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Im sure this is the right approach for oneself if not the enviroment, we have a very expensive Melie washing machine thats now over 10yrs old, no repairs and no serviceing, but for the past 5 or 6 yrs weve been tied to old technology, newer machines have shorter wash cycles, lower temp programs...

Well its taken a week for the router bit to arrive and when it did I was mightily disappointed to find that the shank was very rusty and that there is a small chip on the corner of one tip,,Im waiting to hear back from the seller, he/she is uk based but clicking “contact the seller” connects you...

T7,,,oh balls,,,and looking at them they are nothing like a bloody old Elu Mof,,, but dont feel too bad about it because its quite normal for to have to drill holes in router table plates, my Bosch (I think it is) table had to be drilled to take the Elu router, and if you use a cable tie to hold...

Im not familier with the Trend T5 but I wonder why they say its not suitable for mounting in a table,,any ideas? In fact Ive just looked at a T5 and it looks to be a copy of my old Elu Mof router presently hanging upside down in a cheap router table though Im happy to be corrected on this...

Your obviously fairly clued up with tools and all but check out info on using a router, there are some things you need to observe such as how fast you feed/ push the cutter and depth of cut, cutter speed, some of which is to do with having both an understanding and a feel for how its going,,not...

What about Japanese electric planes?,,,, Steve.

I started useing an old Stanley Dowel Jig (No51 I think the model is) and its great, used it for joining planks and I found it easy to use and very accurate. I also did oak loose tennons, just like giant dominoes, but had to fiddle around making a simple jig for the router to cut the mortices...

All the above is good advice but for myself I would be happy to use pressure treated sawn timber,,its only a small shed so shouldn't cost too much,, Btw, I suspect its your plan anyway but make the sides and back on the ground and then fix the panels together,,like they make sheds! Steve.

Hello Danny, yes I thought the same, but I know for sure that the Engineers vice had a cast steel half nut too, my thinking was that perhaps they felt that carpentry vices would be subject to lighter loads and went for a material that would make for a smoother operation??,,I thought bronze? Steve.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/294276074875 There is a Paramo Half Nut and bracket on ebay,,, Steve.

Well it does sound as though its the half nut, but do bear in mind Ive got very limited experience of these things and Im just relating stuff Ive read. The Paramo engineers vice I put together had a cast steel bracket holding the half nut,,I wonder where you could pick up another halfnut?? Good...

Im guessing DW is talking about a “cylinder” push along mower? Sounds like a heart attack to me! Anyway, Ive got a Makita cordless hedgecutter which Im very happy with and would definitely consider one of the mowers. However our neighbour has for very many years used a mains powered electric...

All I can say is try to start with stock thats square and flat,,its a bloody headache otherwise, Steve.

Yes I like the sound of that, well made and zero chance,,,thats a phrase I will try to remember,,,

My chum has just fitted a cheap chinese “Erberspacer” in his boat and is extreamly pleased with it. He thought it was very well made and was super cheap too, Check out Amazon for them as Im sure thats where he bought it. I know there will be all sorts of safety/insurance/moral concerns,,but...

Ive just reassembled a neighbours Paramo engineers vice that fell apart, looks to be the same workings as yours and the Record type, not sure what he was doing but it was a small pile of bits when I saw it, anyway one thing I did notice was that the QR blade is under some tension when its...

For anyone else looking at making dowels, I used a dowel plate similer to the one Josh shows above, it was just for 1/2inch dowels in oak and worked very well for a minimum amount of effort, the dowels it made were rather ragged with a prounounced spiral groove but sanded up well enough for my...

Yes quite correct, however I was using a 12.7mm upcut spiral bit that was not made for plungeing, it had cutters around the edge but a solid centre and in softwood I found that i could easily plunge providing I had drilled just one hole, plunging down the sidebof the hole and working along and...

Indeed, there are a number of router bit collet sizes but I think ( though I wouldnt swear to it) that some of the end mills come in very odd shank sizes related to the cutter dia, so best to double check if going for one of these. Steve

Many thanks everyone, Ive got an ebay £9 bit on order, chickened out with anything over 1.5inches and have to agree with Tiddles, there must be the possibility of very slight tipping with the bigger the bit the bigger the chance of it really catching, so Ive erred on the side of caution. Ive...