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    Game Changing Tools

    Given that I mainly work in solid, it would have to be a reliable, solid and accurate planer thicknesser and an equally solid bench. The P/T takes much of the drudgery out of stock prep and the bench, well, that just makes everything easier and more enjoyable.
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    Very old bandsaw

    Beautiful machine. Is that a three phase plug on it? Are you setup for three phase?
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    washita fans!

    Speed and ease of honing is a significant reason why I tend not to stray from traditional tool steels for my edge tools. There is a balance to be observed between ultimate edge, time between honing, sharpness drop off and time spent honing (and therefore not working wood). There is clearly more...
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    washita fans!

    I have an old Pike lily white Washita and think it's just about the perfect mix of fast and fine for the vintage steel in my edge tools. I'm not sure how well it would work on some of the modern alloys though, so ymmv.
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    P/T disposable blades......

    I've been using the Tersa system on my P/T for the past few years and I can't speak highly enough of it. As it's less than a minute's work to change all four knives, it's dead easy to always have the right set for the job at hand in the cutter block i.e. well used set for suspect/reclaimed...
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    Axminster Rider No 7... concave sole, customer service pants as usual

    There's nothing insulting in Dave's post that I can see, nothing at all. He's giving the benefit of his own experience of actually flattening a bunch of planes and it all rings true to me (another one who has flattened the sole on lots of planes - including getting one precision ground by an...
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    Hammers manufacturers

    Thor are still going aren't they? Made in Birmingham I believe. Not sure if they do hammers but their mallets are the best I've used.
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    Help! Wood identification

    Looks like meranti to me as well. I think playing "guess the wood from a pic" is more like bingo than science :)
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    Lubricating Table Saw Inner Parts

    I have some Shield technology stuff for preventing rust and used to use it in my old shed which was damp and promoted rust quite a bit. I haven't needed it in the past few years but I recall it was good stuff. The one I had was a thin liquid that came in a tin and left a hazy finish on metals...
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    Lubricating Table Saw Inner Parts

    I have found that waxing the top is very helpful in getting the stock to slide freely. I just squiggle over the cast iron top and fence (don't forget the fence) with the end of a candle. This works a treat for me but if you have rust issues in your workshop you might be better advised to wax the...
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    Lubricating Table Saw Inner Parts

    Just keep it simple and you won't go far wrong. As long as you are actually aiming for your trunnions and not the top or, indeed the stock you are going to finish, you won't have problems and therefore don't need to complicate matters more than that.
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    Lubricating Table Saw Inner Parts

    It does go a long that’s definitely true. I meant to say that it’s pricier from Halfords than other places I have seen it but that probably wasn’t clear enough.
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    Which bench top planer

    The only bench top planers I’ve seen were flimsy new models that weren’t much use for anything. Unless that’s changed in the last couple of years I would go for a #7 instead. Mine is an ancient Stanley that didn’t cost much but still joints an edge as well as the oaf that’s behind it will allow...
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    Lubricating Table Saw Inner Parts

    That’s exactly what GT85 is. Bit pricey from Halfords but good stuff. I use it and the PTFE quite a lot in the workshop.
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    Lubricating Table Saw Inner Parts

    From a few squirts of lube on your table saw trunnions? Really, that’s more of a theoretical risk than anything to be actually worried about. The kind of fairy tale that convinces inexperienced woodworkers to part with silly money for fancy “trunnion oil” that will improve everything by 376%...
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