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Who went to the sale today? Online or in person. Sadly a slew of lots were withdrawn the night before, apparently it was a family dispute and the police rolled up to the auction house to stop those lots being sold! Normal auction fever was in evidence, i.e. someone paid £160 + buyers fees...

I have to make some space for a new machine arriving shortly, so am selling my radial drill. It's in near perfect condition having had light use. The only negative is that the plastic bracket for the little "safety screen" is broken. IMO the screen looks like an plasticy afterthought on an...

I originally bought the "AXMINSTER CRAFT AC118CI CYCLONE INTERCEPTOR", here: https://www.axminstertools.com/axminster-craft-ac118ci-cyclone-interceptor-105844 And later upgraded it to use a 120litre blue barrel. I reinforced the barrel lid and installed a dust commander pressure relief valve...

My old Mum (and probably yours too!) taught me that if I didn’t have anything nice to say, say nothing at all, so I don’t moan about bad service (I just never use that company again). But when you get consistently good service it’s worth sharing. I suspect many of you have dealt with Jon at...

I don't have an Axminster lathe (anymore), but they are generally well regarded. If you don't get their marketing emails, just a heads up that they are doing up to 20% off the trade branded ones currently. So that's £515 off of an AT406WL. Well worth having if you are in the market for one of these!

…making little platters. Well to be honest, I escaped from chores for an hour this afternoon and made a grand total of one! Last week I got a bit fixated and made many bowls, each one smaller than the last. It’s a sickness and my poor bemused wife is still wondering what to do with them all...

I’ve finally upgraded the dust extraction in my barn to a hefty system with cyclone and HEPA filtration. There was no way it would run on a standard plug so I had a new 20A radial circuit installed. There is plenty of capacity to the barn and a spare way in the distribution board, so the install...

Reading another thread here got me thinking. When I first started woodturning I used scrapers a lot. Consequently I ended up doing a lot of sanding! Now I have a little more experience, I use a bowl gouge 90% of the time. Learning how to sheer scrape with a swept back bowl gouge along with...

I had to chop down a fairly sizeable holly tree and saved most of the big bits with minimal rot for turning. I was going to chuck a very rough off cut onto the burn pile but got overruled by my wife. Apparently it looked “interesting”! Anyway, I’ve been working stupid long hours in the run up...

Just in case anyone hasn’t seen this, Axminster are doing £5 off £50, up to £20 off of £200 vouchers currently. Details are on the website.

Hopefully this is quick question and someone more experienced with sharpening turning tools on the Sorby ProEdge can point me in the right direction! I normally sharpen on my ProEdge with a 120g ceramic belt. That gives a reasonable edge, but I find that it's greatly improved if I then hone it...

There have been a few moans about Axminster on UKWorkshop, mainly about price increases. To balance this, I thought it only fair to let you know about my recent experience with them. I have no connection to Axminster Tools, apart from being a customer for about 25 years. My AC370WL lathe bogged...

I am selling my Axminster AC370WL variable speed lathe, plus chuck, a full set of turning tools and a couple of other “must have” tools as a complete starter package. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed this lathe, but have upgraded to a Stubby 750. The entire package is just under 3 years old. I like to...

A quick heads up. Normally FFX "deals" are a bit "meh" IMO, but 2 of the new(ish) lightweight 5ah batteries for £99 is pretty good. As I write this, there are apparently 62 left, 9 hours left to buy.

I’m probably a complete dope & this has been well publicised by HMG, but are you guys & gals ready for E10? Regular petrol will start being sold with 10% ethanol instead of 5%. Not next year, it’s imminent. 2011 and newer cars should be fine. Older than that, not so much. You can check if your...

My son just told me that one of our machines needs 2 new blades (which is expensive as that machine uses tungsten blades), which got me thinking. Maybe I've been watching too much Forged In Fire, but could any of you metalworking people use the steel from worn out blades? They are HSS or...

I'm trying to have a clear out of tools that I don't use very often. This is a Black & Decker 4 1/2 inch angle grinder. Very light use & in full working order. I have found the spanner that goes with it. No case. £20 if you want to collect from GL2 8AX, or £25 delivered (not highlands /...

I'm trying to have a clear out of tools that I don't use very often. This is a Ryobi One+ Circular saw complete with blade, 4AH battery and battery charger (no case). Very light use & in full working order. The battery alone is £70 from Amazon, so hopefully a bargain for someone. £85 if you...

I'm trying to have a clear out of tools that I don't use very often. This is an "Erbauer ERI6041PD 18V 2.0Ah Li-Ion Cordless Impact Driver". It's in the original case and comes with 2x batteries and a charger. Very light use & in full working order. Please note that the photo shows a bit holder...

When new router users ask the "what router bits should I get" question, my advise is normally to buy a cheap set when on special, see what you use most from that and buy decent quality bits for replacements. With that in mind, there's a deal on eBay (Abbey something power tools is the seller)...