Recent content by MrA

You're a poet and didn't know it!

The orange bars are a lazy mans method of making the runners and they're cheaper than actual mitre bars . You're right they need to be cut to length which is relatively easy. I suppose the point I was trying to make in a convoluted way was that they fit in the slots perfectly not even a gnats...

I get something similar when the Mrs is away visiting the outlaws for a few days! :shock:

I discovered that the mitre slot track from Axminster fits in the mitre slot of a table saw with standard 19mm mitre slots, I need to stop typing mitre slots. I am about to make a cross cut sled for my new, 2nd hand, used, refurbished, only one lady owner table saw and was going to used the...

If this ever happens to you again check their admin' charges and charge the same rate, usually about £30. They can't do thing about it either, but its good to see someone give them a slap.

Would be a real surprise if there brushes then! :mrgreen:

Bloody hell! I'm going to take extra extra care from now on. The worst I've had is a few splinters so far, I did nearly come a cropper when using a table saw sled when I pushed too far and nearly caught my fingers. I'm pretty sure I'd give up my new hobby if I had an accident like some of...

Switches will fail after prolonged use over time, although I can't think of what sound it would make. Replacing a switch is relatively straight forward but check the brushes before you proceed.

Good grief that's a deep question..... I'm not sure that I "find" inspiration, more like that it finds me especially when my frustration levels are high, something just pops into my head. I'm not really a creative type of person more practical so I'm not sure if I'm driven to find or be found...

I've plunge cut with a circular saw, the first time was a bit bum tweaky and the old under crackers underwent some discoloration but it ended without incident. I tend to be overly cautious after being a victim to a kick back, fortunately I was stood to the left of the cut and the board sailed...

I watch quite a few woodworking videos on the net and have seen some right dodgy methods and the plunge cut must be among one of the dodgiest I've seen. I wonder how many inexperienced weekend woodworkers out there have tried that?

I use a half mask respirator and I run a dust extraction filter which is the best investment I've made. I tend to forget I have the mask on and carry on wearing it all day, when I take it off I have the mask grooves embedded on my face so it looks like I've squashed my face in a door.

Started with Makita MLT100 2nd was a Makita 2704 and now have a compact Axminster TS200 with the bits n bobs.

I like to think that if you value something you'd look after it, even when selling a car you'd give it a clean at the very least, if it was full of burger boxes, fag burns and mud it would devalue it. I'd buy a crappy looking tool if it was cheap and I thought it could be cleaned up and...

I have been putting together a selection of machine tools, some bought second hand some new, I've even made purchases that I wished I hadn't and resold them. In the second hand market I only bid on tools that are clean as this gives me the impression that they have been well looked after and...