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    Transport offered

    Well the forum groupage service has just passed by and pretty much spot on time too!! Many thanks Bob and Aiden too! Olly
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    Transport offered

    Bob - pm sent, Aidan is talking about me!!
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    Bowed Garden Gate

    That hinge looks like the work of a class A bodger as well, why not set it all up so they run on to the rails rather than having to block them up? This was my effort at a garden gate and it's holding up well
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    Long cuts in glasss

    You can get cutters with a reservoir in the handle, that way you always have oil going on to the cutter blade as you use it. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OIL-LUBRICATED-GL ... 240%3A1318
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    Setting up my tablesaw

    Assuming your fence is on the right of the blade, the 0 on the tape wants to be on the rightmost part of the blade
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    Long cuts in glasss

    I tend to put my first finger on each hand on the underside of the glass, either side of the score and my thumbs on the top and just flex my hands apart which is enough to do the job. If you're really nervous, a long dowel or similar on a table with the score over the top and then press down...
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    Waste disposal

    I have an open fire, a fire wood store and a large garden with an incinerator if the store gets full!
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    Advice on Machine Purchase

    I have an Elektra Beckum planer / thicknesser. It takes about 40 seconds to switch between modes and works very well in either. It is 10" but there are times when even larger would be nice, mainly for thicknessing.
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    Silicon tape versus self-amalgamating tape?

    Screwfix is showing silicone tape at the bottom of that same page http://www.screwfix.com/prods/45207/Sea ... Tape-Black
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    Router Table

    No, the grooves are for extension tables. Still undecided on the fence approach, my current table has 2 insert nuts in the table top and the fence has slots so the top is uncluttered. I may go for 1/2" t track yet, still pondering. Yes I'll move the large t track from my current table to...
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    Router Table

    Exactly that, the SCMS will be removed when when using it as a router table. Space is at a premium in my shop so things have to double up.
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    Your Workshop Heaven

    What's the URL to your site?
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    Router Table

    Well, about time to start another workshop project, a combined Router table and SCMS station. Design to date Plan is to have some extension tables that store in the bottom slot, still working out how best to mount them when they are in use.
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    Axminster price hike...again!!

    Indeed, suddenly anything imported is now very expensive. Building myself a new server a bit at a time and each month I come to buy the next set of bits and they've all gone up from the previous month.
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    What's it called and where do I get one??

    Something like this With the shelf storage shelf at the bottom and then some fold up braces on the sides that are within the overhang of the table top.
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