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Having upgraded the dust extractor to a Festool (superb) I am now on the hunt for an alternative to the 100mm chip extractor... I have a lumberjack BDE 1100 (c.f. below) which does the job, but has a weird noise issue... It doesn't appear to be high decibels - it reads at under 80 on a db meter...

I am looking to upgrade my sander and vacuum this year, desirable goals: - sander which is lighter - sander with less vibration - vacuum which is much quieter (60-65db?) - vacuum with Bluetooth to turn on - vacuum with better filters (L or M class?) Current is a cheap Titan vacuum (100db beside...

I have a range of logs I have recently acquired and I am not sure what I should do with them - ideally I want to be able to turn them at some point so spindles or bowl blanks would be great… Some are maybe 4” across - branches from small trees - some are much bigger (cf photos below) As I...

I am making some plant labels from maple for a Christmas present - engraved with the detail on the label… What is the best protection finish I can use? I have spray lacquer which easy as there are 40+ of them, or I could use yacht varnish?

I have the Bosch PBD Drill and think it is very good - I know a number of others on here also have it... but am I missing something? My previous pillar drill had a table that you could move up and down / swing out of the way on which you could then place or clamp the job to be drilled... The...

I have the RP Sabre 250 bandsaw and am trying to find a hose for its extraction… https://www.recordpower.co.uk/product/sabre-250-bandsaw-230v-uk-and-european-lead-included the spec. says the port is: - internal 58.8mm - external 64.5mm which don’t seem all that standard… I want it to terminate...

I am interested in buying an airbrush to paint children's wooden toys... I am considering the Iwata Eclipse CS airbrush https://graphicair.co.uk/product/iwata-eclipse-cs-airbrush/ I already have a Stanley air compressor for general workshop use, e.g. pin guns etc...

Pretty much as per the title… I would like to buy whatever gives me the easiest and best dovetails etc… which should I buy? does either have significant advantages / disadvantages?

my workshop is in an old (1930s-50s) wooden garage. The floor is concrete, the walls are thin wood and the roof is more modern - osb with felt over it. not surprisingly, it is cold at this time of year, and even with a heater running (not cheap) the temperature is only raised by 10-12 degrees...

I currently use a very stable oak dining table as an assembly bench, occasionally clamping work to it eg to use the biscuit cutter… It is 1500 x 90 and works well… I would like a solution which allows: - good clamping - use of the track saw to do the kind of cuts you would otherwise do on a...

I have bought the Bosch PBD 40 recently which is a drill I believe many others on here have - a question if I may... as I understand it from the manual, if I press the left of the four little buttons to move from speed to depth then press the second button (with drill point touching top of...

How do you label wood so that you know what it is? I have lots of hardwood give. to me by various people and a poor memory! mainly wood which is rough sawn, some of it is PAR options seem to be: - sharpie (but does it soak in?) - pencil (does it remain legible?) - stickers (do they fall off / do...

I had a Draper bandsaw given to me last year, and it has done quite well, however it struggled to cut deeper hardwoods, so I have upgraded to a Record Power Sabre 250. I had been thinking about the 350 / 450 which seem to be very good bandsaws, but the 250 offers much of the same facilities and...

I have a bench across the end of the workshop which has space underneath in which I need to maximise storage… space is 770mm high / 580mm deep / 2090mm long ideally I would buy tool chests from Halfords or similar, but they are generally less than 400mm deep which seems a waste of space… what...

I have been asked to reproduce a cello chair stand - this is a wooden framework which folds out, the top of the ‘T’ sits behind the chair legs and then the cello spike sits in one of the holes in the upright of the ‘T’ I have been given one to copy, which is itself a rough and ready copy, but it...

I decided to play with laminating woods on the lathe, I am still very much at the learning stages of ‘lathing’ so this was an opportunity to practice spindle skills, with a possible outcome that looks more impressive than it really should! so I took a random lump of hardwood (no idea what it...

Does anyone know of good (cheaper!) suppliers for Olive Wood? Would like to try turning some and the price of blanks I have found is quite high...

I am slightly stuck looking for how I progress... Lockdown hasn't been helpful in that so many courses and tutors closed down - so over the last year or so, I have spent my time learning as much as I can, but always conscious that I have huge amounts to learn and am as much in danger of...

My father has a chess table which was his father’s before, so has a bit of age to it (his father died in the 50s) the inlaid squares are not in perfect condition and need a bit of love, in particular a piece that needs replacing… logically, cutting, flattening, sizing and glueing a piece of...

I bought 2 slabs like this on Friday - spalted maple… I would like to make simple side tables for our summerhouse, (will add hairpin legs) what is the best way of making sure these are perfectly flat? my planer and thicknesser are not quite wide enough, I do have an electric plane, and hand...