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What I meant to add was - I like the sound of the sprung joints, but it sounds like you are quite a deft hand with the plane, which I am not. When you say you start and finish the planer strokes 6 inches from either end, do the cuts stop dead or is there a slope as it were. I guess as we are...

Fantastic bench Tony. I have been itching to get a very similar one built for which I have already bought some American white oak for the top. Fitting and hanging eleven new interior doors for Management (her other name) is now finished, so I can now get on with more important stuff. Important...

Thanks for the post anyway Ed. A man with lots of bits in his shed is always useful to know!

I have found out how to rectify this problem - may be of use to any of you with the same model or similar. I spoke to technical support at Makita today - this is not in any instruction leaflet that I have but if you unscrew the black box that the red on/off knob is mounted on, there is a bolt...

Thanks Davy, but the problem is that the pressure is released at the upper limit but the motor doesn't switch off. It just keeps going till the upper limit is reached again, pressure released, and keeps going like this until you manually switch it off. Cheers anyway

I can't see any adjustments on the switch or safety valve so it must simply be a fault. Regarding releasing the pressure after use, I have always done this since getting it, if only for peace of mind - leaving a pressurised tank sitting around doesn't seem like a good idea! Thanks for ideas.

Thanks for the advice Dave. The main dial gets to around the 116 mark before pressure is released. Secondary dial is set to 30 psi. The black box/red button assembly has no settings - it's just a black box with a red button!! So it seems to be a fault - as you say the motor should cut out at 116...

I have a Makita AC640 compressor which seems to be doing something odd, or as it's my first one maybe I'm doing something odd?! The pressure builds but does not cut out once desired pressure is reached (set on the smaller guage at only about 25 - 30psi) and air is eventually expelled via the...