Recent content by curryjunkie

When I built mine I looked at the price and quality of the cladding, and went for box profile steel cladding on counterbattens, same with the roof, then insulated and lined the inside with ply, yes it worked out more expensive, but it's maintenance free and will last decades, Tin comes in a...

I have the 12 inch spiral jet, it's a great machime, single phase,much much quieter and has handled any hardwood i throw at it, I use a twin motor camvac and a cyclone into a dustbin for shavings, they are smaller than regular shavings but I can still fill the bin up pretty quickly. I got mine...

is a jobsite saw worth a high end mitre gauge? i imagine their accuracy only goes so far, although your incra gauge can be used on any number of tablesaws in the future.

That's the one I have, it's excellent and accurate, just had to file off a tiny bit at the tip of the pointer that sits in the v shaped slots, it wasn't seating in them quite right. There are some really good quality woodwork tools from hongdui and wnew on banggood. Some other brands on there...

A local fablab should be able to help, they usually run courses for begginers fabfoundationuk.org this website should be able to help

Busy making stuff for Xmas markets..took an hour to cut with a 60 deg carbide v bit

Recip saw with the right blade will do it, leave a flat top cut some score lines onto it, apply granular stump killer and cover with a cheap shower cap, I've also done the drill and weedkiller thing but most weedkiller sold in shops gdn centres are weak solutions, as someone mentioned diesel...

You can make up fixture plates out of delrin or similar, maybe mist coolant instead of flood? May be less mess, looks good value as a kit, I'd never have the skill or patience to do it, I got mine off the shelf😄

Rutland is a rebadged skill brand sold in the states, it seems to be good according to reviewers, maybe other tools I'd go second hand but a site saw I'd always go new because of the safety aspect, different with a well cared for cabinet saw providing it's not so old you can't find spare parts...

sds will go right into stone walls, i do it all the time, then use a regular rawplug, if your bit wanders, use a small diameter masonry bit first to put a dimple into the stone ,it knackers the bit but stops the sds bouncing at the beginning.

ah, the endangered tory spotted in the wild...

if its just a small planter for flowers it isnt as important, if its something larger for more permanent planting or subdividing a lawn from a patio for example it matters, you dont want to take it apart in 5 or 6years when the plants are established to rebuild the thing when it starts falling...

tell me youre a reform voter without saying youre a reform voter..

rutlands saw has a similar fence to the dewalt and is much cheaper, its basically a rebadged copy of the american skil, bear in mind these are contractor saws and accuracy and quality of cut is relative, depends what you are going to make really.i had a dewalt but noise and dust collection plus...

it has a 50 year warranty by the manufacturer, same as any other warranty, obviously.