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Thanks for the advice guys, I'll get some wax on the beds, and have a look at the internals. Are there any good quality 'aftermarket' blades about, or am I stuck with the ones from Sip?

Hmmm, I can rotate it by hand, but it doesn't spin freely, should it? I assume the motors offers a fair bit of resistance

I'll give that a go, the woods not particularly wet, 15% moisture.

Hi everyone, after a bit of advice. I have a Sip 01552 planer thicknesser, seems like a clone of all the other budget options. I have had it maybe 9 months, but have had a problem (always had) of it overheating and cutting out more often than I'd expect. I can barely get a 150mm softwood board...

Hi guys, I've been making a few breakfast bar style tables lately, edge jointing boards with as little visible join as possible. I'd now like make a more rustic looking one, so I'd like to join the the boards but still clearly see individual boards, is there a trick to this? Maybe adding a...

Thanks for the advice everyone, I hadn't even considered I could chop the end off the saw. There's one or two missing teeth, and a lot of mismatched sized teeth, so I might file it down and start over. Once my files arrive

Hi everyone, I've recently got into doing the odd tool restorations, started with a stanley number 4 plane, now I've been given a very rusty saw, can't see any etchings on the plate, but the brand pin just says 'warrented superior', it was extremely rusted, so into the vineger bath it went. It...