mm, they say a max cutting depth of 30mm, useless for what I want to do.

Thanks Robin, Not sure I could get the depth of cut I need with a smaller blade. Resawing on a table saw with the 2mm + kerf creates so much waste. I do have a band saw and have adjusted as well as I can. A previous post I made, a reply from a member gave a link to how to set up your...

I'm looking for a thin kerf 1.5 - 1.7mm max Circular Saw blade 250mm (30 bore) (Dewalt DW745) They seem to be available for smaller blades but not for 250mm Anyone know where I could get such a thing?

I have ordered a couple of Axminster Trade Plain Screw Vice Guide (big ones) by all accounts these are pretty good. I already have a small 6" record type vice that I have had for 30+ years possible put that one on the end. Tony

Neil, Thanks for that. I was expecting to have to tie to the wall but fortunately there is no wobble evident even when using a handsaw. I think the build is more than adequate now to be free standing without being supported by wall or floor mounting brackets. It is surprisingly heavy for...

Guys, Just an update. Due to the advise from you guys I took the plunge and built my own bench. I was concerned that softwood would add no real weight and due to this lack of weight the bench would be quiet wobbly. My concerns were unfounded, so far there is no movement at all. Okay it is...

Lots of good useful comments, thank-you. After reading the comments I have decided to try and make my own bench, after all what is the worse that can happen. Thanks again Tony