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Hi I recently bought one of theses: It is a lot cheaper than the Tormek 10” grinder, but has some issues. It maybe the same with the Tormek but I seem to get a lot of water over my bench when using it. I see Tormek sell a rubber mat which might catch the worst of it, but it is over £40...

I have gone through quite a few Erbauer ones which broke quite frequently. I then bought a tick tack box of milwaukee ones and I am still on my first one, so they seem much better and weren’t overly expensive. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks fezman. I have searched previous topics which seem to be a few years old. I was curious to see if anyone owned a Laguna and what they thought of it. It claims to be able to cut a depth of upto 300mm but I was not sure how good it was at that. https://www.yandles.co.uk/laguna-1412-2 ...

I have finally finished building enough storage in my garage so I can remove a set of shelves and have space for a floor standing bandsaw. I have a 16amp supply but only single phase. I am contemplating spending about £1000 on it. I would like as much capacity as possible and ideally being able...

The finished article! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think melamine faced ply is just expensive. Avon ply which is my local dealer does it at £117 a sheet for 18mm. I don’t know about delivery though. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Some progress. Seems to be working much better now. We tried the no11 skip tooth which even with a new blade seemed very slow. I tried a spiral blade which was better. In the end we decided that a no 9 skip reverse blade works best. We are running the machine at about half speed and have taken...

Many thanks I have got some spiral blades as I thought the children might find them easier when having a go with the saw. In practice we have not played with them much. I am hoping to have another go this afternoon I will start trying the skip tooth blade with no pressure and a bit of a slower...

Thank you for the helpful advice. You identify the machine speed which is one of the variables I haven’t considered properly. How should one decide what speed to set the machine at? Many thanks Mark Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Many thanks for the advice. The blade appears to be square to the table. There is some masking table beneath the picture, but we can try putting some sellotape over the top. The blade is a straightforward skip blade. Perhaps we are just expecting to cut too quickly. Would you expect a reverse...

Hi, we have had a sheppach scroll saw for about a year now and are trying to make some things for Christmas. However when trying to cut this inch thick oak the blade does not seem to be cutting vertically. Are there any suggestions as to what might improve it? This is the photo of the back...

I have now worked out what what I did wrong. As usual the problem is not with the kit but the operator! I had not put the bit in the collet quite far enough so the bottom of the bit was not below the bottom of the collet. Whilst it was tight as it was being used it must have been forced up...

Thanks, I’ll have a play next weekend and see if cleaning it and taking smaller cuts makes a difference first. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The 6mm cutter is on a 1/2” shank in a 1/2” collet so I don’t think that is the problem. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hi, Thanks for all the suggestions and advice. I hope the collet isn’t worn as I only bought the router from Woodworkers Workshop in Feb. It wasn’t cheap and I have only been using it some weekends. I have been using 1/2” bit in a 1/2” collet, so I don’t think that should be a problem. I had...

I am obviously doing something stupid and wonder if you can help? I am trying to route some 6mm slots in some ply on my router table. I keep finding that the slots get deeper as I go across the board so they start at 6mm deep and end up at 8mm plus. It appears that the router bit is moving up in...

I cut the angles for the sides on the table saw using one of those small digital angle boxes to get them spot on. I then used a router bit with a bearing to trim the top and bottoms. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I made these two boxes to hold garden twine as a present at the weekend. They are made out of some beech worktop I was given from Freecycle. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thank you, that is really helpful. One last question of clarification, does that mean that a dual voltage motor will still require an inverter to create 3 phases at 220volts? Many thanks Mark Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sorry to be dim, but can I check that the reason to change the wiring was that so a normal inverter would work with it, not to avoid the need for an inverter? I assume that would require a complete new motor or for the existing to be completely rewound? Thanks Mark Sent from my iPhone using...