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True story. I brought a compressor from aldi maybe 15 years ago. Think it was £99maybe more. With a full set of air tools. 6 years ago I...

According to the g sharp guy trend are prone to sharp practice!

They are different in the ways suggested but honestly in use there the same. They tend to beggar up when you loosen them and they drop...

I've only just become aware of it! There £5000 on ebay but there compact I guess.

Age and clumsiness seem related especially with work at height. But equally with machinery. ..unfortuneatly.

Taiwan is basically streets ahead in metal manufacture. China is variable but with areas of speciality. Those planes are very obviously...

It's interesting they've avoided bench planes only making low angle bu planes. I'm guessing m2 may struggle when the angles to acute(a2...

There pretty as far as planes go. I am after a block plane but I'm after a nice vintage one that allows a decent cut my lie nielsen is...

Hybrid silicone? gripfills OK but not used loads these days(I've not used it for over a decade) gun grade pu foam which is what phils...

Just had mine done by a chap. He used rubio monocoat. Only done today but its flat as a fluke(matt)

I still don't know where these are made for certain? If there chinese that's fine. If there from Taiwan that's good as well.

My point really is don't listen to any science or fluff or sales(no matter how convincing) just pick one up. I've been using mine all...

The irony being these saws are high quality and once set would be as safe as they can be. It's the cheap saws I won't go near fearing...

It matters if the company name is "the Melbourne tool company" besides that the quangsheng irons are superb.

I've got amazing joints from a track saw and 3m rail. Certain states are very difficult to correct on a planer no matter how well set...