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  1. paulm

    Need help with setting up Camvac Cgv386-5 90l

    My twin motor record unit uses the same cloth bag pre-filter and I think your pic 2 is exactly how it should be, except maybe not have so much external overhang and smooth the cloth out on the rim a bit more. Mine has never had any retaining clips for the lid, the weight of the motors and the...
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    New project for work

    30mm doesn't sound enough to me, deeper and tight joints will help resist racking. Timberlock or other long screws will help with that too of course driven in from below at an angle, but the more depth the better really. Think I did mine about 40mm or 50mm, as deep as I could easily manage with...
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    Fitting a woodworking vice to workbench

    https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/threads/fitting-a-bench-vice.18336/ :)
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    New project for work

    I made some simple benches from treated softwood sleepers for the woodland a few years ago. One sleeper per bench, just dug into the ground and lasting very well. Recessed the uprights into the tops, nice tight joints to help reduce racking, and secured with timberlok screws at an angle from...
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    How clamp down long piece of wood to allow routing along its length?

    A router inverted in a simple mdf table would be ideal for this and more controllable with less possibility of mishaps. Would likely be useful in future for other routing jobs too.
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    Bandsaw for resawing up to 200mm oak beams...or do it by hand?

    Even if you have a good bandsaw with enough power and clearance it will be a struggle to lift and handle and process that kind of timber through the machine. The cut accuracy may also be challenging due to blade wandering/bowing and you will likely need to put the timber through a planer...
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    Bandsaw tension

    Never bothered taking the tension off on my Startrite machine in the last thirty years, no discernible real world issues with wheel tyres, bearings or blades, likewise my small Rexon machine. Better for me to have the machines ready to use without the need to fiddle with settings and...
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    Double garage heating

    If the heater grill isn't warm after two hours then it sounds like either the heater is faulty or you have switched the fan on but not the heating elements ?!! My well insulated workshop warms up nicely with a ten to fifteen minute blast from the 3kw fan heater. Used to leave an oil filled rad...
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    Sorby proedge cheaper belts?

    I've used BND Abrasives in Andover for many years, good choice, decent prices and will post of course, downside was you had to usually order 10 or 12 of each item at a time. Not had to order any recently though so don't know if they are still around and if the prices are still good.
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    How would you go about making this cut repeatably?

    I'd be a bit surprised if the ceiling and floor were exactly the same height difference across the width you are building in ? May be measure at different points along the width and cut them individually to fit, or save a lot of trouble by cutting to the lowest height less an allowance of 5 or...
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    Pickaroon- very useful

    Yep, very useful for timber handling :) I use one together with a pair of log tongs when moving and stacking five foot long logs for seasoning, use the pick to lift one end of the log up for getting the tongs on and then pick in the other end, allows lifting and moving the logs without any back...
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    Small carving knife blades

    Reciprocating saw blades and chunkier band saw blades are good for making your own small carving knives, easy enough to do and quite satisfying :)
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    Hammer Bandsaw N4400 Noise when starting

    Possibly the drive belt squealing, if you can get easy access to it you can give it a quick spray with something made for the job but forget what it's called, belt dressing or similar ? My startrite does exactly the same which is why I suspect that :)
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    Grow your own ... 'shrooms

    Try dry frying them over a medium heat in a non-stick pan until they exude most of their moisture and it evaporates off, then add olive oil or butter to finish at the end, it firms up the texture and intensifies the flavour, and stops them going soggy by absorbing oil or butter too early :)...
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    OSB

    Not all osb is the same ! Osb2 doesn't last long outdoors but osb3 contains much more glue and is more water resistant and will last a lot longer.
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