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As pointed out in last years thread as this is often missed but needs stating again, self levelling compound is not self levelling. It has to be one of the most inaptly named building products out there. Also generic self-levelling compound is merely a substrate for another floor covering...

Just use a metal barrel, stronger and have better seals on the lid. Dirt cheap and plenty come up on local Facebook market place. Oh and yes, as pointed out, wrong sized cyclone relevant to the extractor. Repurpose the current bucket / cyclone to a smaller vac for power tool use and use a...

To be fair, the amount of times it comes around, every other day is three days too late.

Just wondering, what is the best method for sharpening edged tools like chisels, plane blades, etc? Discuss...

As mentioned up there, look for a local maker space or go through something like FabLab, they have a map of the assigned UK labs on here. The more organised ones (i.e. FabLab) generally have access to fairly high end printers from filament to stereolithography and they will make it out of the...

Whilst I'm in the same camp as Woody2Shoes on this in that the waney edged resin fad has had its day I have seen some pieces get it right in my opinion. I think the trick is to keep it subtle with the resin colour and the edge itself.

I once worked at a (as then) relatively new exchange which folded after those planes hit those buildings in New York. The original furniture fit out budget was astronomical so all high end and genuine. The company had a fire sale for staff on all the furniture, wall art and plasma displays the...

Not knocking the Lidl saw as there are loads of low priced hobby chainsaws around but this end of the market is probably something to avoid as a single purchase for most people. By all means, if it's an addition to other saws and the appropriate associated PPE then I can see it to some extent...

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Interesting thread and lots of useful advice. Not to state the obvious but pricing is crucial for many reasons especially as a one man business. If you price too low you will have to work quicker and are more likely to create more non-distinctive output as opposed to fewer but more bespoke...

Welcome to the forum, sorry to hear of the redundancy and good luck with the new venture. You may want to give some more info on the type, size and volume of stock you expect to be putting through both machines and the expectations of the final machined items. The Bosch GTS 10 XC seems to get...

Or he's now on medication for trying to surface grind a No 6 plane with half a gravestone and a broken shop window to engineering tolerances that even NASA finds redundant? I have to question the rationale of having to have permanent access to surface plates for a small finite set of hand...

Same here, went to order some for a small outdoor project and thought better of it.

Yeah but CLS has been fairly stable up until recently, in fact I've gotten some of the best prices I've had for the last few years in the last year alone.

What just happened? Wood prices have shot up literally within the last few days, CLS has pretty much doubled and I'm seeing other construction lumber having similar increases. What did I miss?

The T-track route will be the most cost effective in the longer term. It's not going to wear anywhere near as much as machined dovetailed slots and has the added advantage of breaking down the actual worktop into discrete areas. This will make it much easier and cheaper to repair / replace your...

If you have a decent grinder with enough grunt, another option would be to get a decent tool rest (or even a Tormek BGM-100) and a CBN wheel. Lower cost but potentially very good and fast results.

Can I just check because sarcasm is hard to deliver and even harder to read sometimes on the T'internet but............is this thread real???

I suspect the situation is just as much about the customer as the manufacturer. There are quite a few of us Hammer 4400 users on here and yes they are worth the price if you can justify it's size and footprint. Similar to Festool it has further value if you have other Hammer kit as the...

Hi AESamuel, I've got in Ohishi stones; 220 1000 3000 6000 10000 I'm sure I had another stone but I think it was an 8k and it's probably been used by my step daughter who got into sharpening after we got her some Japanese kitchen knives recently as a gift. I rarely use the 220 as (noted up...