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Just to say thank you for the add I’m in kent and have an interest in woodworking and an ageing Startrite Band Saw which I’m restoring...

I doubt you'll find output power on most machines, use input power and if only one power is specified it will be input power.

I had a Startrite 352 with a 3 phase 750w motor running from a 1.5kw VFD and found it under powered, it would struggle with oak at 200mm...

The depth of cut physically possible and that achievable are likely somewhat different. On my old bandsaw the height under the guides...

I have become pretty proficient with the tap, tap, tap method and experience with the stud spacing in my house. I have a cheepo detector...

Buy a couple of dozen of the little neodymium ones. They'll mark all the screws or nails around the place you want to cut. But all the...

Made another planter and a small stool. The stool was a test of the design to see if I wanted to make a bench and table in similar...

We have had these parasols for a few years and although not cheap to buy, the quality was pretty bad causing me to carry out various...

Most of the face frame up, love that part as for me it's when it really starts to look as intended. Got filler into the 100 nail holes...

I saw a story a while back which said that a very large percentage of statin prescriptions are completely unnecessary. Stating it to be...

Interesting! ChatGP sounds just like a brainwashed modern sharpener! Which is obviously what you would expect?

Are sharpening guides recommend for experienced hand tools woodworkers? And the reply. Sharpening guides can still be beneficial for...

I know it sounds bonkers, but it’s cheaper to get Brigg to make a custom set than buy an off the shelf 55mm from Whitehill.

My favorite line: "Homeowner, Steve Holden said: "[The builder] assured me that he could build a moveable structure that didn’t require...

The chant could be heard ‘ Spindle, Spindle, from the river to the sea a Spindle is what it has to be!’😂😂