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Axminster Hobby Series TS-200-2 Table Saw with the Complete kit including the extension table, and sliding carriage. This is the revised versions 2 of the saw with a number of improvements over the original, most notably a much more rigid fence and smoother sliding rail. This has had almost no...

Hi Chaps, I'm after some suggestions. I need to shorten the legs of a bar stool (these ones -> http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/70087212/. The difficulty is that the legs are both tapered and splayed so I'm struggling to work out how to mark out and make the cut in the right...

Apologies for yet another TS-200 thread! I picked up a TS-200 in the recent Axminster pricing shenanigans, and have spent the weekend setting up and fettling. I've read pretty much every TS-200 thread on here and and pretty familiar with all the general limitations, workarounds and improvements...

Hi All, Looking for a little inspiration. I'm making my son his first toolbox for Christmas (for his first set of tools which various people will buy him) out of birch ply. I want to put his initials on it in a reasonably discreet way but can't really think of the best way of doing it. Brass...

Hi, I need a couple of 2400 x 1220 sheets of 18mm birch ply delivered to Coulsdon in Surrey. I often use Champion Timber (who will deliver free) however their birch ply seems very expensive at over £100 per sheet -> http://www.championtimber.com/sheet-mat ... ch-plywood Is this the right sort...

I wonder if anyone has any experience or views on this? http://www.rutlands.co.uk/sp+woodworkin ... saw+dk2102 I'd really love a table saw but am very short on space in my garage. I'd settled on getting an Axminster TS200 at some stage (and try to improve dust collection) but this is much...

Hi All, I'm just finishing my first box project (a watch box) which is made from maple with a burr maple veneer lid. The finish is Danish Oil, which I mainly chose because it's a finish that I'm familiar with. The box lid is starting to look very nice after 2 coats, but I was wondering...

So I picked up a Powerline BK1 bandsaw for £15 today and "Jimi43" of this parish very kindly offered his advice and time in tuning it up to work at it's best. A few very enjoyable hours cleaning up and tuning it in Jim's Aladdin's Cave of a workshop and I've ended up with what I feel is going...

Hi All, I'm new to the forum and indeed new to working with hardwoods (have done plenty of household softwood joinery like skirting/architrave/balustrades etc) and am looking for advice in preparing my first hardwood project for finish. I've made a lamp base out of American Black Walnut and...