Recent content by skeetstar

Nope, that is not ugly, it is rather nice/quirky. I like it, shame to burn it.

My 6 year old axi TS, has the subsidiary fence as std, it is always set as per advice I read on this site - then end of the fence is fractionally past the gullet of the tooth at table level. I have a very fery healthy respect for my table saw.. bordering on fear, so I am very careful when...

Great workmanship. How did you join the rim sections to each other?

A centimeter? That's a serious problem. I have an old metal bodied Wolf drill. I use it occasionally for precision. Put a long bit in it and there is absolutely nil deflection at the tip. All the modern drills ive had, there is a perceptible if very small deflection at the tip of medium to long...

Is that cast in weight on the gear wheel designed to help balance the weight of the turning handle? If so a nuce bit of thoughtful design, I'm guessing it would give a modicum if flywheel effect?

To be fair, I wouldn't dream of sending a table like that, parcel delivery, in the way you described. It is going to become disassembled en route, 100% guaranteed. When I have to send delicate items, via parcel delivery, I make a plywood box and use plenty of bubble wrap or wood shaving or...

I've got a makita mitre saw that will cut accurately, but as you say, the work needs to be clamped. If not I've noticed a tendency for the blade to 'drag' the timber out of the desired angle... not much, but enough to leave the faces in need of tidying up. Bit hard to explain, but if it's...

Surely that's just a rebranded record or stanley?

Yep, that's it, I bought parts 39, 40 and 46 as well, but I didn't need them, you just need the cog wheel, 41.

I bought one for my corded makita trim router. It fitted OK but I needed to buy a makita toothed wheel to replace the one in the unit. The wheel was cheap enough as a makita spare, so the new base was still a bargain. The two wheels had different numbers of teeth, and the original one didn't...

Plus one for Narex, reasonable price and not made of chinesium like many other cheaper types.

Filament, sideways, thanks for input, I'll see if I can get the carbide edged blades. John, I've got a recipe saw as well, but the shed is going to my mates niece and as my recip saw is a bit of a beast, I'm looking for a but more 'precision' to keep things neat as possible.

Folks I have to help a mate dis assemble a garden shed. I'll have to use a multi tool to cut hidden nails to separate the panels. Anyone got any experience of a good blade (for a Fein) to cut through nails, and maybe some screws as well?

Yep, get down to local charity shop and get a cheap leather belt, fix it to a batten and Bob's yer....

I'm sure every knows, but the original Fein was designed to cut plaster casts off patients, without causing much damage to the patient, should the tool inadvertently contact the patients skin.