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Mark, Ordinary 5" pinless blades will work, the belt is usually leather and needs shortening if too slack. happy scrolling Steve

Tony, I would suggest that when you have decided on the hole size have some lengths turned on a lathe to be a tight fit, hammer them into the hole and then just cut off and repeat. Steve

I have and would recommend a Peter Child machine. http://www.peterchild.co.uk/pyroinfo/pyinfo.htm

I've done it several times and not just with wood and shorter than an inch, I just sanded the ends to make a good joint and then slid them onto the tubes with plenty of super glue.

The second picture looks like shaw guards with the wooden bits missing, as rumtopf has said. They were also fitted to planers as well, I remember using a Sedgwick planer/thicknesser with Shaw guards fitted.

Chris, if you click on the donate button on Steve's site you can pay through Paypal without an account, just fill in your details. Conversion is done either by Paypal or your card issuer, I think you can choose which but not certain. happy scrolling Steve

Mark, there are some good Inkscape tutorials on the Scollsaw village forum also on youtube. To alter the font size in Inkscape is just like in Office word, the size box is at the side of the font description box but you also can do it by dragging the bounding arrows that surround the word when...

Yes they came up cheapest for me as well but if I've read it right you have to pay in advance for your energy, there was another company that did that (Sparky I think) and had very bad reviews.

Mark, it's possible to do what you want in Office Word or you could download Inkscape (it's a drawing programme like CorelDraw but it's free) or you could buy CorelDraw. happy scrolling Steve

I stripped down an old Footprint hand drill that had a chuck that went down to zero and removed the chuck and shaft and now use it in the pillar drill.

You need to put your machine at the side of a Delta with the quickset blade clamps if you want to see an easy blade change.

I use Bostik Fast Tak re-positionable spray glue from Wilcos. cheaper but just as good as 3m spray mount.

I think Good Woodworking featured him a while back.

My favourite, just because it belonged to my uncle is a Sargent 1085 with 54 different cutters.

Hi Tentpole, you can get thin wood from Hobbies. http://www.alwayshobbies.com/materials/wood/panels happy scrolling Steve

Martin, I do believe Gill has a Diamond saw, you should pm her if she doesn't pick up on this thread and maybe she could help solve your problem. happy scrolling Steve

Martin, I've found that in the USA they have a larger choice of blades and sometimes it can be cheaper postage from America than in the UK. Hobbies is only £1.95 a gross postage for Niqua blades but they don't have a big selection of blade types, then there's Original Marquetry who want £8.95 a...

my sentiments exactly, you should see some of the wood my three dogs bring home with them, and I for one ain't going to take it from them. :lol: :lol: :lol:

To add to the above, if you're going to have less than £5595 earnings in the tax year then you can apply for a National Insurance exemption certificate.

These two pens are Blackthorn possibly root, I was out with the dogs and I got it after a car had ploughed into a Blackthorn hedge and made a big gap (way before I got there) and the piece was just laying there. I had no idea what it would turn like but I'm glad I gave it a try. Steve