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Howdy folks, I bought an old Triton MK3 about a year and a half back. I’ve been happily using it as a table-saw since then. But I’ve always wanted to use it with a router as well. It can do both upwards and downwards mounted work, but… it requires an optional part, which I didn’t get with the...

Hi What's the name of the electric device that allows one, amongst other things, to vary the speed of a motor? I've seen them in YouTube videos where 'makers' use them to operate gear at speeds the machines themselves won't allow. Thanks in advance, Cheers, Seb

Hi all. I've gone through a few cheap-as-chips chop-saws, and I'm thinking about buying a better one. My first was a £20/25 thing, off Gumtree, Performance Power (I think?). Very, very basic. Next I got an Evolution/Rage thing, from B&Q, for about £60-70 'ish. Slightly bigger blades and...

Hello all, I took the plastic base-plate off my router - a Titan TTB591ROU, bought from ScrewFix - and seem to have mislaid the four screws the secure it to the base of the device. I can't find them, nor any others that fit. I've seen similar threads on here re other routers. Are such components...

Hi, I have a Silverline 262212 pillar drill, and I'm finding it isn't coming up to snuff in certain situations. I'm sure it's not helped, in this particular instance - the current job it's struggling with - by the cheap forstner bits I'm using, or the incredibly dense grain of the wood* I'm...

I have a hammer - pic hopefully attached? - the handle of which got bent during some heavy hitting. Anyone know how I can get it straight again? I've 'googled' this, of course, but had no joy. Thanks...

Hi folks, I'm wondering what the terms are for saw blades, regarding whether or not the teeth of the blade are 'offset', e.g. when they lean alternately left or right, resulting in a cut (kerf?) wider than the thickness of the saw blade, or flush with the blade, i.e. giving a flat blade-width...

I decided to try and make a drill-powered lathe, in the manner of Izzy Swan, as seen on his YouTube channel. I thought I'd share my misadventures, in the hope that folk here might help point me in the direction of some solutions to the myriad issues that caused me grief. I made the 'two...

Here's my latest little project, a shelf unit paint-rack, for my mini-military hobbies (modelmaking and wargame figures). It'll take 60 of those little Vallejo style acrylic paint pots. Plus there's a little shelf up top for odds and ends. Glue in the routed out grooves, ready for glue up...

I've been reading/perusing a book on African sculpture, and decided I'd like to make my own masks and other objects, to decorate our home. This is my first attempt. I'm calling it Africa Jazz* because it's totally improvised, informed only by my limited study of African masks. The raw material...

Hello again Here's another pair of push sticks, this time based on the Matthias Wandel type, and made to look like sharks. These aren't finished yet, as I plan to give them eyes and teeth, like a WWII fighter plane!

I made myself a pair of brogue push-sticks, by tweaking John Heisz's free design: https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipM ... kX48yimMG3 Let me know what you think! Cheers, Seb

Hi folks Thought I'd post my first (I think?) 'project'. And by that I mean it's the first thing I'll have posted here. Chronologically it's my umpteenth project. All depends on whether I can successfully post some pics. The box was something my wife, Teresa, asked me to make her, in time for...

Hi, After making several 'quick n dirty' table-saws, whenever I need to make certain cuts, and then disassembling, I've decided I need a 'real' one. Can't find a cheap/affordable used one near me, and the Aldi Workzone one appears to be unavailable at present. Has anyone here tried one of...

Hi, I have a Rage mitre/chop-saw. Whilst working on a project recently it started sparking a lot, followed by a burning smell, followed by total mechanical failure. I've watched numerous videos on YouTube of people dismantling similar sorts of saws and repairing or servicing them, and have...

Hi, I bought a NuTool HBS230 bandsaw recently. It worked when I bought it, but had numerous issues. So I've been trying to get it going a bit better. But instead it's actually stopped altogether: I took it apart to clean it, and I've replaced the tyres with electrical tape (5 turns per...

Just finished finished making my first home-made tool. I've made a few jigs and such before. But not a tool. And this was in metal. I took a DeWalt drill bit (?), from a set with 2 x each bit, chopped off the business end with my angle-grinder, and then put the remnant in my drill and turned...

Hi I took apart, cleaned and rebuilt a small palm-sander yesterday. I was amazed to find that it still worked. This is the first time I've ever done this sort of thing. I'll post a bit more info, e.g. what brand it is, etc., soon. I've started taking apart another much older sander tonight, a...

Hi folks My dad has loaned me an old German orbital sander, and it's now kaput. I want to strip and repair it, but need to find a manual, so I can put it back together more easily, etc. I've spent aeons searching, trying to look on European and German websites, and so on. I could only find one...

Hi I'm tempted by a pretty cheap Kity 636 planer thicknesser I found online. It's a three or four hour drive away, and the ad doesn't have much info/many pics. I found you guys - i.e. this forum/message-board - whilst searching for info and manuals, etc, for the Kity 636. I found a few threads...