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    Microsoft Edge: how do I get rid of it?

    Unfortunately you cant! MS has made it so that it cannot be deleted. All you can do is to load another browser, for example Firefox and make it your default. You can remove remove edge from your taskbar by right clicking the logo and taking it off the task bar. I too have suffered by having to...
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    Help needed from a bandsaw wizard

    Had a reply from Record Power who tell me the fairing is there to for health & safety and is there to protect your fingers from the blade. I am thinking who would be stupid enough to put their hands under the table while its running??? But I have learned never to be surprised at some peoples...
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    Help needed from a bandsaw wizard

    I recently upgraded from a Record BS 250 to Record 300E, the 300E being the bigger, more powerful bandsaw. I am a fan of the 250, and the 300E is even better, I can heartily recommend either machine. However I have one major niggle with the 300, the lower blade guides. For some reason...
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    Making a router table

    I have often looked at making a router table and have read several accounts of folks who have. While I have a router ( and admit I really don't use it that often) I am considering making a table as a project but what has held me back is that one of my queries that never seem to get answered is...
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    Paul Sellars recommending a bull nose plane...

    Don't have to pay £12 to view it ... there is a free option available where some of the one off videos can be viewed. You only pay for the 'series' videos
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    Paul Sellars recommending a bull nose plane...

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    Paul Sellars recommending a bull nose plane...

    The latest offering from Paul is about bull nose planes. After watching it ( as usual from Paul, quite interesting) my first thought was that bull nose planes are going to rocket on ebay shortly.... pity I don't have one to sell!
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    Balancing wheels of a budget grinder/ buying a balanced one

    My budget bench grinder has started to vibrate terribly, I have tried it with the wheels off and there is no discernable vibration so its obviously the wheels. I dont use it a lot, just the occasional regrind of chisel ( mainly bench chisels with the odd carving one ) . I have stopped using it...
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    six week layoff ... going out of my tree!

    Thanks guys for all the tips and advice. I do realise that I have to take the time to recover and am reminded daily when doing normal things like lifting a cup of tea or picking something up absentmindedly but I am learning. Already got an A4 pad full of scribblings and ideas even thought of...
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    six week layoff ... going out of my tree!

    Had an operation christmas eve on my stomach. Been told cannot drive for at least two weeks and no exertion or lifting for a further six. Nearly two weeks in I am going nuts. I know by the way my stomach feels when I lift something light ( like a cup of tea) that its going to take some time...
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    Building a vivarium

    My grandson has asked me to help him (grandson speak for can you do it grandad!) build a vivarium. He recently got a python for his birthday and has been wanting to build it a home that he can 'outfit'. Been looking around on various snake sites for ideas and was not surprised just how...
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    shipwright tools

    Marlin spikes come in various sizes from around 9" up to around 3 feet and used for splicing wire rope. The pointed end was often ground flat to help 'getting in' between the strands. Like every other seamans tool it had other uses, levers, undoing screw shackles, etc. As a shipwright it would...
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    Second hand bandsaw, new blade won't stay on!!

    I had a similar problem with an older machine I used to have . I eventually found that there was some slight play in the top wheel bearing ... (can be felt if you grasp the wheel top and bottom and try to 'rock' it ) it was very very slight but replacing the bearings solved the problem.
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    You win some you lose some....

    Just before christmas last year I was diagnose with diabetes after many problems with my eyes and feet... I had already given up saw sharpening as my eyes were no longer good enough and were still getting worse. Now the time has come when I finally admit to myself they are no longer good enough...
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    9” bandsaw

    I had a Record BS250 for a number of years ( and a lovely machine it was too) but I soon became a little disenchanted with the size even though I did a lot of good work with it. I bit the bullet and upgraded to the BS300E and am much happier. I must agree with Peter here buy a bigger machine...
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    Mojo

    I had the same experience as you earlier on in the year and felt that I had lost it. I too blame it on the long winter. Posted a message on here and received quite a lot of replies and encouragement and am please to say I am back in my garage again happily making sawdust. Don't sell your stuff...
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    Not woodworking but..........

    I too watched all of it fascinated .. . must have the patience of a saint to do this for hobby!
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    Bandsaw help needed

    Thanks to all for your help. I was beginning to wonder if my wheels are somehow no longer co planer, even more now after reading Sunnybobs post. I noticed that there is a difference in the position of the blade on the upper and lower wheels after first putting and spinning them while tensioning...
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    Bandsaw help needed

    First I removed the top wheel, removing the existing tyre was quite easy as they were quite stretched (must have been around 2 inches larger in circumference). Cleaned the wheel ( not really dirty). Put the new tyre in hot water for about a minute ( per instruction on packet) Quickly dried the...
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    Bandsaw help needed

    Yes I thought of that and checked but both sides of the tyre appear flat.
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