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I have too many saws so one needs to go. This is my currently daily user, well weekly as I'm only a hobbyist. This is how it stand at the moment, the previous owner did a lot of sled work so he cut down the riving knife and didn't use a guard. But I obtained a genuine Wadkin guard and riving...

Like most people on here, getting the various bits of machinery to mate up with vacuums and dust extraction systems can be a real pain. Adapters cost a fortune and rarely work, although some vendors kit does share similar hose sizes, not all do, and the flexible stepped adapters don't always...

This arrived last week, it was on back order so had a wait 2 or 3 weeks. Its now back on backorder and has gone up from £300 to £350. My dust extraction system in the workshop had grown organically, I've been using the Axminster/Numatic NVD750 with 2 x 1200W motors. this was fine to begin with...

I'm starting to make panels for kitchen doors from quarter sawn oak. When there is only two boards in the panel, its easy enough to use parallel clamps, but if you then take two of those to create a 4 board panel, it gets a bit difficult to line up and clamp, plus you have to wait for 2 sets of...

I have been looking at cordless routers for a while, mainly for trimming laminate, rounding over edges and possibly more. I like the Makita but I'm mainly Milwaukee at the moment and didn't want a plethora of batteries and charger. Plus a body only router is just about on my budget but add...

My first lot of hex shank drill bits were the cheap two part kind, where the drill starts rotating in the shank, kind of defeats the object of the hex shank. You get what you pay for. My next purchase was a one piece Famag set, this one. When I mean one piece, I mean each drill is made out of...

I haven't had a happy relationship with these in the past. I did have some Trend ones, but they went missing between house moves, from memory they weren't very good, I was using them on some door hinges for a dozen oak doors I was hanging. They seemed to burn rather than cut, probably because...

I got sick of hunting for stuff like blades and bits plus the chargers were in the office so decided to sort it out. There are loads of ideas on t'internet, this is my interpretation. First knock up a cabinet, I over ordered on 9mm ply for the kitchen refit so used that but 12mm would probably...

I was given a steel frame bench a while ago, an have decided to make it into a combined MFT and mitre saw. The dog holes are perfect for installing fences for the mitre saw, but the saw will be on a separate small table that can be wheeled away when working with big sheets. There should be some...

I have for sale a Startrite 351E which I have owned from new, and has had very little use. It has a 14"/350mm throat. It has a Kreg KMS7200 precision fence fitted, including micro adjuster, together these cost over £120. But the original fence comes too. It also has all the original...

I was looking for an AGS an AGS10 one came up at the the right price, then not long afterwards and AGS12 came up and I wanted the bigger saw, so I ended up with both. So the AGS10 must go, I have a 10hp phase converter so I'm happy with single or 3 phase but I know that most AGS10 buyers...

Has anybody bought one of these? They look almost identical to the Jet AFS-1000B which is £100 more. I wonder if the filters are interchangeable? The inner look slightly different but as the box sizes are almost identical, I wonder...... Cheers Andy

I bought an AGS10, then an AGS12 came up just around the corner, I have the room for the AGS12 and a 3 phase supply so bought it. Which leaves me with a nice 3 phase AGS 10 to sell. I have a Wadkin 3hp single phase motor, I've identified the correct size triple pulley that fits the motor, and I...

I've bought a Wadkin AGS 12 and I have found a permanent location for it in the shop, its not going to be on wheels, so it staying where it is. The saw came without a crown guard, the riving knife has been modified for sled work and would need to be replaced to mount a guard on the riving knife...

I've just bought a couple from Dieter Schmid Fine Tools. They came well packaged in a vast cardboard box, each in its own plastic tube They both look very well made, the handles are tight and comfortable. Nothing flash about them. 1895 pennies included in the photo for scale :) Here's a...

It looks like I have sold my Elektra Beckum PK200 to my neighbour who is about to start making bee hives. It's been a good saw but I wanted something older, I just like old kit, also means I will get proper mitre slots. So I bought this Wadking AGS 10 from the bay of fleas, £300 plus...

I was over at British Hardwoods this morning picking up some oak flooring for the daughters bedroom and I promised we would look in their wood shop for an interesting piece of timber for the bit in her bedroom where we had to box in some terrible old stonework. We found a nice piece of...

I had a workshop full of kids this morning, the eldest daughter had a friend sleeping over and the youngest daughter joined in so three girls around 9 to 11 YO. I have been saving a box of smaller tools for kids to use so out they came including a small brace that I renovated long ago, subject...

Anybody used one? If so any good? :) I'm scratching around to point my folks in the right direction for presents etc. If I don't give them a pointer I will get some novelty tosh that will end up in the bin and a pair of slippers that the dog will eviscerate in about 10 minutes :)...

I've left it too late to make anything and unbeknown to me until just now when I looked it up, the 5th anniversary pressie is traditionally wood. So an opportunity to make something for the wife missed, to be honest I've got too much building and farm work on at the moment and several...