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I acquired a compressor with a duff motor last year and have only just had a chance to take a peek at it. After replacing the motor with a spare it pumps a treat but there is a important component missing... the pressure switch! I have whacked on a regulator and it all works fine but I daren't...

Hello guys and girls, Life/career advice required! After finishing teaching in July last year, I moved back to my parents farm with the intention of going self employed. I spent my summer creating a rather splendid workspace to house all my equipment that I have built up over the years and to...

Hello, I am finding more and more that a plunge saw would be very useful. I currently have a few circular saws, one being a Bosch GKS 190 which came with a rail guide and that has proved to be invaluable but unfortunately it is only 1400mm long making it frustrating for longer cuts and finding...

I know that there are some knowledgeable folk on here when it comes to metal tools so here goes... I bought this lathe as a teenager, it was a great thing to learn on but It's been sitting unused for quite some time and I don't anticipate needing it anymore due to having another lathe. I want...

I'm going to be building a router table soon to replace the Aldi one I bought a few years back. I run a 600 watt Black and Decker 1/4" router in that and it has been just fine for light duty applications. I want to run a 1\2" router in my new one and have a 2000watt McKeller cheapo thingy that I...

I have a few wood lathes knocking about that aren't really much use as actual lathes as they are low end things (Kinzo and Woodwise) however I don't want them to go to waste. Has anybody got any good ideas for uses with them? I've seen disc sanders but I have already built one with an old motor...

I'm after a new sliding mitre saw, I'm outgrowing the capacity of my current Evolution rage 210mm and it's falling apart (blade guard won't retract by itself). The Evolution was good for the money (399.99) and accurate when set up well along with a Freud blade fitted but the build quality is...

I would like to install motion detectors in my new workshop as I tend to get distracted and leave the lights on and I walk out and do something else.... I will have 3 seperate lighting circuits, with about 4-6 fluorescent light fittings per circuit. I can't seem to find a suitable motion sensor...

I have a Woodwise bandsaw and when moving it I managed to break the trunnions :( I am struggling to find places in the UK that supply them but they seem to be fairly generic and easily available in the states but not here. Has anybody got a clue of a UK supplier before I plump up the cash for...

I have been slowly building this disc sander up from bits and bobs that have been cluttering my shed, just fitting it in between jobs. I used a 3/4hp motor that came with a lathe I was given (motor is great, lathe is rubbish!), some steel recycled from old tables, left over ply from a project...

I have been on a bit of a mission trying to sort out my saws as i'm gradually doing smaller and finer stuff and becoming increasingly aware just how important a finely tuned saw is! I have three budget machines that I can't really justify replacing at the moment and I know with some tweaking...

Hopefully this will be interesting to some, it's not a full build but quite a lot of work all the same! I have been longing to do something with my workshop for quite a few years now but not had the time or money to do anything about it as well as living 150miles away from it. I'm moving back...

Hello, this is my first post here so go easy on me! I'm currently a teacher who owns too many tools and misses being in a workshop so I'm quitting my job to go back to my previous job...making and fixing stuff (vague I know but I range from furniture to camper van restoration). My parents own a...