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Settling In Joined: 04 Jan 2015, 20:19 Posts: 171 Location: Scotland Has thanked: 0 time Been thanked: 4 times Hi folks I'm looking for a part for a Record Power DML36SH for a friend who would like to keep his current lathe, but be able to make bigger bowls. It's called a Record Power Bowl...

Hi folks Just wondering if any of you have any experience of the Pro edge knife sharpening jigs? I'm wondering if they're any good? Cheers Jamie

Hi folks I'm attending the Harrogate Show later in the month and I'm interested in buying the Record Power BDS150 belt sander. I'm just wondering if anyone has any experience of what sort of discount is typical? I can buy the sander on line now for £149 with free postage, but I wonder whether...

Hi folks Who's all going to the Harrogate Show (The North of England Woodworking & Power Tool Show) this year? My local woodturning club is putting on a bus for us so I'm heading there on the Sunday and I'm looking for a belt sander at a good price! Jamie

Hi all My Renault Clio is up for renewal in six months time and I was considering getting a Dacia Duster. My reasons for considering this type of vehicle is that, 1) I live at the bottom of a quite steep single lane which in the winter is often difficult to drive up in my current car 2) when...

Anyone keep hens? Acquired three today so any advice welcome!

Any of you lot shoot? I'm going to a clay shooting taster to see if I enjoy it. Ideally I'd like to shoot small game and know folk who'd take me wildfowling and pest shooting. Just interested in how folk get started. Shotguns seem bloody expensive.

Hi folks How do you all safely cross cut logs on a bandsaw? I've watched someone put a piece of wood underneath which had a V cut out the middle to give the log support and to stop it spinning. Are these things available to buy or are they all handmade?

Having set up my new shiny bandsaw last week and testing it on some pieces of scrap wood I decided today to try cutting a bowl blank from a piece of green beech. I sliced the bark edges off and drew a circle on top before starting to cut. I was using a 3/4 sabre tooth blade. I thought this was...

Hi folks I'm looking for advice on chainsaw choice. I've currently got an old McCulloch that leaks oil and isn't fixable. I want to be able to cross cut logs so that I can then move them into the bandsaw to create turning blanks. I'd like to hear about what chainsaw you use and whether or...

Hi folks Having recently invested in my first ever bandsaw I'm now able to turn chunks of wood into turning blanks. What do you lot use as end grain sealer? How do you apply it, etc? I hear a lot of folk say they use cheap PVA. Anyone got experience of this method? Any advice welcome...

Hi folks I'm interested in buying a pair of prescription safety glasses. I just use my glasses when in the workshop as I find the perspex safety glasses hard to see through. I've had numerous bits of wood fly towards my glasses and feel that it's only a matter of time before I damage them...

Hi folks I posted on here last week that I'd bought the Record Power BS400 bandsaw and it arrived yesterday after a battle with the courier/haulage company. The company who were arranging the delivery from Record Power to my address are called Price Express Transport. They then had a haulage...

Hi all For anyone looking to buy a good quality bandsaw here's just the thing. http://www.yandles.co.uk/record-power-b ... 230v/p5011 Yandles have a woodworking show in the next few weeks and have listed one of their show offers online. It's the Record Power BS400 bandsaw which they're...

Hi folks Just about ready to place an order for a Record Power BS400 bandsaw and wanted some advice on blade brand. Are Tuffsaws blades really that much better than the ones which will be coming from Record Power? Cheers Jamie

Hi folks I recently bought a cheap set of screwdrivers for my workshop. I'm an amateur woodturner so I don't use them all that often, however this particular set (bought from The Range) is truly dreadful! I've used on of the screwdrivers on eight screws so far and the head of it has been...

Hi folks I'm considering buying this pillar drill from Axminster. Do any of you own one? I'd be interested in any reviews. There's only one on the Axminster site. Cheers Jamie

Hi folks I've been after a vice for a while now and today I've been given a metal work vice! What I'd like your advice on is how to secure two pieces of wood (or other suitable material) on the inside of the metal jaws so that when I have a piece of wood in the vice that in working on, the...

Am I just being stupid or does Axminster not sell Robert Sorby tools? If they don't then does anyone know why?!