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    Auger bits and hand brace drill ... a few questions !!!

    Yes they do !!! In the second picture you can clearly see a Forstener with a square tang !!!
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    Auger bits and hand brace drill ... a few questions !!!

    Thankyou ChaiLatte, your words make sense to me, the one on the left also has got one spur .... Any thought about the use of a forstener bit ?
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    Auger bits and hand brace drill ... a few questions !!!

    Hello raffo, thanks for replying !!! I already saw this video when it was released and I agree it is very interesting, but still did not find answer to my questions, anyhow thankyou again !
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    Auger bits and hand brace drill ... a few questions !!!

    Also when I first tried inserting a bit in the hand brace drill I found out that even the 1/4" bit tang was too big for the jaws of my chuck, what a disappointment .... Luckily enough I found a cheap chuck in the shop just around the corner and for a couple of pounds i managed to came in...
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    Auger bits and hand brace drill ... a few questions !!!

    HI you all, I'm italian and, many years ago, when I was still a boy and while digging in some old stuff bins, I found my grandfather's hand brace drill. It was rusty and covered in grime but, for the love I had for my grandfather, I decided to give it some tlc, after cleaning I coukld read on it...
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    Diamond sharpening, buying advice !

    Hello guys, thankyou for such a number of replies and also for sharing your thoughts .... Listening to your experiences was very interesting !!! For the way I sharpen my tools I really want to try diamond stones, because If they cut steel and are flat with the help of a strop I'm done ... I...
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    Diamond sharpening, buying advice !

    Hello guys, I use to sharpen my plane irons and chisels, with a traditional water stone . When I first bought my stone I decided to go for what was considered a medium hardness stone so i went for a double sided (1000/3000) Cerax stone. I've to say that I'm happy with the edge produced by the...
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    Table saw shipping to Italy

    I',ve the same feeling ... Holzmann doesn't look italian in any way :?
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    Table saw shipping to Italy

    Sorry for being so late in replying ... busy days !!! I'll let you know if I buy any saw !!!
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    Table saw shipping to Italy

    some more ... uploads upload image uploads img upload free image upload free photo hosting Having already this fence do I need to upgrade ? I don't have this feeling but who knows ? :roll:
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    Table saw shipping to Italy

    The original fence I had on my table saw was just useless rubbish so I built mysel a t-square style fence, here is a bunch of pictures : uploads upload image upload image upload img
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    Table saw shipping to Italy

    HI MikeJhn I thankyou so much for your help !!! I hope you'll keep giving me your advice and sharing your experience. I've some few questions to which I would like you to answer : 1) How does the jet saw compare in terms of quality to the Axi saw ? 2) What is the basic fence like ? Is it any...
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    Table saw shipping to Italy

    This is new from my daily recognition on ebay.co.uk : https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jet-table-sa ... SwL~FbeBzL I would love this kind of saw and it is in the budget :cry:
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    Table saw shipping to Italy

    Thankyou for your reply MikeJhn, I've gone through the link and have read all the topic about the Axi saw, and I have to say that I'm slowly changing my mind about the TS-250, from what I see/read it is a more than decent saw :wink: . At 540£ (plus eventually shipping ) the saw is anything...
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    Table saw shipping to Italy

    You are correct ttrees there is plenty of good machines in Italy but as I said before they are big and heavy, just to make you an example : img upload This is the best deal I've found in Italy in the last 6 months, 900 euro for a 2017 minimax :shock: What a deal .... but also what a footprint...
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