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On a £250 max budget the best machine for value would undoubtedly be the Metabo KGS 254. I've had one since 2016 and it's had really heavy use during parts of that time period and it's still doesn't show any signs of wear. Even after extensive use there is no discernable shaft wear/ blade wobble...

Hence my comments which suggest best not bought for use on a daily basis but for occasional use then I'd very much doubt that the emitted vibrations would carry any lasting health risks.

Let's be honest, if I was going to be using a tool on a daily basis then I'd want the best I could afford or justify spending on. You can't expect cheap tools to fulfil the job of top notch tools in a professional situation but if they're only used occasionally and not subjected to abuse, most...

I'll bow to your superior knowledge as you have obviously studied the subject at length and then when I've time I'll come back and ask you to explain a few facts that need further explanation. I'm sure you will have all the answers but might I suggest you don't rely upon Wikipedia as very often...

Re-read what I've written, I've never excluded anthropogenic origins as a contributor to climatic change, it's the blatant misuse of weak data as that used by Mann et al which infuriates me. I often listen to comments made by so called scientists and half of them talk the proverbial. The average...

Here's a simple question for all you Global Warming, Greta loving enthusiasts. If you were a 'scientist' whatever that means and disagreed with the so called consensus opinion of the other so called scientists, would you speak out or would you just bite your tongue knowing full well that to do...

Most woodwork situations don't require the level of accuracy that digital calipers/verniers or whatever you wish to call them can give but in traditional trades such as organ building for instance, the tolerances when building the soundboards is often in thousandths of an inch due to the risk of...

I don't get all the fuss over digital calipers. A digital caliper is simply another tool for conveniently measuring thicknesses/diameters. For their low purchase cost these days and their level of accuracy which is good they are a no-brainer and an excellent addition to one's toolkit. I...

I bought my digital calipers from LIDL and have found them to be excellent with regard to accuracy. I have a couple of good quality traditional micrometers and the accuracy of the digital micrometer when compared with the traditional micrometers was more than adequate enough for me. At the time...

My woodwork has it's origins in organ building so most of my work has always been done by hand rather than using machines so I've always owned a long accurate wooden straight edge (pitch pine) which I've regularly checked and used together with a long steel plane which does a really good job of...

I used to visit Russian friends regularly when they lived in the South Urals/Siberia region of Russia about 20 years ago. The first time I arrived in Moscow in winter it was snowing and a few inches deep but when I got on the second flight to the provincial airport in the Urals and it landed...

My bad, seems like I have my ad-blocker switched on. Usually I leave it off if I don't subscribe to a site but use it occasionally. I'll switch it off as I have run web sites in the past and I know how much effort goes into running them.

I don't use the forum except occasionally but I can't see why the site owners don't introduce advertising just as many free sites do to raise revenue? Sites like this have running costs and expenses plus they need to be continually monitored for content. They don't just magically appear on the...

We all have hopes and dreams, sometimes they come off sometimes they don't. I was fortunate in that I succeeded in dong the things I set out to achieve though maybe not in the usual sequential order. When I bought my first home I bought it outright but needed a complete restoration. It was two...

I attended the local RC school in the 1950s. In those days they schools only received a 50% grant for running costs from the state because it was a faith school so everything was at a premium as the church paid the rest. It was only nearing the end of my school days that they obtained one of...

Sorry for the delay I've looked everywhere for one of my old knives to show as an example but I think the last time I saw it my neighbour had borrowed it and I somehow don't think he returned it so that's on my to do list as I have a hacksaw which I do know needs a new blade. I still have a...

Yes we would take a piece of hardwood dowel, slot it to accept the piece of hacksaw blade and then bind it into the slot with the strong tracker thread we used and then finish off the binding with light coating of animal glue to keep it tightly held. Better than anything you could buy. You could...

From my earliest days as a church organ builder apprentice I was always taught to use a marking knife before cutting anything cross grained as we always used hand saws. The knife mark as a cutting reference also reduced both wastage and general damage to the timber through breakout. We'd also...

It was the first proper joint I learned at about 12 years old at school too. It was back in the days when coffee tables were popular projects and the black painted bracket tapered legs were even splayed rather than perpendicular plus the top was finished in French polish. They taught proper...

I'd wager now, not that I would mind you, but if I started producing rustic pieces of country furniture similar to that shown in the OPs post there would be a market for it. I'd certainly be able to sell the pieces I made such is the market appeal for that sort of thing. Part of the attraction...