Recent content by smiffy

A Friend has asked that I fit his solid wood flooring over the holidays. Its the floating kind that gets the foam underlay. His hall is an L shape and this is where I need some help. At the join of the L, what is the best method of joining. Do you simply make sure that you lay the first...

Ok...Here is the 40mm Ash chopping board I made to go with Ash worktops. It would make a good prop for that advert for disinfectant. You know...that one where they say that your chopping board harbors more germs than your toilet bowl. :shock: This one is 3 years old and at least the worktops...

Losos, I have to say that the fire's appetite is frightening, but it seems to last longer burning sawdust than just wood scraps. You of course know this already. Bear in mind I am talking about a stove that has a door that can be closed. I usually alternate between burning sawdust and put in...

I have just went through the posts in the last 2 months as I have been away for a while, and noticed a few posts regarding the problem of burning sawdust in a wood burning stove. Suggestions were made of buying/building expensive gizmos to compress the sawdust in an attempt to make sawdust...

Er...Yes...circular saws is what I meant. Sorry folks...my bad :oops: I should have been more descriptive in my post. Oh yes, and I mean TCT tipped ones too. The reason I am asking is because of the cost of getting a saw resharpened against just buying a cheap saw blade from EBAY. And I do...

Does anyone on the forum successfully sharpen thier own saw blades? Is there any cheapish machines or tools that can help with this? I remember way back when I worked in a machine shop in the eighties, the journeyman attempted to sharpen saw blades in a vice with a small flat file with some...

I got the impression that my post in the Ozzie Triton forum about this problem was one of the first to highlight it, as a lot of Ozzies joined in on that debate to say that they too would be contacting Triton to get replacements. That was more than a year ago. Colin from Triton did indeed send...

Barry, I am sorry if I came over a bit negative on the Triton gear. To let you understand I bought about £800 pounds worth of Triton gear, and when you spend that amount of money, you just want to get on with the job using the tools you paid for eh. None of my problems were due to me setting...

You are right about the Triton saw being a bit too heavy for hand held use. I also find it a bit scary, as it just feels like a noisy, super powerful beast thats just under your control and no more. Maybe thats just me :oops: That is why I also have a much lighter Hitachi 7u for doing the...

I initially used a Hitachi and even tried a Proline in my Triton table before I eventually got a Triton saw. The one thing I would say is that the Triton far out performs the others in the power stakes. I did pay £200 for it though and I did have some quality issues which were ironed out by...

This is brilliant work. I have always wanted to have a go at making one. Did you work from plans? And if so, where did you get them? I have one of those cheap veneered 'fake' clocks that I got from an auction, maybe I can use that as a basis for a plan before it is designted to firewood...

Quality control seems to be Triton's weakest link. They have some innovative design ideas and thier customer support is legendary, but like you I have had hassle. Two saw replacements and certain workcentre part replacements (that are still faulty )and having to take 3 days time off work as they...

Thanks for your replies. The reason I have worded the subject of this post as I did is because I am starting to get the feeling that Dewalt are seriously damaging their reputation putting out rubbish like this biscuit jointer and a planer that I also own. I am convinced that they are rebadging...

I have just invested £160 in what I thought would be a sound buy, in a Dewalt DW682K biscuit jointer. After trying to calabirate the thing I can only say that I am more than a bit dissapointed. Firstly, the scale on the fence is out by 2 degrees. Setting the stop at zero, and then trying to set...

You have convinced me Steve...thanks.