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Hi folks, I've had to replace my PC in the last week and now have a funky new one running Windows Vista. Most of my old software has taken ages to set up as you'd think Vista was a new thing! :roll: Anyway, my problem is i used to use Autosketch to produce designs for clients and to use in the...

Anyone got theirs yet? Seen it advertised in various places, but haven't had mine throught the post yet. Also appears that APTC are sticking to the "every 6 months, new catalogue set up". Be nice if they did that 10% off everything deal again too :wink: Thanks Stephen.

Hi folks, Anyone out there recommend a decent Sat Nav? Looked at the TomTom One and Garmin 510 today. Both £199. I don't want (or maybe i do :wink: ) loads of features. It's just the navigator has recntly decided she "doesn't do navigation in the dark" not really helpfull when trying to find...

Hi folks, I'm considering the purchase of a replacement (more accurate) biscuit jointer for my Makita. It seems to be between the Lamello Classic C3 and the Lamello Top20s. The Classic comes as a great kit with a Festool case and various useful bits and peices at £329 whereas the Top20 is £489...

Hi folks, I need to get myself some new glasses and have visited a few opticians locally and quite like the look and low weight of the rimless type. I wear glasses all of the time so comfort is important. However one of the opticians said steer clear of the rimless, flexi frame type as in her...

What on earth are the Woodrat people doing? :shock: :( They produced this very useful tool and now seem to have dropped the ball and let the Americans run with it :roll: . Have a look at the website for the craftsmans gallery, they sell the eliminator chuck and quite a few other very useful...

OK boys and girls heres my query, I've currently got an Axminster 1903 hollow chisel morticer, but it's a bit of a PITA as you move the workpiece relative to the chisel. i.e. you set the fence and move the piece to be morticed. It hasn't got the lovely fore and aft and side to side movements...

Hi folks, I've got the installed, but when i try to view any JPG images all i get is a grey screen within a screen. The second screen tells me the photo title and size and i can get image details i.e. pixels etc, but i just can't see it. Anyone got any ideas? I can see the image by opening it...

Hi folks looking for some advice. I'm looking for a new mattress and am bewildered by the choices. Bought a new mattress couple of years ago and it's useless, saggy uncomfortable - you know the sort of thing. Anyway, theres me and the good lady (both a bit on the heavy side :wink: ) and we...

Hi folks, Does anyone have any knowledge of these tools? I have a few of the more traditional types of woodcarving chisels, but was looking at these as being pretty useful. They'd only really be used for carving missing detail in furniture restoration, none of your decoy ducks etc! Thanks

Hi folks, Just wanted to warn all you E-bayers of a scam that i got caught up in. I received a phone call out of the blue from a chap who had purchased an Aiybo electronic dog (£800 :shock: ) and wanted to check details re postage. I told him i didn't know what he was on about and so he told...

Hi folks, Anyone directly compared the Lie-Nielsen low angle smoother against a Lie-Nielsen No.4 smoother? Is there much in it? Enough to justify the cost difference? Opinions/comments welcome.

Hi folks, Sure this one has been asked before but, has anyone out there used both Japanese saws and english pattern saws and found a definite preference? I don't mean just for one specific thing i.e. dovetailing but in general (although if you're convinced that the Japanese saws far out class...

Anyone ever gone down the route of returning goods under the sale of goods act or getting a refund for an item through a credit card? The reason i ask is as follows: Bought a woodworking combination machine from a company at Woodmex last year (major company with an excellent reputation...

Anyone use these clamps? I see from the Axminster catalogue that they're £12.55 for a 600x80mm capacity clamp compared to £27.55 for the the equivalent K body clamp. Why is the price so different? are the K bodys that much better? Thanks Steve.

Anyone got any advice when it comes to which Festool sander to buy? I've been looking at the Rotex 150 and the ES150/3. Useage is for finishing up hardwood panels and timber straight off the planer/thicknesser. Looking for high quality finish as would expect for high end furniture. The polishing...

Hope you can help. I've recently bought one of these machines new and am having a terrible time trying to get proper extraction from the thicknesser. I end up with marks left in the finished surface as a result of stray chips falling down onto the timber and being squashed into the surface by...

This is picked up from another thread re-LN chisels. For a long time i suffered with the dreaded rust in the workshop (also didn't help having a leak in the roof that wasn't spotted and happened to be right over the jointers lovely cast iron bed (you can imagine the mess) beautiful woodturning...

Anyone noticed that in the latest Axminster "Highlight" they are now selling Lie-Nielsen Bevel edged chisels at £189.95 for a set of 5. Those of you that have them, are they "that" good?[/i]