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Evening, Not sure if anyone saw my posting on the general forum but I was asking advice on what sort of price I could expect to get for my bandsaw and dust extractor. The story is I'm an 86 year old pensioner and about 18 months back I bought a Record BS300E bandsaw and the wheel kit although I...

Hi, I'm looking for a bit of guidance, I'm an OAP in fact I'm at the tender age of 86. About 18 months ago I bought a Record 300E bandsaw with the intention making a new hobby. I've always done woodwork in an amateur way but never had a bandsaw so I was thinking of trying to turn out some...

Hi, being a novice 86 year old woodworker and the fact I need to cut some sheets of 12mm ply with a circular saw tell me what guides I should get. I probably wouldn't be able to afford the very best but at the same time don't want to waste money on rubbish. Very much appreciate advice fro the...

Hi, I really am just a old very much retired hobby woodworker so always looking for advice. For our 59th wedding anniversary last year our son bought me a Record BS300E bandsaw which I'm thrilled with and still in the learning stages to get the best out of it. But I've always wanted a planner...

Evening all, The old Dutch and I are both in our mid eighties, actually I'm on on up side to the nineties and with a couple of health issues I'm not up to doing much more than fiddling in the workshop these days. With a bit financial help from our two great kids we've had an old fire breast...

Being a hobby woodworker, how can I tell the difference between oak and ash logs in their green state? I’ve got a log burner and had logs of both woods delivered but some got mixed up. The bark looks the same to me and the the rest also?

Hi, I'm just looking into building a brick fireplace and was considering having a solid oak mantle probably a floating one but not sure yet, so would really appreciate if anyone could give me the name of a good supplier of these. There are plenty of choices on Ebay, but your'e never sure who to...

Hi, I'm a relative novice in woodworking compared to a lot on the forum so I wondered if I could seek some help from the professionals amongst us please. Whilst I'm capable of doing a basic dovetail or mortice and tenon some of the basic things I just can't get my bonce round. I've got some...

Could get some small blocks of Ash 6”x6”& 9”x4” what is it good for apart from turning?

Question from the ignoramus, Re screw heads, what's the difference between Pozi and PoziSquare as advertised on Toolstations site or are they one and the same?

Hi, We had a load of totally green Oak logs delivered yesterday for our log burner. I know I will have to store these for at least a year before I can use them. Out of a couple of them I cut some square blocks about 125mm x 75mm on the bandsaw for perhaps having a go at carving or some other...

Morning, Can anyone recommend a screw driving bit for my drill that grips the screw head and doesn’t slip please. Sorry should have added, mainly Post drive

Bit off topic but I guess it'll happen to a lot of us as we get older and that is, loss of hearing. I'll be 86 this year and I'm finding I tend to guess a lot at what people are saying when in conversation with them. Also, when watching tele my good lady often says, "blimey that's loud" and I'm...

Hi, I bought myself a Sheppach 1000 extractor to draw the dust from my record bandsaw. I totally enclosed it with 18mm board and fitted 26mm insulation to the inside to cut down on noise. I used it for just about I/2 hour when I suffered a relapse to my back which I broke some time back. So at...

Hi, I’ve got Record BS300E bandsaw but I’m also a true novice so would appreciate some advice. I’ve fitted Tuff Saws 1/4” blade but find it difficult to follow a curve which is not too sharp without twisting the blade. I’ve tensioned the blade as suggested so it shouldn’t be that so where am I...

You guy's got me sorted with ear defenders, thanks for that, I've ordered a peltor optima 3. I now need to get some sort of dust mask for hobby use, what do you recommend.

Recommend me some, not too dear, ear defenders to combat my very noisy dust extractor please. I've built a sound box today out of 18mm OSB board and lined the inside with 25mm insulation board and cut a circle for the suction pipe. It's reduced a lot of the noise but not the ear splitting...

Just bought myself a Sheppach HA1000 dust extractor and used it for the first time this morning. Although I've been around, and using timber biggest part of my 85 years I'm only a novice with band saws and home woodworking. I've only got a 8'x8' shed to work in and when I switched the extractor...

Treated myself to an extractor a Sheppach HA 1000 for my bandsaw after it was recommended on the forum. It arrived today and looking at the box it say's Dust Extractor but when I opened it and read the instruction book it say's, extractor for wood chip's and not designed for dust????

I'm only a small time hobby woodworker and sometime in the future I'd like to think I could buy a planer thicknesser. This would only be for the very occasional use and being a pensioner on a very limited budget I couldn't afford a lot. I notice Screwfix do a Titan one at about £180 would...