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I have an old 352 ( the manual refers to a change of telephone number for Startrite in 1987 ) and it has worked well for years. Unfortunately, I had to change the drive belt a few weeks ago, and while it worked ok for a time, the belt now comes off the pulley on the motor shaft with monotonous...

I have been buying all the usual types of HSS gouges and chisels for years and sharpening them on an 8 inch Record Power grinder which runs at 2800rpm. I recently treated myself to a CBN wheel and have been getting excellent results from it. I saw a video on YouTube about making your own tools...

One of my neighbours asked me to "mend" a wooden sculpture in her garden. It is made of elm and as far as I know has been outside for about four years. The attached picture shows the damage over the years. I was thinking that I would give it a good clean, use wood filler to fill the cracks and...

In a moment of madness I told a model-making pal that I could make a mast for his ship. He then told me it was 27 inches long and measured 12mm at the base and 8mm at the tip. Given that my lathe bed usable length is only about 22 inches I have a wee problem. I found that I could get a piece of...

This may be a silly question, but can anyone tell me if can I use the same blades on my SCMS and my tablesaw? I have a SIP 1332 10" table saw and I bought a Bosch GCM10SD recently. Both of them take 254 mm blades. The spindle bores are different diameters but I can use bushes to adjust them...

Following some decking I built for her last year, the Boss has decided that the garden really needs a gazebo. For encouragement, I was also given a book entitled " Building the perfect Gazebo" by David Schiff. I tried to talk her out of this by suggesting that what it really needed was a stone...

Thanks again for your help last night. I found a new blade (3 TPI skip ) in the garage this morning and put it on the bandsaw. I spent some time making sure it was running true and that the guides were not fouling the teeth. I set the tension to medium and sprayed some lubricant on it. I then...

I bought a re-conditioned Startrite 352 recently. As it came with a price list dated april 1986 I assume it is some 20 years old. I have never used one before but it seemed to coping well with whatever I tried to put through it. However,I am now having problems with logs. I enjoy making bowls...