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I see a cbn wheel on a grinder with a oneway wolverine jig so he presumably turns. His user planes are records, nice but not extravagant, and his T square isn't red. Move along please, nothing (obsessive) to see :)

That sums it up very well. I've restored a few machines and my buddies have done more, mostly for ourselves as we search for our ideal machines but including a couple of overhauls for people who asked nicely. It's never as simple as expected. The machine is always worse than the owner describes...

Most probably not :) That's why I rarely use tradesmen compared to doing a job myself. I take 10x as long but where the tradie would stick 'em back on the floor, I wouldn't. When you're retired, you have the time to take pride in doing it right rather than everything being about value for money...

I watched a youtube by project farm this morning comparing 3/8" ratchets available in the USA. Snap on did well. Interestingly Milwaukee handled the highest torque before failure in a destructive test and a Wera wrench did surprisingly poorly. But such tests don't tell you about subtleties such...

The feet that came with my present lathe (600-700kg) are round adjustable things and just have a 3/8" thick layer of granulated cork on the bottom. Maybe some thick cork mats could be sacrificed from the kitchen while you look into other options ?

Castors under an industrial pillar drill would scare me sh1tless ! 225kG of top heavy drill going over = a real mess.

Do bolt it to something. My own Fobco 7-eight is heavier than the meddings with a much bigger base, but has 2 holes for feet at the front and one central at the back. That triangle isn't stable enough if you have a big piece of steel off to one side of the table. I've done exactly what you...

Mark your cutting line and place the wood in position against the fence. Without starting the saw, release the locking catch and bring the blade down to the wood. Tap the timber left or right until the correct edge of the blade is lined up with your mark. You can position a cut to a fraction of...

https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/doc/decision-regulation-impact-statement-prohibition-use-engineered-stone If you work in the industry, buy or sell it, you would be advised to read the exec summary, pages 6 to 10. It's another country and there may be detail differences, but the Australian...

"The Blue-Point Tool Company was established in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1925. Initially providing punches and chisels, it soon expanded to include wrenches, pliers and more. The Blue-Point name became synonymous with quality hand tools. Blue-Point and the Snap-on Wrench Company merged to become...

I think Australia may be leading the world towards a ban on the machining of some of these materials. It is a problem. Silicosis is known and nasty. It isn't a big stretch to think that some of the worktop materials may be a problem and they have been doing research into it.

My tip would be to get a better router with a tacho on the spindle so that it holds speed under load. Far nicer to use.

As you've realised, your lathe is a generic Chinese made design. You will find it for sale under the nu-tool brand and probably others in addition to the Clarke and Perform ( Axminster yellow) branding. I would be inclined to ask for a refund / return. I'm not a fan of these machines with...

👍 This was handy too, but less recent https://toolguyd.com/tool-brands-corporate-affiliations/ The thread is interesting and made me wonder how do you figure out what's good without getting hands on ? Most of us won't have experience of every brand, and we may know tools from back in the day...

I'm locking this thread. We started with a reasonable and interesting discussion of a piece of proposed government legistlation that will affect all of us in one way or another, and that discussion has been dragged off onto the same old, same old pro and anti immigration debate. Give it a rest !

It costs 85% more because those are the prices that the market will bear.

What do you want to cut, and what for ? Have you been through the tracksaw, mitre saw, bandsaw arguments to know that a table saw is the best answer ? Have you noted that you should have the option of a sawstop model by the year end ? Quite possibly at eye watering prices but at least you'd be...

This has come up before: https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/threads/need-some-help-with-table-saw-choices.131193/

You already asked this 2 weeks ago. https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/threads/denford-viceroy-catalogue-anyone-ever-seen-one.148505/

I was surprised when I bought anti vibe feet. They are compliant enough that I can slightly rock the whole lathe by hand. Actually much softer than pads made of rubber belting. The base cabinet is heavy sheet and fully welded so very rigid in it's own right.