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Hello all I went to use my dewalt powershop ras tonight and its dead. No hum or nothing!! Does anyone know what it could be I tried a google search but not a lot of info really. Thanks in advance.

Hello everyone i started a small project last week with oak.I prepared the boards to 20mm from 26mm thick rough sawn boards glued 2 90mm boards together using biscuits to achieve a 180mm width and i went to them tonight to find it has cupped pretty badly the overall size is 20mm x 180mm x 300mm...

Hello everyone i have made a small table with a glass inlay top and i have routed a rebate to hold the glass and rather than have the glass sat straight on to the oak is there any type of sticky back rubber or felt to put down first if so where could this be purchased? :)

Having bought a brand new SIP BM yesterday,i set it up today to try it out and the fence is not at 90 degrees.When i clamp the work piece onto the morticer it pushes the work piece even further off the square producing very squint work! is this a product fault or is this just a case of you get...

Hi Guys and Girls, i am looking to buy a new hand plane suitable for finishing/tidying up around the tops of small tables/chairs before i put the tops on to get a nice flush finish which means planing end grain, i have no real idea where to start when it comes to hand planes etc some advice...

Hi :D I recently got some free oak batons from a friend,they are 40mm thick x 200mm wide.Iam wanting to start my next project by using up this oak and i need it to be 16mm thick,if i were to rip it up the middle and plane it to 16mm will it cup?Is there a method/rule when ripping up stock?

Does anyone have advice on how many coats of danish oil needed for oak ,its for an internal peice of furniture?

I'm relatively new to woodworking and i have been following quite a few WIPs in the project threads and had learnt that with a solid top table that it was never screwed down or secured with glue and biscuits as movement would split the table top,but todat as i read the Woodworker magazine the...

I have started this straw back orkney chair today made in oak.This is my first WIP i have made the front and back of the frame, tommorrow iam planning to make the side rails.The legs are tapered below the top rail down which makes the lower rail a little tricky well tricky for me anyway :roll...

Hi, i ran this oak through my planer and then tapered them on my table saw.I then wanted to finish the taper with the hand plane and it leaves these horrible holes in it i have not seen the grain in oak lik this before it seems a very close grain with very dark lines running through it also has...

I have started to make an oak case, i planed it all to the proper dimensions and cut the mitres at 45 on my sliding mitre saw and not one of the cuts are true.Do i need to tidy them up on a disc sander or should it have cut it clean and true, the saw is square to the fence,it cuts smaller pieces...

Hi all after a lot o frustration with my sliding mitre saw and looking through the internet without too much joy i would like to buy a second hand Dewalt RAS it will just be for hobby work working mainly with oak cutting a max of 50- 60mm deep x 500mm long chair legs and the like,iam really...

Hello everyone, i am making a small brief case with oak which is 470mm x 210mm x 70mm.I have 30mm thick oak boards and would like to make the lid and the base about 6-8 mm give or take would i be able to rip these boards or will i have to plane them down to thickness.I would prefer to rip them...

I am getting 16 amp supply fitted with a commando socket for my Scheppach planer thicknesser and i would like to extend the cable from the socket to the planer is it possible to remove the exsiting cable as it is too short, does anyone know if the plug/socket on the planer end can be rewired to...

Just had to try a shot at carving i found this very therapeutic,less stressful than trying to upload the pictures #-o .I carved this out of oak then finished it of with danish oil it is 60mm.

Hi iam trying to upload some pics and the files are too big how do i reduce the file size to upload the pictures? #-o

Hello all again i have some oak semi prepared for a chair its all about 22-25 mm thick and i have it in the house to acclimatise,how long should i keep it in for before working with it roughly?

Hi all i have recently been working with oak and find it a very hard wood, i like the look of elm and was wondering how hard it is compared to oak?

I have recently bought a second hand hms260 PT and twice now when i have turned it on it has blown fuses in the plug,there is a 13 amp fuse in it that it has blown this is a single phase 240v machine does anyone know why it is doing this iam new to machinary and quite concerned about this as the...

Hello i am looking for some advice this time for a good rip blade for my table saw i have a metabo saw with a 315mm blade and ripping mainly oak 50-70mm max, the blade that came with it probably aint the best of quality.