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Yes, definitely 'horses for courses' and 'you get what you pay for' etc. No problem with Axminster or hobby-rated tools in general, it just pulled me up to see the life expectancy in black and white I suppose!

In the latest email from Axminster I notice that they define their Hobby Series of machines as suitable for 'Maximum use of 100 hours annually' (ie 2 hours a week). I hadn't seen the 'hobby' rating specified like this before. Is it just me, or does that seem a pretty low expectation of the...

Welcome Steve! Think you'll find this a very friendly and helpful forum. I have a couple of rescue dogs and can completely identify with the car issue :lol: Cheers Bob

Like-for-like I can shop around with the best of them :lol: But why would anyone pay an inflated price they can't afford? I don't understand the point. My point was that price and value are different things.

Welcome to the slippery slope Mark :lol: This is a great place to ask for help - there are many very helpful and friendly people here. Bob

So true... and applicable to many other occupations too (hammer)

I have one of these and use it on a regular domestic circuit without any problem, so my guess is that yours has a fault. But then I am no expert when it comes to electrickery... :shock: Bob

For an additional £2.63 the winner of this 'clearance' item gets 6 months LESS warranty and SLOWER delivery than if they had bought a new one direct from the Axminster site. :shock: The listing even highlights the actual selling price... click link There's no hope for some people :roll:

I had the same issue with a 4 month old Axminster bandsaw a few weeks ago. A quick phone call to Ax and a replacement switch was in the post. Just swopped the wires over one at a time to avoid overtaxing my small brain, and it was working again within a couple of minutes. Simples :D

I can heartily second this recommendation. I was down at BH a couple of weeks ago and Neil was very helpful, allowing me to sort through a stack of boards to find just the ones I wanted. I know all timber yards should do this, but Neil showed no signs of impatience or irritation. I even got a...

me 4 - must be catching :shock:

Hi - you try this lot HTH Bob

I seem to recall seeing a 'set' on ebay a while ago, but I'm sure that had been taken from a systainer domino assortment like this one. Curiously this systainer set does not appear on the Festool site... :? HTH Bob

Hmmm :-k wonder if it would work on my van... :lol: Would need a big jam jar though :shock:

You mentioned branding the mark. Here's some links to sites I found when researching branding irons and stamps. Eyre and Baxter Equibrand M Shaw Margreiter Technik Spanglefish HTH Bob

Yes, but they sell them in packs of 10 for 99p :lol:

Like this one? or this one? or even this one? HTH Bob

If only... :lol:

Glad to see you're more positive now Andy. And yes, it's amazing what a little bit of success can do for your morale :D Keep up the good work (hammer) Bob

Never ceases to amaze me how little research some people do :roll: - unless it's on something I'm selling... ](*,)