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  1. Fitzroy

    Meddings MB4 to replace Fobco Star

    Hi all looking for thoughts and or advice. I currently have a Fobco Star pillar drill that seems to satisfy my needs. However a Meddings MB4 MkIII has popped up on Facebook marketplace for a reasonable amount, £280. The MB4 has a two speed gear box so a much wider range of speeds. It also has...
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    8mm glass in old sash!

    Fixing up some rot in one corner of a sash window and it’s got 8mm glass! Thought it was heavy to carry but that’s odd, no?
  3. Fitzroy

    Woodworking has been a human passion for nearly half a million years!

    Team member Perrice Nkombwe, from the Livingstone Museum, in Zambia, said: "I was amazed to know that woodworking was such a deep-rooted tradition. "It dawned on me that we had uncovered something extraordinary." Somepeople have no awareness that all woodworking is extraordinary...
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    Clifton No 5 - New toy, new joy

    After 25 yrs of toil i got a bunch of Amazon vouchers from my company, some conversation with Axminster and they listed some Clifton planes. I got a 4 and a 7 last year but the 5 had been out of stock forever. It came back in stock recently and arrived with me earlier in the week. I now have a...
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    Cheap Wickes Clamps - Slipping

    Many of us jumped on the cheap wickes clamp deal thread so expect others are also experiencing. Of the 8 clamp I bought 3 are now slipping with only moderate pressure. I've had one apart to see if there is anything obvious I can fix/adjust but not found anything. They are really well built with...
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    Record Power Tablesaw

    Likely too far north for many but quite a bargain in my books. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/6522262831157441/
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    Startrite 352 Performance

    I've owned my Startrite 352 for about 3 years. It's a three phase machine, that I have fitted with a VFD. My main feeling is that I'm frustrated with it's performance and I don't know if I'm just expecting too much. Some of my frustrations and thoughts are below, I'd love peoples experience with...
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    WIP Oak Corner Desk

    My brother is 50 soon and for his birthday I’m building him a desk for his office. When we were chatting he had showed me a photo of a horrid thing made from scaffold boards. Urgh, but it have me the idea that making something rustic from the old sleepers I have could be an option. Back in...
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    Interesting Curvy Build

    I just bumped into this on YT and really enjoyed watching it so I wanted to share it. If you're a 'right angle' guy like me it's woodworking at another level!
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    Calling all New Joiners

    Haha, that got your attention! Secret Santa is one of the best things we do every year, but it needs participation from forum members to be a success. To participate you can either, make something, buy something, steal something from your shed/workshop, or repurpose something you already have...
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    Hydraulic Panel Clamp

    A long way from most but seems like a bargain for anyone who makes lots of large panels and has mountains of space. Hydrolic cramp https://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/hydrolic-cramp/1443067287?utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_content=app_ios&utm_medium=social&utm_source=sms
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    The don't make stuff/timber/lumber like they used to

    A piece of timber removed from the out outhouse roof, I kept to use for scrap projects. Having cut a piece to hang my clamps on I discovered this, 103yrs of growth in 4".
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    New Toy - Clifton no 4

    So after 25yrs graft I got an award from my company. A nice chunk of unfortunately vouchers, certainly not ungrateful but best I could get was Amazon. Luckily some communications with Axminster and they listed the item I wanted. It’s arrived,
  14. Fitzroy

    Will PVA Glue Reactivate

    All, The split top roubo bench i am building is going to be able to be taken apart. This will mean that the split-tops will slide on to tenons at the top of the legs. Whilst gluing up the top I stupidly forgot to avoid the surfaces of the boards where the mortices exist. So I now have a thin...
  15. Fitzroy

    Belt and Disc Sander : Latest distraction

    I’ve been thinking about a disc sander for the workshop for a while so when this came up locally on FB marketplace I had to have it. It has not a single manufacturer clue on it, inside the electrics say Taiwan Company, and from image surfing it looks like a Grizzly clone. The unit is mainly...
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    Thread tapping.

    Go gentle my first metalwork post! For my workbench I plan to be able to knock it down if required to move in the future. To enable this I will bolt the stretchers into the leg assembly. You can buy ready made hardware for this but it’s expensive and not as long as I want. So hey let’s have a...
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    Wood Identification Fun

    So I bought a piece of timber today from Facebook marketplace. Advertised as oak. Rough sawn and out of the shed of a recently passed in father in law, likely been there decades, old, dirty and brown. But for £50 for 2cuft of timber it was worth a punt. It was not super heavy and thought at...
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    Meddings Pacera

    Meddings Pacera on Facebook market place for £100, likely a long way from most folks in Aberdeenshire, but a bargain. Looks in perhaps a little rough condition but could be a steal for the right person looking for a project...
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    Sash Window Draught Proofing and Double Glazing

    I’m thinking about windows in my house, about the last thing to sort after moving in 10yrs back. I’ve had a few companies come look and quote for slim glazed units and draught seals. However they all use the brush things which I think a rubbish. Additionally the thermal performance of slim...
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    Ledged and Brace Door - Green Timber

    Morning all. I'm currently renovating an outhouse and need to replace the door. I'm going to replace with a similar door which is ledge and braced. I'm using larch cladding from a local sawmill for facias and soffits. I can get timber in the right dimensions for the L&B door but it would be...
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