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probably 2 for me - many thanks indeed for organising ben

hello, i found myself in alsmost exactly the same position as you about three months ago. in the end i decided that i quite like planing and that i'd really like to stop resawing by hand! i went for a record 350 bandsaw and the NVD750 from axminster. the extractor works really well with the...

I made something really simple for re-sawing. Mine uses 60cm blades and was made from pine. This was a huge mistake - the saw is not heavy enough. I've experimented with lots of blades - 10 tpi cuts far too slowly - with a 5 tpi blade i can't get enough weight on the saw to make it bite. The...

V interesting about the grades and hand stitching - thanks for that. The pictures are really useful, too, Rod - thanks for those! Think i'm tempted to get one of each and have a play! Cheers, Ben

Hmm - that's tempting. I've got to order some wood for my grandfather's 88th birthday from workshopheaven, too. Interesting - thanks for the info, Rob. Paul - interesting about the approach you used for ebony. I guess i should try scraping at some stage, too! Love the handle, btw. Rod -...

All very helpful - thanks guys! Ben

Hello, Several of my mates have just started having kids - i thought i'd make the kids names out of letters. I've found some nice purpleheart to start with. Each letter will be about 9cmx7cmx2cm. Ish. My plan is to saw out the waste to a square cross section and then round over the edges to...

Just got a Record 350 bandsaw. A good fit for my current space/budget constraints. It's just developed an issue, but their customer service has been excellent.

The saw comments above reminded me of something. It would be nice to have access to a saw sharpening service that I trust - particularly for dovetail saws. Learning how to sharpen saws is on my list of things to learn, but at the moment my time is better spent learning how to work wood than...

One of the things i really like about your site is how often you stock things that everyone's talking about but noone's got any idea how to get. E.g. i notice you recently started stocking drywall screen. I don't have any ideas about new product ranges, but here's a list of things that i've...

Hello, My grandfather uses these guys: http://www.nlstools.co.uk/BsawHdr.html They've got some starrett blades - not sure if it's the type that you want, though. Interestingly they're a little more expensive that tilgear for the haakansson silco blades. I was wondering whether that's to do...

I just went on a short hunt for the manual on line - discovered that kity is now owned by scheppach and that they've always been based in france. For some reason i thought they were an american company. http://www.kityuk.net/aboutkity.html Just wondered whether it was worth contacting them...

pm sent. but i can only help after next wednesday, unfortunately, so if someone can help more quickly...

Maybe that's the point, though - absolutely everything is so volatile at the moment that it's really hard to predict what your actual costs are going to be which makes it really hard to name a price that is valid for 6 months. To hedge, you could lock in (perhaps terrible) prices for foreign...

Does anyone know of a website for dure edge or hamilton blades? I found http://www.hamiltonedge.com/ but it doesn't seem to work on a mac - either in safari, firefox or opera. Cheers, Ben

Hello, I've got this one which i have a sort of love/hate relationship with! http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/97 ... Tree-Guide I know it's got european trees in there too but you'd be surprised what's been planted around and about! HTH Ben

Thanks for all the continued help - much appreciated! Enjoyed the wood whisperer thing. Managed to order the book and the dvd before argee's kind offer. I think that the dvd comes with some of the bandsaw packages i've seen - not mine, it would appear, though. Looking forward to a few days...

I reckon it's more realistic if the machine's not perfect! One thing i enjoyed about DC's shooting video was where he explained what to do if the fence isn't precisely square. Pragmatic. So the machine is now set up and i've clearly got a lot to learn. My two questions would be: * how do...

thanks for the replies everyone - just what i needed. now i need to find a source for the dvd! the pipper's arrived now, and wow is it heavy! tnt rocked up with out a lift on the back of the truck and without any way of moving the pallet! just putting it together, now, and wishing i had a...

Hi Steve, Brilliant - thanks for that. Ben