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Hello all, my new BS400 Record power bandsaw blows its fuse on start up almost every single time I turn it on,(except when I remove the drive belt-no load ). It is supposed to run on a 13 amp 240 v supply but clearly can not cope, what can do to solve this? anybody

Hello all, my daughter has decided to climb kilimanjaro for charity ( just like cheryl cole !! ), she is raising money for needy children through childreach international. Please consider sponsoring her in this venture which is for a good cause. Follow the link below for more information on...

Hello all, since I joined this forum everytime I log on I click the box saying log me on every time I visit........it has not done it once! is it me or is it like candid camera without the cameras, just taking the p*** GT

Hello all, have been turning a vase and a hollow form out of what turned out to be a very hard piece of oak, today I noticed my toolrest and parts of my bed bars have changed colour..... I know its the tanin in the oak that caused it, but does any one know how to remove the stains???? GT

For sale, Record dx400 twin motor extractor, 80 litre drum, standard cartridge and paper filters, and a cloth filter means filtration down to 0.5 microns, according to the manual. Has 2 metres of 102mm diam hose. Now surplus to requirements, has been used with bandsaw and table saw, but has not...

Relax R2 woodburning stove for sale, ( made by the hot spot co ). I bought it intending to put it into my workshop, and two years later I still haven't and probably never will. It is the r2 model and comes with a swivel cowl, roof plate/collar, and three metres of galvanised 100mm flue pipe...

For sale, Record dx400 twin motor extractor, 80 litre drum, standard cartridge and paper filters, and a cloth filter means filtration down to 0.5 microns, according to the manual. Has 2 metres of 102mm diam hose. Now surplus to requirements, has been used with bandsaw and table saw, but has not...

Hello all, Some months ago I was given a piece of spalted beech, and started turning a vase with it. The outside was very bitty and rotten, the inside was as hard as rock and flew off the lathe twice when being hollowed out. At that point I gave up, and filed it on the floor. Then I hrad of a...

Hello all, I am in the process of insulating my garage workshop ( and not before time too ). But.....does anyone know whether I can paint osb with white masonry paint ( I just happen to have some left over from a previous job ). I am not sure how different paints will affect the board> Help GT

Hello all, fed up of cold in my garage workshop, I decided to buy a relax r2, wood burning workshop stove. I intended to use it to burn the good amount of hardwood shavings and offcuts from my woodturning hobby. Thinking it a good idea to check with my local council that it was ok to fit I rang...

Hello all, I remember a time when it was a simple matter of sliding the inner out of a bic pen, to put it into a wooden version. I have made many of these, but now find the beggers seem to be glued in!!!!!!! It takes me nearly as long to get the inner out, as to turn the wooden bic pen. Does...

Hello all, I have been moving round and reorganising my workshop/garage for the last two weeks. I thought that pulling a muscle in my back moving the fox lathe around AGAIN was bad but that was nothing compared to finding woodworm in a laburnum log that I had been storing for the last three...

It seems to be a trend with drug addicts up in Yorkshire to inject liquid ecstacy into their mouths.......... Its called e by gum GT

Hello all, Had some time this afternoon so set up a nice piece of yew log, to make a table lamp (to replace a broken one). I have made four lamps before so should be nice and easy. Started to hollow out with the auger when snap..........I pulled out the auger to find an inch off the end...

Fox 46-718, 42inch Supalathe 16inch swing over bed, 42 inch between centres Cast iron construction, very heavy with integral brackets to add shelf below bed bars one and a half horsepower, speed range10-1300 and 10-3400 2morse taper headstock and tail spindle size M33-3.5 forwards and reverse...

Hello all, I know cyclones have been mentioned before, but having read many pages about them from american woodworkers, ,,,I wondered if anyone got one of the Oneida ones for Christmas........and what their views on them are??????? GT

Hello all, I am a newcomer to this forum, but have been reading the entries for some weeks. I wonder if anyone has come across my current problem? I use my brick built,steel doored ,single garage as my turning workshop, and spend hours in there most days. Today due to the cold, and having...