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Ok, firstly, I’m not even sure what it’s called - Pitch Pine or Pitched Pine. I have several small beams of this stuff, around 5ft long x 10” wide x 5” thick. It’s been sitting in the shed for 20 years and I’ve never really paid much attention to it because each beam weigh a ton and it oozes...

I’ve been on eBay for nearly 20 years and have never had a problem. As long as you follow their guidelines, PayPal have always refund without exception. If you are selling, as long as you ship to a verified address, get proof of delivery and send it insured for loss or damage, you’ll be fine...

Thanks guys, Looking into one of these now. Bit afraid of buying one of the Italian ones from abroad - I’m one of those poor sods that stuff goes wrong for all the time! I don’t want to be sending something like this to Italy or Romania etc!

Seems a crazy question but I need to get a Brad nailer and have just about ruled out the electric offerings. What’s left is basically a compressor plus a gun but unless you’re prepared to spend a fair bit, most of these compressors generate 95 to 97dB of noise. I’m not really keen on having...

I need to get a router table. Yes, I know I can make one for £25 but I don’t have the time to do it. I’m looking at the Axminster benchtop model with the cast iron fence or the large Kreg Router table (not the benchtop model). Both of these are approx the same price. I’m pretty torn between...

Do you have any issues with the router moving and flexing?

Yeah, dont have too much space in the garage! Just looking at this and the Charnwood offerings. It's hard to decide!

Hi all I was all set on buying a Triton TWX7 Router Table and the accompanying workcentre when I read a couple of reviews saying that the router wobbles around in the table even after being secured to the plate. Can anyone who actually has this setup confirm if this is the case or if they've had...

Is this still available?

I need to get a dust vortex type thing - I was going to make it myself but I'm having trouble getting a decent sized air-tight container that I can use. Ive tried a couple of bins but they all seem to be very flimsy and attaching my shop vac (Record Power DX1000) to them makes them deform at...

Some resolution here. :) Axminster collected the saw and it looks like it’s a Friday afternoon special from the factory. They delivered the larger saw that I opted for at the same time. I must say that they were absolutely amazing about the whole thing and I’m very happy with the new saw. I...

Thanks! This looks promising!

Ok but the one I was looking at is the AT254SB, I think that comes with one of those commando plug things. How would I run that off a 13A socket?

Thanks for that - is not considered it! How would I know if the saw will trip the circuit every time I start it? I don’t really want to spend all that money and find it tripping all the time! I only have one machine on at any given time plus the shop vacuum, of course. Maybe that would help? In...

Yeah, I can confirm that it must have been a Friday afternoon job. Even the power switch is on upside down!

Hi, I’ve worked out that there’s a couple of things wrong with the saw, one of which I’ve ‘fixed’ temporarily. The problem with the squareness of the fence is down to the 4 fixing bolts that are countersunk to the mounting plate beneath. These holes have simply been drilled in the wrong place...

Yeah, sadly that seems to be the way. I've had to modify the fence / fence rail attachment to get the fence at right angles, this is not a permanent fix and I'm going to have to keep my eye on it everytime I use it to make sure that it's cutting square. The table was also not mounted squarely in...

I bought this thing yesterday and spent all day putting it together as per the manual. I then tried to adjust the rip fence because it wasn't square and that's where the 'fun' began! It turns out (confirmed by Axminster) that you can't actually adjust the angle of the fence on this saw without...

Thanks guys, went and bought the 216TS today plus the sliding table attachment. Hopefully I’ll get it all working on the weekend. Bloody thing nearly killed me trying to lift it!

I’ve found myself needing to buy a new table saw but I just can’t handle the size of the cabinet saws that are around. I’ve been looking at the Ax AC216TS plus the sliding mitre doodah and it looks a perfect balance of features and size for me but I’ve just noticed that it’s only 1100 watts. My...