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Any good advice for a first time lathe? I know a guy who reclaims school lathes and will sell then to me. I'm guessing it'll need some tuning up on them seeing as they're old school lathes, so are they worth a gander or will I be better off buying a new one off Axminster or something?

Ah right cheers. But yes, I'm essentially working from a garage and will attach it to individual machines as and when. Sanding I'm going to limit to outside if I can help it. And as for fine dust, I might invest in a fine dust filter if I'm impressed with the performance

Hey guys, I just ordered the cx3000 from Machinemart for about £270. At the moment it seems to me to be a sensible purchase. Sensible because I've finally relented and invested in dust extraction. Before now I preferred to spend the dollar on tools rather than health and safety. Anyone with...

I got some luck asking the lads at the technical department in college, they got a few bits of wood they're always chucking out. A mate of mine tells me that travis Perkins give him their pallets for free. I tried canvassing local businesses and a lot of them tell me that they got to return...

You could always go for reclaimed wood and pallets. I got this jig made by Izzy Swan called the pallet pal, used to take apart pallets quickly and is fairly easy to make. You'll need to prep the wood with surface planer and thicknesser but in exchange I psychologically feel like I got an...

Weekend warrior here, so far everything I've built up to date is for myself or the family. however, if I wanted to make money to at the very least recuperate my costs from buying so many tools, how could i go about it? Strictly a hobbyist here with no formal carpentry training. Do you guys sell...

Yeah that would be a good idea. Next problem is that I'm relative new to woodworking and all I have atm are salvaged SPF and wouldn't know where to get a piece of hardwood. How would I go about tapering it either? I'm not bothered by the mitre fence because I also have a compound sliding mitre...

Sorry I must've gotten something confused then. I think it is in American terms (where I'm getting most of my woodworking knowledge from) that site saws have the arbor directly connected to the motor whereas cabinet maker saws have the arbor driven by a belt hence a smoother operation?

Cheers, I'll have to give startrite a look I keep reading that belt driven motors are more efficient and less dust gets trapped in the motor as opposed to induction ones. The other caveat I have is that I have a small car so picking one up is going to be a problem. I'll have to rely on a...

I want to get a new tablesaw, but I'm swamped with what to get. Is cast iron tabletops really that nice? I'm thinking between getting a cheap one or pushing it as far as I can and be done with buying one at that. I can't have it too big but portability is not a factor. Ultimately it just has to...

Added some pics of my tablesaw for those who are curious, I apologize for the bombsite of a workshop I have too.

Technical specs for the rutlands tablesaw for £79 Motor 1200W Cut Depth at 90 Degrees 50mm Cut Depth at 45 Degrees 45mm Blade Dia. 210mm x 30mm Blade Type 20 Tooth TCT Main Table 400mm wide x 525mm long Main Table with Extension 640mm wide x 525mm long Weight 16kg

I'll try to upload a pic pf the saw as a whole tomorrow. Like Shed9 says, there is no mitre slot, it's a steel bar on a 45 degree angled bar running on bearings. If it is indeed a site saw then I'm outta luck jigging it for accurate cuts? I just noticed this earlier rutlands co...

Hi there, First time poster here. I've been getting into woodworking for a few months now and for some reason kept justifying the need to keep buying a new tool and getting in trouble with the missus for it lol. Anyways, I was lucky enough to get a table saw for free off a relative's relative...