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Looking great! Thankyou!!!

I did the same to my Excel (dewalt clone) - huge difference. It was actually very simple to do, there is a whole thread on doing it here if you search for soft-start. https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/threads/fitting-a-soft-start-module-to-dewalt-dw745-table-saw.136228/

I have the excel one but sadly they have dropped it from their range. Their customer service is a bit wierd in that they will never confirm or deny whether something is just temporarily out of stock and will come back at some point or if they have been discontinued completely. If I were to need...

2. The top wheel appears to be loose on its bearing. The bottom wheel is solid and has zero play. The top wheel has a lot of play when not under tension, it rocks back and forth on the bearing it sits on. The bearing itself seems loose, and also the fit of the wheel onto the bearing. I assume...

Photos of the bottom tyre

So I got a chance to spend an hour fiddling with the machine this evening. I have taken some videos to try and illustrate the issues so hopefully they will upload OK. I will try and post the individual bits separately so that it is easier to reply to them in parts. 1. The tyres - The bottom...

The ones they sent are the actual makita ones, so wherever makita make them! (They are a Japanese brand but have factories all over the place). I’d recommend ordering two because then you can cut down full ply sheets by joining them together. Yes I use the Festool f clamps with mine and it is...

Thanks for the advice on the thread, I did my first helicoil yesterday and it was much easier than I had anticipated. The grub screw to hold the thrust bearing in place is now able to clamp it properly.

I like the whiteside bits you can get in uk from routercutter.co.uk

I ordered two of these two weeks ago as I needed a new guide rail for my TS55. The picture on the website is different but the product they send is actually the makita rail, so I was very pleased with that. The makita tracks are compatible with the Festool, Makita, Evolution and possibly some...

Yeah I have been doing some work with 18mm ply lately so the 8tpi is in my current bandsaw. I'll probably buy an 8tpi, 4tpi and maybe a 3tpi. Ian at tuffsaws has always given me good advice previously so I’ll reach out to him to see if he can reccomend a range for this saw

Thanks Tom for your helpful post. I've ordered the helicoil thing now and it was only £5 in the end for the whole set. I will be able to have a good look at the rest of the machine over the weekend coming, and hopefully will be able to look into what is causing it to have so much vibration...

Ok thanks, I’m still a bit confused about how this will latch on to the nipple, as it will need to depress the ball bearing that sits at the tip of the nipple to work! But I’ll order one and give it a go!

Ahh good to know, thanks for doing that research! The one in your video seems to have plastic caps which can be removed and then the oil poured in - very simple! If you look at the ones I have in that photo earlier, mine have actual fixed nipples on which presumably require a mating fitting and...

Okay that is great, I'll order a set of those and give that a go, that way I will only be repairing the single thread rather than doing work to all of them. I'm separately trying to work out what i'll need in order to oil via these nipples rather than grease (as @deema explained they will need...

Thoughts on this cheaper version of a helicoil for the purpose?

Just tried it again and it worked this time! Yes it looks very similar to mine, it’s quite comprehensive a manual actually so it will take me some time to sift through it. Thanks for sourcing it for me.

Those ones in your photo look to have a very fine thread, I found these on ebay but they look a bit coarser than your example. Deemas comments and the articles he has linked to seem to suggest that the rear thrust bearing should be fine as is, maybe simply with an attempt at dressing.

True - but does the fact that it is plastic also affect the ability to helicoil? I actually can see that the metal thread on the bolt itself is flattened in areas and I imagine this is what has messed up the threads in the plastic piece, so whether I do take the approach of just re-drilling and...

100% certain they are plastic, that’s why I was thinking I could get away with drilling and then threading it in