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    Bosch PBD40 Drill Press - Amazon 'Sale'

    Heads up for anyone interested in this drill press. It is typically £280+ online, Amazon currently selling for around £195. I just got mine yesterday to replace a traditional small induction motor drill press. My version doesn't appear to have any looseness/play in the head assembly either...
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    Cheap Kanna planes...worth a punt?

    Anybody tried the cheap Senkichi brand Kannas? I wanted to try some Kosegi at some point, but don't want to invest a fortune to start with so I am after the widest possible plane I can find for a reasonable price. I found a 70mm Senkichi on Amazon/eBay for around £100. The blade is described...
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    Bandsaw blade drift

    I don't typically have many issues with my Scheppach Basa, it normally cuts nice and true if the blade is sharp and you don't rush things. I recently bought a thinner 6mm M42 blade from Tuffsaws thinking I'd use it for curve cutting and maybe even as a general purpose blade. After putting it...
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    Creating inside curve

    I'm about to start prototyping a desk. The top part of the desk is a 200x500x1100mm carcass. The ends of the carcass I want curved. It is too high to cut the curve by resawing on the handsaw (500mm). The outside of the curve I will probably shape with a hand plane and maybe a spokeshave...
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    Katsu router - not "good vibrations"

    I did a thread a while ago comparing the Katsu to the Makita 1/4" router. https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink/topic? ... source=app My opinion then was that it was worth getting as it was basically cheap and functional but definitely wasn't the same thing as the Makita. The Makita I put in my...
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    Ash desk build

    This will be my first proper project since the Hayward bench build (see other thread). I've been doing a string of built in wardrobes since, and I was getting sick of it. So my 9 year old daughter needs a desk. My wife picked a design she liked and I have sort of changed it a lot and thrown...
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    Zero Clearance Valchromat Throat Plate - The hard way

    The throat plate that comes with my new Axy table saw is much better than the old TS200, but the actual clearance is way too large, enough for strips to regularly get trapped and caught up. I tried MDF for a throat plate before, but it didn't work due to it being much to flaky down to the small...
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    Himalayan Birch

    I visited an Axminster store for the first time at the weekend (the one in North Shields). The sheer size and amount of kit on display was impressive - even more so than a Woodcraft I went to in Knoxville in the States. Whilst I was in there, I picked up this piece of Himalayan Birch. Has...
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    Nick/chip in thicknesser blades - workarounds?

    I have at least one chip in my Metabo thicknesser blades. I noticed it towards the end of my bench build a few months ago, where I was getting some raised stripes in work pieces, but just worked around it with some smoothing plane finishing. Without spending £40 on a new set of blades is it...
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    The Axminster AC216TS thread - impressions and tips etc.

    This TS200 replacement (kind of) is now available to order, so I thought I'd start a thread for new user's impressions etc. Just looking at the manual (which is now on the site) a few things stand out... [The mitre fence slot thingy is now optional and you don't get one at all - the first saw...
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    Birch plywood source

    The question often comes up on the forum about getting hold of reasonably priced Birch Plywood. In the past I've paid around £70 (Inc VAT) for a full sheet of Baltic B/BB grade 18mm. Recently, I found Fall Timber (North Yorkshire) supplying what they are just calling 'Birch Plywood' without...
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    Makita RT0700 vs Katsu Routers

    The Katsu router that looks like the Makita RT0700 has come up for discussion on here quite a bit before. I think quite a few members have bought one. There was a few threads where some were suggesting it was made in the same factory etc: post1190014.html#p1190014 I'm trying to free up some...
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    Cutting a square tenon on the end of a round dowel

    I need to mortise a 38mm dowel into the end of a 60mm dowel. The 60mm dowel will be the 'head' end of a large wood screw with a handle drilled through it. Any ideas on how to accurately scribe a proper square on to the end on the dowel? I have used a combination square to attempt it, but I...
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    Upgrading from the Lidl chisels...what next?

    I have the Hornbeam handled £8 set of Lidl chisels, they work, but can be a bit brittle at the edge. I was looking to see if spending no more than £100 on a small set of 4-6 would make for a better experience. These are the 'premium' Stanley Bailey set that came out over the last few years...
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    Luban Spokeshaves - Are they any good?

    I have a 'modern' Stanley spoke-shave, which despite Sir Paul's opinions, just isn't doing it for me. I see Workshop Heaven have the Bronze Luban/QuangSheng. https://www.workshopheaven.com/quangshe ... shave.html And then Rutlands have two cast iron Luban ones. Apart from the £10 difference...
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    Okish priced paid for Stanley 71 on eBay shock

    After months of looking for a decent 71 on eBay that came in at under £70 I managed to get one in pretty good condition for £62. Only issue is the missing fence. I was thinking of wasting time maching one from aluminium on my XCarve CNC. Anyone made one from hardwood?
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    'Bare-faced' tenons - good or bad on work bench?

    I was going to ask this on my main workbench thread build in the Projects section, but it might make more sense here. So in Hayward's workbench plan, he shows the rails on the 'A frame' sections as having a tenons with only one full shoulder , the other side being flush. I read in various...
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    Hayward Workbench Build - Finished!

    This has been a longtime coming for me, but I have finally run out of excuses to start this Workbench build. The Black and Decker workmate isn't cutting it anymore. Don't expect regular updates here, I am expecting this to take up to a year to finish. This is what I am building (from Hayward's...
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    Soba No. 5 - Only manufacturer making a corrugated sole?

    I noticed on the Soba India site (apparently the manufacturer who are making Axminster's Rider planes) that they were listing a corrugated sole No. 5. As far as I can tell, they seem to be the only manufacturer currently making a plane with this sole type - a dubious selling point, depending on...
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    Stanley Sharptooth 'Re-sharpenable' saw

    Another trinket that was brought from the USA by the relatives recently was this 'Re-sharpenable' saw. I asked them to bring one over as it was a) cheap, b) had a wood handle and c) was one of the only Stanley saws that wasn't heat treated. It seems pretty effective for rip cutting, although...
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