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No-one? It has to go. As well as my advancing age necessitating its sale, I shall be moving to a smaller house this year. How about £490?

Axminster AW10BSB2 table saw and router table extension for sale. I've had this for five years. It hasn't worked it very hard. I've probably only used it once or twice a month on average. I've augmented it with the Axminster cast iron extension leaf on one side and a router table on the other...

I'm pretty sure they were metric. I'm away for a couple of weeks and can't check. But there are previews available on Matthias' web site.

Here it is, painted. I did go with "Axminster" grey.

I'd say that I'm intermediate on woodwork. But I have been making and fixing stuff for 40 years: cars, motor bikes, electronics, lock and safe tools, ... And I see I missed an earlier question about how long it took. It's really hard to say as I tend to work really slowly. Typically I do one...

I got the motor from eBay from Electric Motor Man but he shows as Seller Away. It was a Single Phase, 0.75kw, 750Watt, 1HP, 4 pole, 1400 rpm. It looks like this one: http://r.ebay.com/kAexaw It was possibly too large both in terms of power and dimensions. I had to increase the size of the shelf...

All good points there. I'll follow all three I think. Lower the base to reduce parallax, forget pointless magnification and avoid superglue. Thanks.

Has anyone had a go at replacing the rip fence magifier-cursor on their Axminster AW10BSB? (I imagine the rip fence is the same on the 12" version.) I don't use mine much, but when I want to use it I can hardly see through it. It appears to be a molded bit of plastic where the base of the mold...

Usually something like a Yale 89 (deadlocking) or Yale 88 (non-deadlocking) nightlatch lasts for years outside. They are usually well greased inside and most (all?) of the metals used inside don't corrode. It's what most of my customers have. And I have had one on a garden gate for over ten...

I read today that the new £1 coin is 2.8 mm thick. That's got to be handy for something where many a Freud, etc. saw blade is concerned.

Just for completeness and out of interest, I made my tablesaw some retractable castors based on this guy's designs, https://youtu.be/7TTnb3TyH5Y . The variety in the video that sits inside the cabinet. I can't wholeheartedly recommend it as the stability frightens me a little. But it works. And...

No ideas on the the woodwork I'm afraid. But you might have another go at persuading by pointing out the cost of a decent narrow stile lock. A narrow stile Chubb 3G220 can be twice the price of a normal Chubb 3G114. That's the deadlock. There can be problems with the latch lock as well. The 40...

Thanks everyone for the kind words. The most expensive item was the motor which was new - about £90. I had the Baltic birch plywood already; not much is needed and I'd got some from a previous project. The only things (as far as I can remember) that absolutely needs BB plywood are the...

Thanks. I've done the two main covers: And I'm working on all the little enclosures like this gap under the table: Then I have to make the difficult choice of paint colour for the covers and enclosures. The functional parts will remain just varnished. Machine green like MW? I think I'll...

Continuing the pictures of the bandsaw build. The motor pulley: The top wheel with tyre (inner tube) and blade. Big moment. It tracks! Guide bar and raise/lower clamp: Lower blade guide and ceramic thrust "bearing" experiment: And this was the first useful cut. This is the curved wheel...

I bought the plans for this bandsaw nearly a year ago. And I've had the no longer needed IKEA shelves - for the frame - for even longer. At last, starting November 2016, I got going. I've never had or used a bandsaw before so I have nothing to compare it against, but I ended up pretty pleased...

I've bought plans from Matthias Wandel (https://woodgears.ca) and from John Heisz (http://www.ibuildit.ca). 16" bandsaw from Matthias and router lift from John. They were both very good. I've no experience of free plans, other than reading about rip-off CDs allegedly chock full of free plans.

I recommend that you check if there's any reason that the safe door has to swing open by more than ninety degrees. A shelf that might need repositioning or removing; or a stupidly placed battery compartment if it's electronic. A safe door that needs to swing through a big angle limits your...