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Downsized house twice and this is this is the last of my large workshop machines to go due to lack of space. Hobby use only - I bought this for a couple of projects a few years ago and it hasn't been used much since. It comes with the optional Jet leg stand, currently with a homemade wooden base...

For (large) garden gates with FLB construction, what is the ideal angle for the brace to be at? I've seen a couple of posts saying not to exceed 45 degrees, but I'm not sure why. Does that mean 45degrees is "best"? Also, a few posts say it is good practice to inset the brace 50mm or so away...

Evening All I'm just at the planning stage for a new set of gates for the side of the house. One will need to be 1m wide and one 2m wide. They need to be about 2m tall, so the larger gate will be almost 2m square, which is pretty big so will need strong joints (as well as 3 rails, braces etc)...

I'm thinking of getting a Morris Minor Traveller and I've been doing some research. They look great, but I'm wary of the effect that the Great British climate has on the exposed ash woodwork. The woodwork is structural and has to be in good condition - it's part of the MOT. The owners club...

About 10 years ago I made a couple of external doors using reclaimed iroko, and they looked really good. At first I tried oil as protection - I can't remember which one, but it did claim to have uv protection. With time the iroko faded ( on the side that faces the sun) to a rather unattractive...

I'm thinking of putting a couple if items in the For Sale forum and tried to get a feel for possible shipping costs. The items are just over 30 kgs, so pretty heavy. I looked on the parcel2go website (I've never used this before) and entered the weights and dimensions. The prices that came up...

Just finished this, so I thought I'd share. Only a small project, but one that I'm happy with now it's finished (it doesn't always turn out that way!) It's pretty cold in the workshop at the moment so I wanted something I could spend a couple of hours at a time on (after letting the fan heater...

I have a door frame in a stud wall where both sides and the top have warped in two directions (and also the stud wall I assume). The door is a modern replacement which is flat and true, so there are unsightly gaps (of varying thickness) visible at the sides and top. I was thinking of fitting a...

I noticed recently that you can now "thank" a member and "be thanked" by somebody else. (did it appear recently, or have I just not been paying attention?) How do you do it? I've looked around but can't see anything obvious within the posts. cheers Steve

Just about to sharpen the blades on my P/T to take out some nicks. Any idea what the right angle should be. I used to have it written down "somewhere safe" after I read a magazine article a while back, but of course now I can't find it. Steve

Hi all I have a Bosch Pex400AE random orbit sander that I want to use as a polisher. Try as I might, I can't find any info about velcro backed polishing mops, or wether I can use the original rubber backing pad or need a softer intermediate one. Anyone here gone down this route and know what I...

Looking through previous posts, I see that sanding sealer, then oil, then wax polish is a popular finish with some people. But when I was looking through the info sheets for Chestnut oils, they all say not to use them over a sealer, but don't say why. Maybe because the oil doesn't get the chance...

Some weeks ago my router stopped working and as it's a few years old now it's out of warranty. I had visions of a monstrous bill to fix it. I sent it to Bosch for repair and it turned out to be the switch so cost was about £20 pounds which I was happy with. Bosch claim to turn around the work...

Hi all While using my router inverted in the router table today, I noticed something strange. The router plate it's attached to is anodised aluminium, and when I ran my fingers over the surface, I felt a slight vibration/tingling (when the router was switched off but still plugged in)...

Hi All I am in the middle of using some well seasoned (reclaimed) oak to make the top and bottom for a box, about 20cm in width, sitting in grooves in the sides. Any idea how much allowance I should leave for seasonal expansion/contraction? A figure of 1% (which would be 2mm) jumped into my...

As I switched on my dust extractor yesterday, there was a bang and a flash visible through the plastic cover (although the motor carried on running). When I took the cover off (after isolating the machine of course), it was obvious the capacitor has expired. Reading through previous threads it...

Hi all I'm having some trouble setting up a mitre lock bit in my router table. Looking through previous post on the subject, it looks like the only way to set it up is by trial and error, for each given thickness of stock that you want to use it with. While I was adjusting the settings, it...

A couple of weeks ago I made a 45 degree shooting board, nothing fancy, just using some scrap I had lying around. The base was MDF which seemed ok at first. But after only a couple of weeks of use, it seems the MDF on the "runway" has worn, so the plane sole no longer sits at 90 degrees to the...

I hope somebody more knowledgeable than me can help me out. The tensioner on my Record BS350 bandsaw works fine, but I can't see a way to lock it in position when it's been set. There is a picture in the manual that shows a nut to use, but my rod is set up differently to the picture. In...

I've just finished flattening the backs of some new chisels and polished them using diamond paste on an MDF lap - so far so good. I set up my Veritas mk 2 guide to hone the primary bevel using a 1200 grit waterstone. I was just about to start honing when a thought struck me. I can't polish the...