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Hi I am just completing a bowl that I think is made from Horse Chestnut. I have been using Danish Oil for finishes but I noticed that when I put an initial coat (that I have now sanded off) of Danish Oil on the chestnut it darkened rather more than I would prefer. This morning I contacted...

Thank you all for your very helpful replies. I will try Paul's suggestion as it now seems that a straight replacement might be possible. My thoughts on the No Volt switch (which I now see is what I should have called it) coincide with those of Paul but I can see the logic of CHJ's reply...

Hi I have an old CamVac dust extractor with a 100 mm hose. I am looking for a way to support the hose and a plastic hood so that I can move the hood around the lathe as necessary. I bought a stand from Axminster but it only extends to a height of 1.2 metres so cannot be positioned to have the...

Hi Pete I am expecting delivery of my bearings today. I have ordered 6 in case I can find a way to mount bearings behind the blade as well. I think that it might be possible with the top guide but the bottom one is likely to be more problematic. Did you have any thoughts about mounting...

Thank you to all those who replied. I would be interested to know the basis for the suggestions that changing from solid blocks to bearing guides might be a retrograde step. Do modern manufacturers still fit block guides to bandsaws? Those that I have seen at Axminster all appear to use...

Hi I have a Startrite 352 bandsaw and want to upgrade the blade guides to those with bearings. I have seen somewhere that those supplied by Axminster can be adapted to fit the Startrite but I can't see how to do this. I called in to my 'local' Axminster today and they were very helpful but...