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Gracias-Thanks Traston! I don't speak Spanish, but it is very similar to Italian and I could understand everything, so for the benefit of all I will "summarize" what Traston said. He owns a Colombo Filippetti fretsaw and thinks it is the best fretsaw he has been working with. Blade change is...

Thanks... I was already convinced and you convinced me even more! Well... also made my wallet shut up because it was already upset :lol: I have, more or less the same compressor... and the cheap gun (around 50£ off ebay.it with all the nozzles, although Rutlands is selling the same for 99£...

Thanks again Robert for your reply, I had the filter mounted... maybe it was warm summer (spraying in the evening with 33-34°C) that can is low in relative humidity but very high in total humidity, so temperature changes would "produce" a lot of water, but it's a little waste to squeeze air and...

Thanks, this was helpful, the cold air is an issue, even with a filter because of a too long hose (portability) I had water dropping from the gun... Today at lunch time I went to see the "Rigo" turbine, the shop only had the TMR80 that is a 2 stage, price more or less the same as the Earlex...

Nobody can help? Should I stay as I am (unhappy), get the Earlex HV5000 or the Apollo 1500? I found an alternative locally. http://www.rigosrl.com/prodotti/Turbine_Multirigo.cfm and the 80 and 140 should have an air-flow regulation knob (see the compare products HERE) Maybe I was not clear...

Hello, I have always been a little... hesitant to spray for a number of reasons, first of all being the mess of overspraying. I already own a 3 hp 50 litres compressor, so on the lower part of the accessibility to spraying and a couple of mid priced HVLP guns (if you can consider 43 PSI as...

I bought the plane myself, I already have a Veritas Low angle block and an apron plane... this was for rebates... The impressions are the same, very high quality build. The main defect is that in mine the blade was narrower than the body by 0.5 mm, so to change direction in the rebate you have...

I could not r esist and ordered one this morning... block rebating plane... waiting for others' opinions to get a N.3 too... Alberto

I am not sure it would apply, but this seems "born" to supply 110 volts to power tools... Ok... they didn't think of a US source, but there are several power tools in the UK that are running at 110v. http://www.axminster.co.uk/product-Carr ... -23256.htm Alberto

Amazing Chris! It work! And watching a professional scroller work makes me think I have lot and lot of wood to cut before reaching 1/10 of the speed... Next year trying with Lego:lol:? Alberto

Thanks for your replies, I will try loseing the nut to see if leaving the arm a little looser would make cutting worse than it is now. Chris yes, I meant... chatter... catch you have on a lathe... not that these are nicer since your hand can hurt a little :oops: . Thanks Gill, now it's all more...

Hello Pete, I worked on a few old woodworking machines that are now in my shop and I must say that all of them had pieces that you really "pray" will never break since you will never maneage to repair them unless at a high cost. This is different. There are no "exclusive" materials, it makes you...

Thanks Gill. Yesterday night I continued working on it, replaced the table and assembled everything... not even one piece was left out so that must be good :lol: ! I clamped to my jointer and switched it on... very little vibration! Even at maximum speed... I tried some test cuts and it is...

Tonight I added two pieces of Teflon on the sides of the arm, between the arm and the support and things go a little better, but know it is not the "natural" way of doing... Did any of the Diamond owner notice the runout? One more, the base doesn't look flat, it needs rubber feet to stay...

Hello, I bought on ebay a Diamond 19 AFS... It was in relatively good conditions, but some work to do of course. Primarily paint job, removing most of the old paint and rust, the nickel plating and some overal "mechanics cleaning", changin bearings, I still have to take a look at the electric...

Hello Gill and Big Soft Moose, thanks for your advice, I know the other brand is not common in the UK, neither it is in Italy, they are mostly industrial machines and prices of new are in the 4-5.000 euro for a basic saw, and there are also huge machines with braces of up to 190 cm (see one...

I have a friend who is making mostly restoration. He has to change his fretsaw and he is in doubt between two machines. One is the DeWalt DW788 And the other is a Colombo Filippetti (industrial) fretsaw, with a 3 phase motor and (just) 20" arm. I know that it's...

Thanks Geoffrey, You are right, I will stick to unpinned, but I still had some from the previosu saw! Also because changing the blade on this one is a dream, very fast. The main problem was also with tensioning unpinned blade, when the bolt was tightened past a certain point the upper would...

I agree on what others said before me... I used a stripper to clean them. I would just add... if you like them polished, polish them. A polishing compound spread on a piece of MDf or any flat surface will bring them back to a polished finish... but flat. A little oil whipped and than...

Dave, my daughter (she's 3) even likes "random" pieces and she can try to re-assemble it. If you colour each piece individually you can get nice looking results... Thanks to both of you for the drawing books idea, that's very nice and I will surely use the patterns. Alberto