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C max.... there's a firm that advertises in homeworkshop.org that specialises in moving that kinda gear about the country for us hobbyists.......never heard a bad thing about em....."ladymovers" I think... they use for sure at least 1 modified pick-up with hydraulic crane fitted..... for the...

quite a lot of planers do this..... on my dewalt D27300 I made sure that the blade were fresh from the sharpers and was careful to have a steady but fast'ish speed over the blades...plus my wife is very good on the out-feed side.. I only edge plane / joint in one session.... never after...

looking good.... nice job.... be nice if it were mine...... Παρακαλώ

I found a wooden barrel factory in SW France... never seen so many felled oaks...they were spraying water 24/7... Hate to think of the value of those logs and that was 10 yeras ago....

With no back up blocking u just have to go real slow… Really sharp sharp bit's is a must…..to stop blow out….. I use em but metal drill bit are ok for wood but just ok….

my point is how do you prove what you own, regardless of fire or flood....

Sgian they did it because it's a great way to keep ur job.... guess they will all be paid a fat salary even if the first blob takes a decade...... men in suits again.....parasites....... not all experiments are wasteful tho, before anyone has a go.....lol....

Thinking that is....... I was thinking of those poor souls in Kent and elsewhare with destruction of their houses....... lying awake thinking about it, it may be a good idea to video ur entire house and workshop showing all items and tools.... it's hard enough to make an insurance claim anyway...

I'd be using brass if u can afford it.....it's just as strong but a ***** to hand thread....even with the correct brass taps of old...... best bit about brass is the lack of corrosion....good luck with the steel and wood reactions.... I have a load of outside hardwood furniture that need ur...

a bench is kind of a table and visa versa..... dont get hung up on it....init.....hahaha.... have a great day.... oh, try living abroad for a bit if u need different names for stuff.... obv it'll drive u nuts...... like every language it's full of foreign words....lol.....nobody is right...

be nice to see a few pictures....... i have a couple of machines with pulley'swith quite large chunks missing from their outter rims..... They were a tommorow job that never came.... all I did was to file the edges off the broken bits and the belts have lasted just as long... 1 machine has a 5hp...

In the old days I’ve had a wack around the head by the local Bobby who knew everybody….didn't do me any harm…. no respect at all for the modern version… shame is they spend a lot of time and resources catching said a'hole then the magistrate let’s em off…. much prefer the US idea…lock em up…...

Used to work a lot on old crawler cranes etc….. they are always up to the axles in mud n gunge….. there were bolts that had to be tight but at the maintaining schedule they had to be undone….we’re talking 2”--50mm diameter stuff…. we found over the years copper slip mixed with a little EP 80...

Aliens……lol….

I bought a 3hp Hitachi and was so pleased with it I bought another to perm hang under my router table… not as fancy as the overpriced Festool but just smooth n good…

as a kid (now 73) I remember the 2 bob ticket at the weekend where u could use the buses or the underground for 24hrs in London....to go anywhere..... Fast forward living in Greece...they have a good metro system in Athens plus a decent bus service... the cost when I was there was €1,50 for I...

this is what I use, and it's refilable....or with ur own oil, a bit cheaper.... Or go to Super drug etc and get the same thing empty..... In my 50 odd years of working in engineering I have NEVER had an oil can that didn't leak.... Got to admit to fancying one of those fancy US custom made...

u have to start somewhere....... did u buy it new from AXI...?....if so get it exchanged or at least get em to send an engineer.... if it was new and u exchange it, either go look at the next one u get in the flesh or get them to measure the accuracy.... is there any play in the spindle...

again another stunning model....

John hall, perfect answer....... I would never go near even the softer ST/Steels with a carbon anything.... For jobs that involve more than a few threaded holes in ST/Steel I always buy a new tap.... Stainless is awful stuff to machine/work esp by hand .... I bought a metric tap 32mm dia in...