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    Pegas blades advice please?

    A while ago our American cousins had a lot of trouble with the Pegas blades breaking at the notch, they started to return any for new blades without the notch.
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    Father's Day

    Or this. https://archive.org/details/hundredsoft ... la/page/n6
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    A plea to all UK scrollers

    Barry, Baltic birch ply is used because it as no voids, try ebay, amazon or model shops to buy from. I've never used anything but repositionable spray glue to fix the pattern to the wood, currently using the Crafters Companion one in the purple can. Spray it on the back of the pattern, sand the...
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    3 Wheeled bandsaws???

    I had a Sealey one of those threee wheel saws that came with a one inch sanding belt and a little upstand that bolted to the table, had the saw for twenty years and never used the belt once.
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    anybody own or read this book?

    It loads for me, all be it slowly but it's there.
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    Stanley Yankee 130A vs 130B

    To stop them rolling off the bench. :D
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    Mitre clamp

    Thank you Andy and Custard for your answers, yes it does look like it's well suited to making picture frames, will give it a go the next time I make a frame. Patented in 1897, I wonder when they went out of production. Still a bit more investigating to do.
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    hay? what?

    Mine are NHS aids (I would recommend anyone thinking of getting hearing aids to go the NHS route but you have to be referred through your doctor) and there is a button on them that can reduce background noise, but I find that if I turn the volume down I can cut it down even further. I've only...
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    hay? what?

    I had trouble hearing the TV, I suffer from Tinnitus and hearing loss at the higher frequencies, ended up with hearing aids which are a revelation to the sounds I can now hear. Until I got some I just didn't know what sounds I couldn't hear before, so go for a hearing test before spending a...
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    I want to buy a scroll saw.

    The only difference as far as know between the 40-540 and the 560 type 2 is that the 540 is variable speed and the 560 is two speed. The 560 type one didn't have the quickset blade clamps. Are you sure the base is different?
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    Mitre clamp

    Picked up this clamp at a boot sale on Sunday only because I've never seen one before. It has two serrated rollers that turn and push the wood as it tightens. The words patent and roller are only two words on it, so if anyone knows when and by who it was made I would be grateful.
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    Help needed with air bellows

    I borrowed one of the dogs squeaky toys, took the squeaker out pushed the tube in the hole, then glued it under the bottom arm. This is on my Delta but should work on any machine.
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    Newbe - seeking advice please

    There may be some clubs near you that are not on the AWGB site.
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    Countersink drill set advice sought

    Have a look at the trend Snappy range. https://www.trenddirectuk.com/trend-sna ... untersinks
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    Carving knives

    John, on page 11 of their brochure they do two, 6019 curved blade, 6014 straight blade. https://www.henrytaylortools.co.uk
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    Carving knives

    I don't know if it's the best but I'm using a Flexcut knife and can't fault it. Other makes that are widely available are are Pfeil, Mora and Kirschen to name three.
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    Legit or not..?

    Seems like an Irish company, https://micotech.co.uk/tos
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    Suspect tax scam

    If you are due a refund it'll say in your gateway message that it has been refunded to the account that you gave them for paying your tax.
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    How square is your square

    Your profile says Derby, two shops that I know in derby are Jaymac on London Road and Protrade on Ascot Drive, there must be B&Q, Homebase, Wickes and the like as well.
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    Nearly new Microclene faulty

    I think they were on a stand at Newark, Biven Tools I think.
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