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One of these from Screwfix - was recommended by the insurer when I ran a bike shop . . . most likely fires would electrical, as with machines in my workshop. https://www.screwfix.com/p/firechief-co2-fire-extinguisher-2kg/56985

That's what I graduated from to the tracksaw - it worked but not as easily as running the saw IN the rail rather than AGAINST it - especially on very long cuts

Hmm, it doesn't plunge by the look of it, running the blade guard along the rail with presumably an adjustable depth setting for the blade - the plunge, to me, is one of the attractions of my track saw.

My letter to the great man specifies the request for a wide and a narrow - plus a spare set of blades for each one . . . . . thanks for the suggestions.

It's black sawn limestone in 600 x 900 size - that has been sealed with Stonecare colour enhancer (probably need re-doing every couple of years) The wall cladding is Thermowood fixed on batten attached to a blockwork wall

Very light rub down to start with - with a very fine grit sandpaper (? grit) by hand with minimal pressure. Only used the OSMO top oil, and less than half a 500ml can. This is the stuff I bought from Wood-Finishes-Direct.com Osmo Spray Cleaner (8026) 500ml Osmo Top Oil 500ml, Natural 3068...

I made a kitchen dining table about 18 months ago and wondered about finish - with a specific wish to keep the original pale Birch ply colour (the plywood was the best quality stuff, supplied by Cutlist near High Wycombe) I used OSMO Top Oil 3068 which is the natural colour version - applied...

Based on the recommendation above I've asked for the man in the red suit to bring me a Bahco scraper in about a month's time. Blades for the Skarstens do seem to appear on ebay from time to time as do the scrapers - at a price

I would have thought, as suggested, that a couple of secondhand Portakabin/Terrapin units would be better/cheaper . . .. and a great big mobile crane wouldn't cost that much for 2 quick lifts over a building (they've just lifted a shipping container over the top of a house up the road from us -...

I have the Axminster AC1400B (or rather the same machine they sold before they rebadged it Ax Craft) - it works fine BUT I do find the throat size very limiting and the fence is a bit hit and miss. It's my first bandsaw - if I had known then what I know now I'd have lashed out more money on a...

:) - yep, it did look a bit like that with the tables - the patio had only just been laid and we just got all the furniture out. The fence idea also looks pretty good when it's painted - this is at the front of the house, stained with Cuprinol Garden Shades Ash Black

I know what you mean about trellis and off-the-shelf fencing etc - I've just fenced the whole of our garden with horizontal slats about 12mm apart - the timber is just roof batten stapled onto the uprights (with the neighbour's lap fence behind) Very pleased with the effect.

It's not just the WWWorkshop site - it's almost every site that has the pop-ups - and yes they keep reappearng (that's with Firefox, Edge and two Android browsers I have on my phone) There was something in the tech press a couple of weeks ago about preventing them (presumably it's all to do...

IIRC the cart Tomas has just has one machine (the mitre saw) on it so when flipped down the cart wheels under a bench out of the way. That's what I plan to do with my disc/belt sander to save bench-top space

Pretty sure that Tomas at Casual DIY on YT has a mitre saw in a flip-cart - worth a look.

I just have a single garage as a workshop but managed to build a mitre-saw station between two benches - lowered so that the bed of the saw is level with the bench tops. Like most mitre-saws the dust collection is pretty poor so I built a shroud box around mine to at least contain the dust...

Unless I'm missing something the router itself has a variable speed controller . . . . I have a very similar router built into a home-made table and I just have to reach underneath to turn the speed adjusting wheel.

Yep - it seemed that the length of the rail and the narrower width of the plywood, therefore overhang, made it tricky (you need to pad the rail ends with some same thickness material)

I thought the Charlie's barrel idea was quite good but would have worked better if it had one wider panel as the base (i.e. a barrel with a flat side) which could then have had a one-piece door hinged downwards to make a serving shelf and also created a wider flat surface to store the bottles...

I think you may be a little harsh there - I have the MacAllister and whilst it has/lacks the features you list it certainly does the job for me as best described as a "serious hobbyist" - in fact it's so useful that I've just sold my table saw. I too swapped out the blade, although the one...