Recent content by MountainMan

From the point of storing this under a workbench, how height is it assembled as in the picture, and how much could it be reduced by if the fence was stowed. Any other potential to reduce the height. I've not built it yet but my fixed workbench was going to be 5cm thick and 100 cm off the floor...

Close but not quite right. It is a base 10 logarithm and "decibel" is 0.1 of Bel but no one uses Bels. Where you were wrong is saying each 0.1 was and order of magnitude, it isn't. It's the other way around. So change of 1 Bel is x10 in power. That means 10 dB is x 10. So the "sound power" you...

B&Q near my work (Stoke) has a few Bosch Blue tools on clearance. Apparently the Wednesday 10% off for 60+ works too although I didn't have anyone I could take with me to get the discount. Just picked up a GEX125AE random orbit sander for £67. They had jigsaw, circular saw, cordless 12v drill +...

I'm still undecided. My indecision is almost comical. I started looking at Bosch ACE1400, then decided I should go 1/2", so considered Triton MOF001. Then I decided I would like to use in a table and out, and that I won't get a table just yet. So then I looked at lighter models for hand use...

I want to get my first router, I've wanted I've for 25 years (since a kid, when instead I had to use a chisel). It's not a question of price, but more not wanting to get anything that I grow out of quickly. I've read lots of threads on here, and I direct to use it both by hand and in a table...

I'm starting to think it would be easier to build, the calculations for the angle vs air flow and particle size aren't too hard.

For that price I'll empty the vacuum instead!

Has anyone found a UK source of 100 mm inlet cyclones for dust extraction. I'm going to get something like a RP DX1000 extractor and wanted to put a cyclone before it, but all those on Amazon / eBay are 50 mm ports.

http://www.turners-retreat.co.uk/catalo ... egory/332/ Can you really make them for less than 35p, allowing for your time.

Is it "Performance Power" which is B&Q or "Record Power" which fits better with the DP16 code. The former are grey and the latter green I think.

I've used a mix of RCD and RCBO in my house to avoid "likely" faults tripping circuits like freezer and lighting. My workshop power is on a RCBO. If you've already got an RCD protecting the supply to your workshop then you don't need another. If you don't you might want to question the existing...

Thanks. The lathe is key to the whole thing, it's the "fun" bit of what I want a fixed workshop (rather than building on the lawn). I've listened to the space concerns. I can probably switch a panel of garden tools with the band saw position and have it freestanding on moveable base. Then if I...

If it was a straight bench, how much space would you allow for a lathe (900mm), band saw (600mm) and pillar drill leaving enough room for handwork (4 ft??). I might have to rejig the layout. :( The other tools would be housed under the bench and come out into the room to work. With two...

First post. I'm a newbie to the forum, and not done anything fancy in wood since wood work at school 20+ years ago. I'd like to potter away making things (kids toys, garden furniture). I've been browsing for a few weeks and found it interesting. I'm kitting out my shed (10'x12') for dual use...