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Great, thanks, I will see if I can get up to take a proper look

I’ve been in touch with a good local tool repair shop in Edinburgh which has been around a long time. One of the guys there was cautioning me on the wadkin saw because he said the guides are impossible to replace, so if they’re shot then that’s irreparable... I know plenty of folk online have...

here's a photo of the inverter I could get an image from the seller of the motor badge

Thanks all, really helpful. I am attaching a few more photos. I'm not sure of wheel size. To be honest I feel a bit out of my depth with this Wadkin!! Not sure I should do, but I'm going to guess it's going to need some work for which I don't have a great deal of time and zero experience...

Thanks for your comments guys. I think I maybe need to count my pennies and go for a startrite if I can. Someone is selling an old wadkin near me... attaching some photos. Would I be crazy to go for that beast at £700...!?

Hi, new to the forum and just setting up my single garage home workshop. I have a 10x7 sedgwick planer thicknesser and due to lack of space I use a festool track saw in place of a table saw. Currently I’m on the hunt for a low cost (up to £500) second hand bandsaw. The main things I’m looking...