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    Clamps - Best bang for buck?

    Hi all, I'm looking at buying a pile of clamps, primarily F and G types. Where should I be looking, for the best bang for buck? I've got a few cheapo F clamps where the casting is slightly skewed, and I hate that - I'm not looking for cheap, just the cheapest option for a decent quality clamp...
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    Dewalt track saw not running parallel to track - Am I doing something wrong?

    I've got a DCS576 track saw, and it's been fantastic for most of the time I've had it. However, it's started cutting curves, to the point that the blade contacts the rail if you push it too far. I assumed it was the fault of the blade so I've changed that for a new one, but 3rd cut with the new...
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    Thoughts on older Lurem machines? Specifically P/Ts

    Hi all. I've been offered a Lurem planer/thicknesser, for around £300. I'm heading up to look at it later this week, but would like to hear if anyone has any experience with them. I have a friend, who's opinion I trust, who has a Lurem combination machine which he loves. The planer I'm going to...
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    Bandsaw motor problems

    Hi all. Apologies for the long post, there's a fair bit to describe. I've got a 3-wheel inca bandsaw, which is playing silly pippers. There's been an odd and intermittent vibration and groaning of late, which I traced to a combination of a fairly stiff-to-turn bottom wheel, an old and lumpy...
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    Makita sander base pad help

    Hi all. I've got an old makita belt sander, a 9401 or something like that. The pad that sits between the belt and the base plate has disintegrated, and they don't seem to be available from any of the parts companies that I've found. Has anyone got any ideas to get this sorted? It's too good a...
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    Nice wood near Chelmsford

    Hi All. Does anyone know of a good woodyard in the chelmsford/pleshey area, for a not-too-pricey bit of hansom oak for a shelf? A couple of meters long. The wood that is. Not the woodyard. That would be silly. And too small to have much wood in. Cheers, Jake.
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    Metal supplier in Somerset.

    Hi everyone, Does anyone know of a good value metal supplier in Somerset? I need some 3mm wall box, 25mmx25mm and 50mmx25mm, about 18m of both. Then I get to play with my new Inverter Fusion 180MA :D made in Devon, and class-leading duty-cycle, and an amazing reputation... Can't recommend them...
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    Quick z-saws review

    Hi all. I've had a set of Z saw blades and a handle for a while now, so I thought I'd give them a little write up. I got them from the confusing and badly arranged woodworkprojects.co.uk (no affiliation), and ordered crosscut, and rip blades, a Huntley oak blade, and a "magnificent puff"...
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    Quick screw question

    Can anyone recommend a good online retailer of Reisser screws at a reasonable rate? My one has stopped selling them. Thanks.
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    My first coffee table

    As the title says, this is my first attempt at a solitary, free range bit of furniture for a mate. Ash frame, unidentified red timber wedges and pins, yew top. I'll stick a finished piccy up when the recipient of the table pulls his proverbial finger out, and takes some.
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    Here's one I made earlier...

    Thought maybe you lot would like to see this, it's the toolbox I made on my furniture course about 18 months ago. It's a black walnut frame with oak panelling, and beech drawer backs and a beech and wenge lift-out tool tray. The drawer-fronts have wenge details and handles, and there's a...
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    Wood for windows

    Hello all. I'd like a bit of advice and any thoughts on the design of windows, and which wood to use. I'm building 5 windows to fit in the box body of a friend's 40's army truck. The interior of the box is beautiful, all wide boards of elm and yew. The window apertures are all in the region...
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    Bandsaw wheel balancing

    My little bandsaw, an Inca 342, has a fairly bad vibration to it. I've narrowed the culprit down to the top wheel, by running it with the blade off, and a few different blades on it. I've cleaned the lumps of glue off the wheel that it's last owner had applied along with it's new tyres, and...
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    Bandsaw table problem

    Hi all. I recently bought an Elektra Beckum 450 WN. After a bit of tidying, a new NVR switch and fence from Axminster, and a duo of tuffsaw blades it's almost ready to work. The issue is the table, and it's incessant wobbling. The curved rails of the tilt mechanism are aluminium, and have...
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    buying wood in somerset

    First up, I'd like to say Hello. I've been lurking around for a while, and picked up a wealth of information, for which I'm eternally thankful. It really seems that if someone on here doesn't know it, then it's probably not worth knowing! I'm in the process of setting up a small workshop with a...
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