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Cheers guys, my first thought was “spray wd40 all over it” - figured I’d ask to see if there was anything obvious I was missing. I’ll have another go at it later today and see if I get any further.

Weird timing, I just upcycled this little fella for my daughter (I found it in the back lane in a sorry state). luckily I had stacks of wood laying about I could use, and I didn’t worry too much about the strength of it as she’s only 18 months old! i’ll keep an eye on this thread though as I...

I bought one of these cheapy (Aldi/Lidl?) things second hand as it came with a router table very cheap. I’ve never tried a router table (I use a Makita plunge router and a Bosch trim router for everything at the moment) so I was keen to see if it was a useful addition. I gave it a quick test...

Yeah I could if I extend it enough so the fence is attached to that and not the metal table... I like the idea of not drilling the metal table now though, to keep it original - I want to make sure I can get the tenner I paid for it back if I sell it after all!

Nothing to loose then! Cheers all, makes me feel a little less daft for asking! When I googled it and couldn't find much, I thought there must be some really obvious reason that I hadn't thought of not to do it

ha ha, that’s a very good point! cheers for the replies, I’ll hold fire a bit to see if I get a “don’t do that, you will die” kinda reply... if not, I’ll do it only negative I can think of in terms of wood vs metal is durability, but not so much of an issue for this really... and if it does...

I have an old dewalt 738 bandsaw... purchased for £10 not working, repaired it, replaced the blade tensioning bolt, put a new tuffsaws blade on and it’s actually a really useful tool. So, I wanted to add a fence as it didn’t have one with it (I’ve been clamping a piece of wood on when needed)...

Awesome thanks, yeah I will tinker around with it and clean it up a bit before using it properly anyway, so a new blade is a good idea. Thanks for the suggestion, I wouldn’t have known where to start

Fixed it! I woke up this morning (band saw blues?) thinking about the safety key and how it works and decided to go and take a quick look... my exact thought was "how can that possibly do anything?" I took the casing apart again to get at the wiring and switch etc but this time pulled out the...

nope, no switches or wiring inside...

yeah I took it out again before taking pics... just to trick you!

not that I could see, no.

thanks all, some good info/advice in here. Yeah i'm pretty confident i can bypass the switch to then give a quick test and see if there's any difference. The capacitor looks fine, nothing obvious, no burnt smell or anything. Again it's worth trying though. If I get nowhere with the switch I...

finally figured out how to upload pics! I've added them to the original post

Interesting, thanks I’ll add that to my list of things to check!

Hi, first post here! I recently purchased a used table saw, basically to try and see how I got on with one, before splashing any serious cash on something better. I've yet to actually switch it on though, because the seller also chucked in a band saw - which he said "doesn't work but I know...