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The table is adjustable so you can sand angled surfaces, but the tiny silver of metal (1.5 cm?) to stop the work piece flying to the right is far too short. Maybe I'm just not used it but it pulls very aggressively to be able to control a 6cm thick curved piece without having a point to lean...

I've actually just bought some, first time flocking so I don't know what to expect. First time on a test box was a bit piecemeal, which I put down to to the glue seeping into the wood and not leaving enough for the flock, while some parts looked everything I hoped, others parts were blotchy...

This arrived yesterday and had a good play about with it. The bobbin aspect it of it is exactly as I expected/hoped and has been a godsend already, saved me a couple of days effort already, I may actually have everything finished in time. Apart from time saved actually sanding, it occurred to...

Unfinished timber that looks weathered? If you aren't bothered about the wood type, rather than making it look like that you could try looking in skips around you and find some really distressed wood.

I have this one, I don't want to post the whole article for copyright reasons, however the first two sentences of the actual article should give you a feel for the conclusion. I could summarise the main points if there was interest, doubt I'd get it finished tonight.

But with part filled shelves you then get to make some book ends, or have some spare space to keep tools :-)

Is it maybe the case where people have excessively clamped it was because the faces were not square in the first place so more force was required to close the joint?

I've had a couple of other small bits break and they've just been left embedded in the work. When this happened, the bit came out of the rebate though the bottom of the drawer side , it then was cutting at the full depth of the rebate, it looked like it may have snapped as it was coming out so...

Just ordered the rutlands belt and bobbin sander. From what I could made out the Sealey, Rutlands and also the Clarke models are identical. I went for the one from rutlands as I've never had trouble returning stuff plus they did a hose kit. I also went crazy atnd got on of those latex block...

I switched from titebond to Gorrilla Glue the PVA obviously) three years ago and never looked back. It's very easy to find in the shops, You can usually find this in general hardware shops, up here Yorkshire Trading and Boyes have it for £7-9 per litre or if you go on ebay/amazon it can be...

I've had two scary moments with a router, one also involved a snapped bit. A 1/4 inch 6mm straight bit, also from a Trend set that came free with the router (a T4, I love those even though on my third). I was rebating a slot for a drawer bottom, it should have been the second last pass...

Yeah, I think is. Bending it sounds the way to go.

Not sure what mine does but I'm pretty sure it is not as big by a bit. The saw is right next to my extractor and is the first outlet from the 4 inch pipe I have running around the workshop and works a treat. The gap is over a cm, you can feel the air rushing in, maybe I should try bending the...

Thanks for that, the sealey one looks good, Rutlands do a similar one that was showing as sold out a couple of days ago. Having a belt would be handy, I have a disk sander but it can be tricky keeping to the left side of the disk and less chance of burning, I think I'll go with one of these.

I would say always alternate the boards unless you want to matchbook them and you don't have a choice. If this is to go in the hallway I'd guess its going to get a bit more exposed to humidity changes than the living room. > raised panels which measure 216 x 400mm long will cup. Assuming...

Hi, sorry I only ever seem to log in here when I'm looking to buy stuff. I do read a lot but never seem to have the time to leisurely post, to many work and family commitments :-( Its that time of year where I'm sure most of us are doing bandsaw boxes for xmas gifts. I've got 30 boxes to do...

Sorry, logged on here for the first time in ages and thought I should do an update. The BS250 is still going strong and working well, I'm using various tuff saw blades with it. For free hand stuff it is great for the capacity it takes, I do find changing blades is a right pain, adjust the...

I meant to update this a couple of weeks earlier. I ended up getting the record BS250, it's, eaht can go wrong? A very nice machine for the price, only thing I can grumble about is the mitre fence (or the table depending how you look at it), I am struggling to get this accurate to the blade...

Anyone with experience with both of these? I need something portable (30-40kgs counts as portable right?). Or anything better up to the £400 mark?

Thanks Nev, saw a couple of those from searching but a few new things to look at.