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MIL has bent the spool pin on her ancient Toyota 4080 sewing machine. I can’t find a spare so option 1 is trying to straighten it. My initial thought is to remove it from the machine, clamp in a vice and gently straighten by tapping with a hammer or bending with pliers but I am worried about it...

Triplex Powerbase 900 top only. It does not have legs (I have reused the original folding legs for another project) and the NVR switch is also not included. However it does come complete with with the fence and the original accessories including the optional router table kit plus instructions...

Looking for a bit of advice please… While sorting out my late fathers estate, I found an almost completed post box project made from 20mm thick elm. I have decided to finish it and put it to use. It will be mounted on an outside wall exposed to the weather. What do you think will be the best...

Sorry, I can’t tell you much about this blade as it was just among my late fathers tools. 185mm diameter, 42 teeth, 16mm arbor. Looks pretty much unused. Seems a shame to bin it so free to anyone who can use it. Can be collected near Coventry or will post at cost.

I was lucky enough to get some Axminster vouchers for my birthday and have used them to buy an AC200BDS disc/belt sander combo from Axminster. I have just unboxed it and note the disc has approx 3mm of runout on it which is disappointing. I don’t think this is acceptable but thought I‘d double...

Hi everyone, Although I’ve been turning for about a year, I don’t get a lot of time on the lathe so probably count as relatively inexperienced. I’m doing a small restoration job which means I need to copy this approx 12” long by 1” spindle. Two main questions... 1. How do you recommend I...