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I think that you have missed the point. The analogy of an Aston Martin or a Landrover is not that one will make you better. it is about horses for courses. Do you want to drive off road or do you want a Grand tourer, The same is true for tools. Festool make fantastic precision tools but very...

Planer thicknesser now sold. Norris I hope it gives you as good service as it has given me over the years. Also a really big thankyou for helping me get my new machine into the workshop. Everything tidied up (god it was a mess) anjd now just ready for wiring up Ian

See attached video for Lindab gutter installation. Lindab are one of teh biggest mfrs in Scandinavia and northern europe. Very important to turn the edges of the cut out down to provide a drip edge to minimise water holding onto the edge .

This thread has raised lots of questions and lots of emotions. I have built my workshop up over 30 years. 80% of my tools are second hand but if I had to go out and replace everything new tomorrow youre probably looking a £20k (sobering thought for the insurance perspective). If someone has...

When you cut zinc coated steel with a properly set up guillotine, some of the zinc is dragged over the cut edge and gives a bit more protection to the exposed steel. In practice in site you want to get as smooth a finish as possible to decrease the exposed surface area of steel. One of the...

Perhaps I've been doing this woodworking thing wrong. I dont see a single good quality hand tool on any of your list It does depend upon what you want to make but I would certainly suggest you need a decent set of quality chisels, a couple of bench plane, a rebate plane, a couple of hand saws...

I have literally collected a brand new Hammer A3 31 with spiral head. It is still in my van waiting unloading. I tried out a number of machines before I bought this. Sedgewick MB spiral and Hammer A3 31 which I both used for half an hour, Axminster 12 inch spiral, as well as a numbe rof older...

To be honest I have really enjoyed the statrite It has worked well for me for years. One of the main reasons for the spiral reduce noise

Hammer A3 - 31 with silent block. Will do a write up on it once I have used it for a bit Ian

Hi Norris no sure if you can access my pm. Mobile number is below but I will remove it in a day or 2 to stop spam now removed

310 wide by ~170mm so apprpx 12 X 7 in old money Based near Chester but might be able to deliver to Milton Keynes when pick up new machine Ian

Hi Norris I have sent you a pm with my contact details Ian

Images attached Tables are 1250mm long Total width 600mm There is a grp chute which fits onto the chip chipping chute and connects to a 100mm dia hoze for extraction Ian

I have had this machine for years and it has never missed a beat Single phase. Does need a 16 amp supply Spare set of knives Only selling as I am buying a newer model so should be available by end of this month. Can be seen running £750. Any question please ask Ian

Profiled galvanised or prepainted steel roofs can be designed to give quite good acoustic performance but you need to consider number of factors Stiffness. The sound you hear from rain drumming is caused by the steel roof vibrating. The stiffer the roof profile the less noise. Ways to improve...

It is surprisingly quick to set up and cut by hand. particularly with a guide batten.

I always cut the lids off by hand using a japanese saw which means I lose less than 1mm in total kerf. Cutting off using the BS would be slightly quicker but mistakes also happen a lot quicker. If I were buying a new saw I would draw up a list of what I wanted to do with it and then prioritise...

Direct from S & S as I was considering the 310mm option.

Looking at your sketch there are a number of issues. You need to think about how you will get a perfect fit of 1 box within another as even a very slight gap will show. 18mm ply is quite thick to be cutting with a hand held circular but can be done using a guide batten and a good quality blade...

I bought the i Gaging one from Peter Sefton. Still on first battery https://woodworkersworkshop.co.uk/colle ... -caliper-6 Ian