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I've had the saw for quite a while, whilst its been okay, its just a little too cumbersome for finer work. Where the saw lets itself down is cutting mitres at the back of the blade (i.e. skirting boards) no matter how many times i set and tune the saw it always reverts to cutting anything other...

Evening, I'm in the process of selling my dewalt mitre saw, she's a big old girl with a 305mm blade. Whilst it's been great for site work, its now a little too big for my needs and I'm looking for a more accurate saw which is smaller and lighter. I'm sorely tempted by the festool ks120, but it's...

Evening, I'm in the middle of planning my kitchen and looking for a little advice on the worktops. I've seen some kitchens that utilise thin laminates - say 12 -18mm, but I'm struggling to find a supplier. As another option I thought of was using Birch ply with a layer of formica on the...

Thats look like the kind of thing I'm looking for. Seems reasonably priced too. As Morfa mentioned it appears difficult to buy without doors and in grey. Thanks.

Could anybody recommend a supplier of ready made kitchen carcasses? I'm looking to fit out my new kitchen and would like to make the door and drawer fronts. I'd like to use grey carcasses as I'm not too keen on the white or wood patterned stuff. Thanks in advance, Euan

Cheers MM, I had a shot with an M8 Bolt and it seems to fit smoothly. Many thanks.

Hi Myfordman, The grub screws have a 4mm allen key head. The machine itself is one of the two tone green versions with the 1500mm beds. The grub screws are pretty badly shot and the threads on the cutter block could do with recutting. Hopefully the grub screws are the correct size as they seem...

Does anyone know what size the thread is for the knife adjustment screws on the cutter block? It's the small grub screws situated under the knife. The machine itself is an MB with the 2 knife block. Thanks.

Ah! That would make more sense. I'll have to give it a go tomorrow. Thanks again.

That's a great video Alex - Thanks. I was also fortunate enough to get the mitre gauge with the machine, but as yet I'm at a loss on how to use use it! I'll have a hunt around on google and hopefully find a user manual. Cheers, Euan

Thanks Deema, Its good to hear some good experience of the saw. I guess I need to get some new blades and have a good tinker with it. I've not got a huge amount of experience with setting up bandsaw, but looks like I'll have to learn. Cheers, Euan

Afternoon, I was recently given a Startrite 18 S 1 bandsaw. I've not had too much time to make good use of it, but the time I have had has made me question whether its the right machine for me. I'd really like a machine which is obviously accurate and powerful as I'd like to rip down some large...

Afternoon, I've recently bought a Sedgwick MR planer. It's one of the older ones in the two tone green and 1500mm beds. I seem to be having problems squaring timber. I've set my straightedge along the beds and made some small adjustments to get the in feed and out feed in the same plane. I've...

Aye, That's what I'd found. What stumps me is why 5kg of 40mm nails is so much cheaper than 5kg of 75mm nails - surely 5kg is 5kg!

I'm in the middle of doing a house extension at home. I've been putting off doing the Larch cladding for too long and really need to get on with it. I've gone through an awful lot of nails, around 14,000 (good old Paslode) in all so far! I now need to get some more 75mm stainless steel ring...

Plenty great tips. I'm looking forward to putting some to good use over the weekend. I'm particularly keen to have a further look at the MFT tops. I had a quick look on youtube and it look great as does yours Stu. I can't help but feel like I'd like one big enough to handle an 8x4! I'll have a...

All great tips thanks. I see how a story stick would make a a big difference to resetting the guide rail, I was ready to throw the rule away today, but I see it may have further uses with a little ingenuity. I like the idea of making sticks to keep for common sizes especially if I tackle my...

Evening all, I've decided I'd like to attempt to make the cabinets for a utility at home. Today I started cutting up the MR MDF to make some basic carcasses, which I would then hope to make some face frames for with a simple shaker style door. Where I've been struggling is in the accuracy I...

I would construct a warm deck flat roof, where the insulation sits on the top. There seems to be a real shift to warm deck roof which negates the need to ventilate the cavity. From memory this would need to be a clear 50mm ventilated cavity. On my flat roof we've just built (which was specified...

Have a look at a company called Russwood (I have no affiliation to them). They have some decking on their website which may provide some inspiration. They are a fair distance away, but you may find someone else nearby who will supply something similar. Their larch cladding looks great and they...