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I have to agree with MikeG. I ran my Elecktra Beckham P/T without extraction before I found a dust extractor perfectly well. Mind you it made a heck of a mess. I remodeled a cardboard box to guide/collect the chips before the DEx. I've often used a bandsaw without DEx with no problems.

There is no thing as interest free credit as many others have already stated, the cost of the interest is built upfront into the price. Yes it is. Whoever's heard of a successful businessman giving anything away? The thing that really, yes REALLY, gets my gander up is that you cannot get a...

I would expect the standard engineering tolerance for something like this to be +/_ 0.1mm. But 0.6mm! That's Ebay and Amazon for you. You have to be careful.

Oops! looks like I was too late. Oh well.

Phil. Hi! I've emailed you my details. I spend a day a week maintaining and restoring an ancient open trestle post mill at Nutley, East Suusex. I will, if that is OK with you, donate a tenner to them as it really only survives with visitor donations and grants. If anyone is local and wants to...

One of the tasks I undertake is to help maintain and restore an early open trestle post windmill. Currently I am replacing some rotten wood and have to drill several 1" diameter holes through 12" of extremely well seasoned oak. So I have a 1" auger bit of suitable length but the power tool the...

Hasn't anyone looked at five bar wooden outdoor gates? Many have a dowel to draw the tenons together. The dowels are hardwood.

Thanks everyone for your advice and tips. I'll try some of them when I next get into the workshop. Have a great wooding weekend!

I have recently bought a Rexon EDS-300A 12" 300mm Disc Sander and am quite happy with it. However I have a tendency to burn the wood I am sanding. At an evening class in Uckfield I attend there is an Axminster 300mm sander and I only burn the wood if I stupidly try to remove too much at a time...