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Size bought in error, Three blades Starrett Duratec 70.5 inch or 1790mm long, 1/2" (12mm) wide, 6TPI As new & Sharp. £20 posted or you can pick up if you are in South Essex.

I have a very old Multico 12" thicknesser, I think it is an L3 model. I bought it back in 1984 secondhand from a scrap yard & it had been in a fire so was quite cosmetically challenged. Re motored it served for 18 years in my workshop & then in the boatshed down the yacht club. Lately i have...

Well i have posted on enough H&S threads before but today was a new one for me. Machining some hard old sapele on my Startrite bench saw, there i was ripping a 4x2 down the middle, as i was on my own it was a case of go halfway through lift the end nearest me off the blade then lift the whole...

Anyone on here got a laser cutter? I had access to an excellent Lotus laser systems RF machine for 5 years when i worked in a school as a D&T technician. Used it a lot for all sorts of things. Missed it when i retired! So im off to have a look at a couple next week at Kent lasers, Been put off...

Just saw this on a D&T technicians group on fb, Goverment just issued a safety alert on grinder chainsaw disc attachments, may be of interest to some of us, & may save someone from removing bits of themselves...

Gutter Adze, concave blade for hollowing, excellent condition. £75 ono Located in south essex can post.

Mum passed away a year ago & our book collection has grown from reasonable to big! Just knocked a chimney breast out & had it plastered to make room. I have approached four companies to give me a quote & two gave a ballpark figure of about 7k, time scale at least two to three months away, the...

I recently acquired this bronze plane at an antiques centre oop north, perhaps polished a bit too much but at least it hadnt been subjected to the wire brush & angle grinder treatment like a Spiers that was in the next bay! Got it for what i thought was a reasonable price after knocking the guy...

Union Graduate, its an ex school machine that has seen little use, Its too big for what i ever need to turn and its taking up space that is better utilised! It has a big selection of faceplates, a three jaw chuck & various jaws, revolving centres, drill chuck, driving centres, short & long...

My late Dads Startrite sawbench, he bought it new in 1958 & its done some work in its time, 8" blades, Tilting table. Its a cracking little single phase machine that has never been rusty & is in excellent condition, Pile of blades to go with it some are carbide. Its located in LA5 near...

Sorby Pro edge sharpening system, comes with all the various bits in the photo listed as follows. Woodworking Chisel jig Standard Gouge Jig Cutter tip holder Pro edge Proset Fingernail profiling kit Skew Jig Belts Alox 240 grit x 3 Zirconium 120 grit x 3 Alox 120 grit x 3 It was my late father's...

A few years ago i got into building Cigar box guitars, i have built them out of cigar boxes, biscuit tins, wine boxes & have an exhaust silencer one on the go. Recently aquired an old Alvari accordion, was in my mates scrap yard & like you do i bought it cheap, beat up old thing but it sounded...

Here is one of my collection, I found this on a landfill site about 35 years ago, always been curious about it! It is an iron bodied boat shaped infill plane with no identifying marks, Infills appear to be rosewood or dark mahogany & the scroll topped wedge is mahogany. It has an I Sorby iron...

I was clearing a shed out today for old friends of my inlaws. Mountains of junk & rubbish gone through. A few good tools that i have to sell for them. But an obscure thing turned up, a pair of Vintage Exide batteries, czg6 2volt low tension, they are quite large with thick glass jars, thing is...

Im restoring an elderly sailing dinghy, clinker built of mahogany back in 1963, now i used to use clear cuprinol mixed with linseed oil & a splash of stockholm tar on restoration jobs. We used to call it boat soup, idea was to put some oil into the wood & preserve it as well. Its so long since i...

Veneer costs, I am in need of some 1.5mm constructional veneer, mahogany or sapele, anyone got a rough ball park idea of price per square meter this stuff is today?

I used to have a Bosch detail sander but it got nicked out of the back of my car a couple of years ago, Im a boatbuilder & do quite a bit of restoration work. Currently restoring a clinker built sailing dinghy & there is much sanding to do on the inside, very fiddly with lots of corners...

I have had one of these Racal Airstream powered respirators for many years, its a good bit of kit & a couple of years ago i rebuilt it & bought enough filters to see me out. However the fan motor has just conked out, has anyone replaced this with a viable alternative? Only place i have found to...

Anyone recomend somewhere that sells decent quality 4mm marine ply? 6mm is too thick. I have a wooden sailing dinghy that needs a new deck & its got to be good stuff, definately no exterior junk! Timbmet have a local depot but they have a minimum order of £350 & havent even had the courtesy to...

I am a workshop technician in a secondary school, i work with some great people & most of the kids are great too. The other day we had an exibition of final projects that the year 11 kids had made, great event & really positive. But im finding myself getting very disillusioned with it. Our...