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I'm getting to the point of buying a new bandsaw to replace our Elektra Beckum BAS316G, which although fairly capable has a very simple fence and I've never got on with the bearing guides. I'm ideally looking for somthing with: around 30cm depth of cut side slot for blade changing "US Style"...

Hello folks, It's been forever since I posted on here, what with my workshop plans having been delayed about 2 years all in all. Hey ho. I have a current project to make a built in cabinet in a window alcove that will have a top at desk height, on which we can keep our printers, providing...

Hi all, My HMS260ci is a pretty competent planer thicknesser and now that I've ground and honed the blades the finish is really very nice indeed. On stock over a couple of cm thick there is no detectable snipe on either soft or hard woods. However when thicknessing some 8mm oak lippings I get...

I'm currently working on a small cabinet in oak veneered MDF with 8mm solid oak lipping on the cut surfaces. This lipping is joined onto the body using FF biscuits and glue. Having trimmed the outer edge which I left over hanging using a bearing guided straight bit, I had to sand the lipping to...

After getting the planer knife jig for the Tormek at the D&M show at the weekend, I decided the other night to sharpen my original HMS260ci knives that came with a slight ding from NMA. I was offered a replacement set once Greg at Mackays in Cambridge had convinved them that I had not chipped...

I'm looking for a bit of reassurance that I haven't got the wrong end of the stick about the designs of biscuit jointers. Let me explain, I've got a Ferm £40 one and I'm intending to upgrade at the weekend, since I have a project requiring some pretty close tolerance mitred biscuit joints. Now...

I'm still weighing up table saws to try to build a worshop around. That may seem back to front, but space it slightly tight, so having a saw in mind during the design will help. I want to be able to cross cut a full sheet on it, using the sliding table, but working out which ones will suffice...

I've just recently used tung oil to finish a piece of oak (planed and sanded to 180 grit). After a single coat (wiped off excess as instructed) three days ago the grain looks lovely, and the finish is just as we wanted, a nice semi matte rather than a gloss. However there is still obviously some...

Well, not really, but it should be arriving tomorrow. It only got ordered this morning. I guess thats what happens when NMA has them in stock. Big thanks also to Pete at Mackays, what a star. Finally I can start using some of the lovely hardwood I've got kicking about. Woo hoo!! Very excited...

Watching some old NYW the other day I noticed Norm had a little plane that put a bevel on the edge of a piece, nice and simple. I found out that these like 15 dollars from Rockler in the US, but I was wondering if anyone knows if something similar is available in the UK. I tried googling, but...

One of my local powertool shops has a CEMA Magnum 266 universal machine, which looks competent, and in much the same sort of class as the Record Maxi 26. The price is very good, at about 1800 quid. D & M also carry it. However I can find no real discussion of this machine in the web, has anyone...