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Hi In a materials list text it has dimensions I am not quite sure I understand (they are in American format). It states '5/4 x 6 Quarter Sawn' I thought this to mean 5 pieces of 4in x 6in, but it seems not, I then thought it meant 1 1/4" as 5 quarters, but then why would it say 4/4 for...

Hi I have just acquired a Perform CCBB Bandsaw which is need of some work to get back to scratch. I have the manual (thank you Axminster) for any parts I need like the bearings, but I have a question about the setup. On my hobby Bandsaw the bearings are 90 degrees to the blade, in other words...

So with the sapele inlaid into the sycamore i have glued together top and bottom sycamore boards best i can and sanded using the sander gizzmo i built (see other thread). I know you can still see the hole for the start where the blade went in, i tried to fill but not too successfully i see, so...

As my thicknesser planer is a hobby one i cannot work with wood that is wider than 5", so i decided what i needed was a thicknesser sander having seen one on the web :D Problem, the only thing i have made in wood is a few items with a scroll saw so it would be a miracle for it to work...

I have one of these which is only a few weeks old now. It has hardly been used and the first thing i had to do was adjust the belts so it would run faster and actually cut wood :-) So today i made a jig so i could cut a square piece of MDF 100x100x19mm into a round piece of 100 diameter. I...

I want to upgrade to a bigger planer thicknesser and to keep them as separate items, they will replace my clarke P/T. So i have seen the Triton TPT125 P/T which can do up to 317mm wide and it really suits my needs, but to get a separate planer of this capability will cost quite a bit to match...

Trying to use left over wood from my money boxes i decided to try my hand at an inlay. It was a lot harder than i thought and there is a lot more to take into consideration than i expected, so for my first attempt i am pleased :lol: only 5 more to go...........

Its early days and i hope to get much better as time goes by, but managed to raise £120 for 6 of these for charity :lol:

Hi all I have been hovering in the background reading and learning as we all do at the beginning and have generally found most of what i am looking for, shows what a good site this is. I am a hobyist and new to woodworking but have pretty good diy skills and moderate aptitude for anything...