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    Withdrawn Clarke BJ600 Biscuit Jointer £45

    Having a bit of a clearout. I bought this years ago and used for one job in softwood, so pretty much in pristine condition. I can't remember how much I paid, but there is a 'discontinued product' listing on Sitebox which suggests £80 back then. I 'm thinking £45 including a couple of partly used...
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    Naive wood-turning question.

    I don't do much wood turning and when I do it's on a metalwork lathe. I was turning a piece of iroko from an old lab bench tonight with the intention of making a round wooden plinth.: The brass bar is irrelevant - it's just stuck to the wood with double-sided tape and is there to move the work...
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    Camper van skylight frame - how should I have done it?

    I had a surprise visit from a chap coming over from the Netherlands who has a project to turn his transit van into a camper. He showed me some plans involving making internal wooden frames to fix the skylights he'd bought. Three days before he went back, so a bit of a rush (I have other stuff to...
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    Jammed Record 53E vice.

    I have a Record 53E vice - the quick release type - which has jammed up. I had (perhaps foolishly) clamped some work at one end of the vice without a compensating piece at the other end to keep the jaws parallel. When I tried to release the work the screw just clicked (ratchet mechanism) and...
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    Some staircase questions...

    After a moth plague I had to take up a staircase carpet and what was revealed isn't great: Personally I'd carpet again, but SWMBO wants wood. It would be a lot of sanding , and even then it might look awful so I am wondering about replacing the treads and risers with new. Neither the treads...
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    For Sale Parweld XTI 160 MMA welder.

    I bought this because I needed to make some gate fittings, radiator mounts etc and it was cheaper to buy a welder than buy the parts. It cost me about £190. There are some specs here. It's been good for welding from 8mm down to 2mm for me, and I'm no expert. Much easier to use than the old...
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    Sold Numatic commercial vacuum cleaner.

    I bought this from a charity shop for ~£20 because I needed a rugged vac to clear up after some building work. Now surplus to requirements, but it's a working machine and I'm reluctant to scrap it. Might be useful for workshop duty? It's bagless wet'n'dry and has a 1kW motor - no other specs I'm...
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    Some turning heresies.

    This is just fun really I suppose. I'm mainly a metalworker, but occasionally I need to turn wooden parts. I haven't got a wood lathe, so use an engineering lathe. That's the first heresy. Apparently. Others are in this pic: A three jaw engineering chuck holding a four jaw engineering...
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    Sold Makita JR3050T Reciprocating Shark Saw in Carry Case £70

    I bought this maybe four years ago to break down a stack of pallets, thinking it would be a handy tool to have in my armoury afterwards. In the event I found a better way of dealing with the pallets and haven't really found a use for it since, so it's been gathering dust on the shelf...
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    Before Ikea...

    Today I was presented with chair which needed to have some inches lopped off the legs for use as a Panto prop - I don't know why exactly, I just do what I'm told. I lopped the legs, gave it a sand then got interested in how it was constructed: It's obviously a mass produced 20th century...
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    Cheap 12V cordless driver.

    After the death of a freebie from Axminster (which proved surprisingly useful) I'm looking for a cheap,compact 12V cordless screwdriver - the type with the battery in the handle - to replace it. For occasional use only. There's a bewildering array of these things on Amazon, ranging from £20 to...
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    3M Cubitron sanding discs - any experiences?

    I was looking to restock on Abranet discs to use with my ROS and came across 3M Cubitron discs, which I'd not heard of before. Anyone out there who has tried these and can give an opinion about how they compare with Abranet? From the bumf it looks like they're aggressive and not suited for...
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    Sold Mixed brass swarf

    A while back a forum member asked me if I had any brass turnings for making resin/metal inlays in wood. So now I keep the stuff when I turn brass. Latest project has yielded about 300g of mixed swarf: If it's of any use to anyone I'll bung it in the post. Bob.
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    Sold Pen making stuff.

    Having a bit of a clear out I found some pen-making things: There's 3 acrylic blanks, 4 laminated dyed wood, 7 half-inch and 3 three-quarter inch rosewood (I think) blanks in there, some kits (can't guarantee the ink won't have dried out), some inserts, some lace bobbins.... Maybe worthwhile...
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    DIY toolpost / rest.

    I work mainly in metal, but I'm dipping my toes into the into the scary sea of of wood turning. I don't have a wood turning lathe so I'm seeing what I can do with an engineering lathe. I'm waiting on delivery of Keith Rowley's lathework book before buying cutting tools, but in the meantime I...
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    (Potential) beginner all at sea about gouge profiles.

    Sorry if these are naive questions, but I have to start somewhere... I'm primarily a metal worker, but recently had to make some wooden plinths to wall-mount a project: I turned these from square blanks on a metal-turning lathe using the 'knife tool' shown. It went surprisingly well...
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    Wonky door frame - what to do?

    I'm doing battle with with an old house. There are many challenges but I'd hoped to defer the kitchen door until I'd gained more confidence. For reasons to do with a dog it's become more urgent, and my wife proudly came home with a a ledge and brace door which might do the job - it's about the...
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    Rip cutting with a chainsaw

    Is it safe to cut seasoned firewood along the grain with a standard chainsaw? The reason I ask is that I have been given (literally) a ton of seasoned hardwood, but a lot of it is in chunks too big for my splitter and I'm too old to wield an axe. I've searched using Google and get Texans saying...
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    Sharpening hollow mortice chisels.

    I need to sharpen some second-hand hollow mortice chisels. I've had a look, and there seem to be two types of tool on offer to do the internal bevel - diamond encrusted cones and things which look like countersinks with a pilot. Some say 'suitable for most Taiwanese chisels'. Mine are old...
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    Source of pinned blades or a decent adaptor?

    I have Axminster 'Hobby' machine which I bought maybe 7 years ago for a specific job. It did the job (internal cutouts) but I got very frustrated because it takes only pinned blades, and at the time I couldn't find much of a range - much more variety with unpinned blades. So I bought 'adaptors'...
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