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    Radio for workshop

    You can get TMS of Radio 5Live Sports Extra using DAB radio. It’s crystal clear though, so you might miss the old LW background whine.
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    MFT-style vs. Trad-style workbench design (is there a middle ground??)

    This is my bench. It’s a bit too big and still needs some drawers installing underneath but is okay otherwise. I fitted a router insert at one end with a big triton router fitted underneath. The insert is just a simple Lexan homemade job, I just clamp a mdf fence on to the bench top as...
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    MFT-style vs. Trad-style workbench design (is there a middle ground??)

    My bench fulfils most of your requirements. I’m at work but will send some photos through later along with a list of its strengths and weaknesses!
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    Wanted Union Graduate Sanding Table

    Brill, thanks. I’ll drop you a message. Tom
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    Wanted Union Graduate Sanding Table

    Ah I see, might be a non starter then. Thanks anyway. What you take for it? Just out of interest.
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    Wanted Union Graduate Sanding Table

    Hi, Thanks, I’m not sure really. There was one on G&M Tools for £145 but I don’t think I could could justify that much. Have you a price in mind?
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    How to test drive a chainsaw

    I’d noticed that. A bot maybe?
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    How to test drive a chainsaw

    It perhaps goes without saying, but take some 2-stroke, chain oil, plug spanner, torx head screw driver, chain file, etc. in case the seller doesn’t have them. And check the plug, shouldn’t be excessively oily or blathered in carbon deposits.
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    How to test drive a chainsaw

    When looking at a second hand saw I would do the following… Before starting it have a feel of the exhaust/engine with your hand as you might be able to tell if the seller has fired it up just before you got there. You want to know that it starts from cold okay. Check the bar and chain. You...
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    Wanted Union Graduate Sanding Table

    Does anyone have a sanding table attachment for the outboard side of a Union Graduate that they would consider selling?
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    Blue roll holder ideas.

    I have mine on a vertical shaft to make it easier to use one handed. Pull straight out from the shaft until you have what you need then tear downwards and get on with your life.
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    Stove, shutters and panelling - WIP

    Thanks! 😃
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    Stove, shutters and panelling - WIP

    Ha! Yeah I think so, they’re not mine though.
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    Stove, shutters and panelling - WIP

    Finished! Only took me two years…
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    Stair regs query.

    Same here. My son likes to store his Lego bricks on the stairs too, which is just marvellous.
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