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Right, I've put up with the slight wobble for a while but I've decided to tackle it. I've stripped down the spindle and popped it in the lathe to check straightness. It's definitely bent. I've got one bearing off, but cannot get the Allen key loosened that holds the (flat) belt pulley, and...

That's the saw. It has 7217 on it but the manual is for a 617. I can't detect any play in the bearings but rigging up an improvised gauge, there is definitely some wobble at the edge of the blade. I'm measuring around the position of the gullets. Just as worrying is the vibration. The whole...

I guess you are right. Unfortunately I'm one of the people who can't go out at the moment. I might strip it down tomorrow. It's very much a bolt together job.

I retired from joinery and making kitchens a year or two ago, but I still have the odd project or two. I recently bought a ck26 which has seen very little use. I didn't pay a lot for it and it looks good value. I cleaned up the tiny spindle moulder (30mm fortunately) and it easily machined a...

Well it shows you're never too old to learn! I never thought of CDs and I often have to drill freehand.

I wouldn't, unless I was just about to change the knives. Have you got a hand held electric planer with chuck away blades? That's what I'd use.

Another vote for DraftSight here. Sketchbook and pencil when chatting to the customer, but DS to email them the the drawing. Admittedly this is mostly for kitchens. It took me years to try any cad program and hung on to my drawing board far longer than my less luddite mates. Eventually I went...

If you just want to practice cutting joints tulip is fine, but it's not something you'd polish and be proud of. I'd second (or third) black walnut. It always seems to me to have a nice consistent density and it polishes well. I wouldn't use it for breadboards though.

I've been having a read through all this discussion of materials. I can't see a problem with anything if it's finished properly. Personally, I use birch ply almost exclusively, but MFC is fine and I've used it when asked for. The birch ply is lacquered and I've never had a customer who wasn't...

I had a repair to do on a plywood yacht with hull thickness of 1/2 inch. I ordered some very expensive marine ply at supposedly 12mm which turned out to be just over 11mm. Ply thickness never seems to be what's quoted.