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The cuts are 6mm wide by 30mm tall. The width is what's suggested in the book, the height is the largest chisel I currently have. I'm certainly going to print off some text and give that a try. The book is hardcore, it suggests you can use stencils and the like but from the outset the focus is...

I use a Moldex half mask. Not as comfy as my 3M half mask but the filters are a fraction of the cost so I change them more often. If cost is a factor this is definitely worth a look.

That's some lovely neat work. I am cutting as you described, centre cut followed by angle cuts to each side. I've attached a photo of one of my practice pieces. The bottom row is all cut to 60 degrees and top row was more of an experiment. I started with shallow angles on the left and then got...

Thanks, I'm just learning at the moment so only producing test pieces. I've got good artificial and natural lighting in the workshop though. I'm going to try and find something with a 60 angle at the end and test my cuts. Looking again I suspect I might be raising the chisel as I strike causing...

I'm currently working my way through Chris Pyes book on letter carving and I can't help feeling I'm incising too deeply. The book recommends a chisel angle of 60 degrees which I'm fine with (I've even cut myself a guide block) but the resulting trench looks too deep to my eye. I suspect the...

I've been away from woodworking for a while (unless you count building walls and floors) and I thought it was high time I got back to it. Since I've taken up gardening I have all the seeds so what better item to build than a box to store them in. This is reclaimed timber so I'm not completely...

Thanks, touch wood the machine is currently working. I basically did as you suggested, just kept dripping oil in until the bearings ran freely. Ideally they would have some sort of oiling system but I don't use the machine anywhere near as much as I would like so for now at least it's going to...

Well, what would you know. I've just popped down to the workshop to see if I could fit in oil cups and it seems the oil I dripped on the shaft yesterday has worked its way into the bushings. The infeed now rotates very freely, I can even get it to spin freely a little. The outfeed can now easily...

I did consider oil cups, I didn't realize why made tiny ones like that though. I'll head down to the workshop just now and see if I could fit them in. You are correct in how the bushings are fitted. The whole cutter head assembly needs to be taken apart in order to work on them which is most...

I couldn't say for sure what the bushing is made from, I would assume cast iron. Both the bushing and the shaft are smooth, there's no grooves to hold oil / grease. I could probably make shallow grooves in the shaft, I'm sure I could rig something up in the wood lathe. I did consider trying to...

A few weeks ago I posted a question asking about a modification I was considering making to my PT. At the end of that thread I decided to replace the chain and see if that fixed the issue. Many thanks for all your help there but now I come to actually do the job I don't think the chain is the...

@sawdust1 I've had this machine complete in pieces as I had to change the feed roller bushings, that's where I got the technical note from. The feed rollers are spring loaded from above so they are to some extent self adjusting. There's no guidance in the manual for setting the loading but it's...

Thanks @cowtown_eric, you're probably right about the chain being worn out. I'll see if I can get a replacement. I'm surprised it's worn out already as the machine hasn't done a lot of work over it's life but it's a cheap possible solution I suppose. I could probably turn a larger idler wheel.

Thanks everyone for the insights, to answer the questions that have been asked... The P/T is a Jet JPT-260, it's a few years old but it's not done much work compared to what it's designed to be able to do. @deema @Spectric The sprockets are in good order, the tips of the sprockets still have...

There's a photograph with annotations attached which probably explains it better than I can do with words! Essentially the problem is that when under load the chain that drives the feed rollers will skip on the outfeed roller occasionally , particularly on hard timber that requires more power...

Yeah, I've tried with and without the extractor and with two different leads. I also tested the original lead on a different tool and it was fine. It's dead as a door nail.

Thanks, and I agree. I only own a few bits of Festool stuff but they feel like they need handling with kid gloves. I don't regret the domino but the other bits I'm seriously thinking I made the wrong decision. When I compare my Festool stuff to my Makita SCMS it's night and day, that SCMS could...

Hi, about 4 years ago I splashed out and bought myself a Festool ROS sander (the ETS EC150/5 E to be precise). Unfortunately the other day it just upped and died on me. It was a weird failure as well, I'd used it that morning and it seemed perfect and then nothing, no sign of life at all...

Scraps of solid wood of all sizes go on the wood burner. Shavings go on a bonfire when I have two bag fulls. I use a few shavings to get the wood burner going but I wouldn't put them on once it's started as there's too much updraft. I know some people compost shavings and I know one person that...

A few months ago I dragged our cheap and cheerful kitchen table into the workshop, sanded it down to bare wood and varnished it. For some reason I can't fathom it's remained sticky to this day. The table is pine (the centre panels are pine veneer) and I used Ronseal satin interior varnish. I...