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The two questions are related. They are easy to remove if you do not want to use them again. Centre pop them and drill with increasingly...

I think, on balance, my fence is robust. It’s a chunk of cast iron. It’s the rail that’s the problem. If (only if) I extend the fence...

Not a bad idea, wood is a lot cheaper than angle iron, and arguably has dampening properties. Typically I’ve made them from steel, very...

Where is the gap between the blade and wedge too big? At the top of the mortise at the front? These wedges are a bit counterintuitive...

Well thanks for all the suggestions but I think for now I’ve talked myself out of changing it, for a while anyway. I’ve improved the...

For the record the Laguna tilts to the left, that was a big reason I bought one, the Kity 419 (right tilt) is a cracking little saw but...

It's all well above my pay grade, I think I'll stay in the 15th century for now.

How about a kity 419/619. Good saws loads info on them. Small footprint and good value for money.

It’s an interesting idea @Jacob. I will give it a go. In the past I’ve used sticky sandpaper stuck to my table saw table, or spray glue...

Fair enough, I have never owned one, the video of the Laguna I was watching this morning showed theirs tilting to the right so I assumed...

@Jacob actually rethinking it you might be onto something. You can see from this pic why the left side of the fence doesn’t work. The...

Good thought, I had the same one. Sadly, it doesn’t work. The fence will indeed go to the left side of the blade. But the blade is then...

I think that’s likely in my case.

2) Finish. I need a really clean finish on the cuts, but I get some saw marks. I’ve tried a rip blade and a fine toothed blade (also...

Thanks for all the nuggets of advice, very helpful. I have fixed the vertical blade movement problem on the saw. I’ve improved the...