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Hi all. The past six months+ of searching for an old iron drill press (Fobco 7/8 or 10/8 etc) or a good quality mill drill (Arboga U 2508 etc) hasn't been successful - it starts to look like the dealers have the market cornered in the UK with the result that anything in decent condition is...

I need to seal and paint the MDF blower housing for my Pentz dust system. It's been discussed before, but a search didn't seem to bring up quite what I wanted. Can anybody recommend a primer and a paint that will brush on to give a fairly decent satin finish? Preferably quick drying, giving...

Here's a bit of a tutorial opportunity on the topic of wood buying. I bought some 'European prime crown white beech' (so called) over the phone from a well known UK supplier almost a year ago for a Schwarz style Roubo bench. It's been sticked up in my (dry) workshop since. Most of today went...

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I have a 4m length of 40mm maple (?) worktop (the type that's glued up from solid strips) bought for a project that didn't go ahead, and am trying to decide if it'd make a decent top for infeed and outfeed tables. It's been in the (dry) workshop for more than a year, and should be well...

Having (finally) finished wiring my workshop I guess it'd be nice to test the earthing before I hook it up to power. Over here the earth goes back to the service provider. I know in principle what's needed, but am not sure where to source a tester. (megger?) Can these normally be hired? The...

Hi all. Just wondering if anybody can recommend a fast and reliable source for screw in threaded inserts (ideally with more thread depth than is usual) for wood to suit threaded/adjustable feet in the range M8 to M12? Thanks

I bought a couple of oak tables finished fairly lightly in a sprayed two pack clear with a view to tidying them up and moving them on, and have just finished cutting them back with fine 00 steel wool and polishing them with Rustin's beeswax polish. The thinking was basically that the fairly...

I need to buy one, and was just wondering if anybody has views on right angle drives. When fitted with a chuck they are not much shorter than a drill driver. so it looks like the plan may be one of the very compact ones with a hex shaft input, and a 1/4 hex socket output - that way you can fit...

:D 'So you want to be a cabinet maker?'. A US made animation, but there's more truth in it than many of us would like: http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/7575301/

Having just had a play with a newly bought Japanese marking knife in the form of a piece of 3.5mm thick x 15 wide flat steel strip with two single bevel edges ground at 45deg on the same side and a flat back format - I've discovered that they need some care in use. It's similar to the 'spear...

I noticed Eric that you mentioned using a Maplin remote switching relay to switch your DX in the other thread. I've got one ready to install too (slightly different, and it's key fob operated: http://www.maplin.co.uk/two-channel-wir ... -kit-46972) , and am deliberating as to whether it's likely...

Here's one to liven things up, that's maybe a little interesting too. :mrgreen: Take a look at this video of barrel making/coppering from the Guninness brewery in Dublin pre-WW2 (complete with US tourist commentary in the background): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdI8rAXZA-Y It really...

I've just gone to fit 16A sockets to my Hammer machines (panel saw, spindle moulder and P/T) only to find they are only fitted with an unusably short roughly 600mm of cable each. :roll: More cheapskating?? Does anybody know of a neat splashproof 16A 3 core/single phase 2.5mm2 in line permanent...

Hi guys. I need a plug to hook my 3 phase 3kW bandsaw up to the output of the Transwave 5.5kW/400V rotary phase converter I recently bought. The socket fitted on the converter is a red PCE (Austria) 5 pin 3phase + neutral + earth 16A/6hr IP44 item, but the bandsaw has a 32A plug fitted (this...

Hi guys. Most of you will have seen me asking lots of questions on shop wiring. Here's what may be a useful snippet of information for anybody needing to buy a workshop consumer unit. I spent quite a bit of time figuring out the parts needed, and how to wire one, and was set to order the parts...

As most of you will know I've been asking questions all over the place in recent weeks on issues to do with wiring my workshop for some new machines - my thanks again to all of you who have helped. I've done a lot of reading on what's on the web too, got a copy of Alex Weiss' Workshop...

Since we're on electrics again I thought I'd throw another quickie in too. I've been right through estimating maximum demand for the house and the workshop. My supply is 80A, but it'll be feeding three consumer units when the dust settles - the house, the original workshop CU, and another I'm...

Hi guys. Pardon all the posts these days, I seem to have a lot on at once. You may all be familiar with it, but 'Classic Joints with Power Tools' by Yeung Chan was recommended to me by a guy on Sawmill Creek as a result of an enquiry i put up about three way mitres for a design i'm playing...

This may be of interest to some of you. I've been looking around a bit as with decent progress on the workshop refurbishment i'm starting to eye its first project using the new kit - my Schwarz type Roubo bench. Digging on epoxies I came across some good technical information on bonding wood...