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I find the Trend CraftPro blades to be good value. You can often buy them in triple packs which drops the price again. If you are carcassing then putting anything of higher value is probably lost cash. As for the occasional metal work, I'd invest in a detector as opposed to a universal-material...

Appreciate this is moot as a shiny 'old' Startrite has taken over drill duties but I'm a little surprised only one person picked up the arbor had dropped in the fault diagnosis. The arbor will be a morse taper and the other end will be splined into the top pulley. I suspect a block of wood and...

Thanks for that RobinBHM, this is appreciated. I'm already using Festool ETS and RO sanders so this is reassuring. One of my main aims is dust collection so will look at this further.

Any experience on here with the Mirka air sanders? I appreciate they are not in the budget crosshairs of the OP but wondered if dust extraction can be matched, albeit with the relative price hike.

I'm looking at air sanders at the moment, potentially moving away from electric. I've just invested quite heavily in a heavy duty compressor system so moving to air makes sense for some tools. That said, the one thing that is causing concern and stalling my switch is the dust collection...

Ditto, how did that nugget of advice only get one response?

Not used one and I'm sure someone will be along shortly to give some input but these to me look like a compromise. I would have thought a smaller compact router table would be a better solution. I think people are mostly drawn to these because of the elevation of the cutter and it being a...

As above, £3K will not stretch to 8x4 however with that amount of physical cash you could probably coax a local print shop or maker shop (Fablab and the likes) to part with a used 8x4 machine for them to invest in better / bigger machines on their part. This is not a quick process mind and more...

This (and Lurkers point) pretty much sums the situation up? Even if every single plane on the planet arrived at the customer perfect and ready to cut the finest of shavings, it is only a matter of time before that need to sharpen, tune, hone and fettle is required. The whole argument is...

I didn't think you were, I was just making sure we didn't lose sight of Peter being one of more end-user centric stores.

I think the discussion is slightly being conflated with that of quality control (or lack of it) and the varying degrees of value-added reselling. In this particular case and given the overall outcome the quality of the goods leaving Wood Workers Worksop (Peter Sefton's online shop) have clearly...

Another N4400 user here, superb machine, had an issue with the electronics board which is being sorted but other than that it would be replaced like-for-like in a heartbeat. Built like a tank and plenty of power.

To be fair, the reseller in this instance is Peter Sefton and his reputation certainly exceeds that of merely someone adding their cut. As for the 'sharp out of the box conundrum', I think once you're purchasing Quangsheng / Woordriver planes, whilst not LN / Veritas territory, they are...

I've gone through several variations of spokeshaves myself. As above the newer cheaper ones are not worth the pig iron they are made from. Some of the old Prestons can be useful but I often find the older vintage ones generally have little blade left (I know you can get replacements) and to be...

You could go both routes, using the MFT MDF top as a guide to drill the actual top with a bearing guided router bit. Then maybe repurpose the MFT top as a front apron to aid with clamping. Or alternatively buy a smaller MFT router template, lots of variants out there from Ebay, trend, etc.

On a positive note, I bought one of these from Peter Sefton last year. This has really made a difference when cutting smaller items in the mitre saw. https://woodworkersworkshop.co.uk/products/fastcap-10-million-dollar-stick?_pos=1&_sid=d6e5c3eb4&_ss=r

I have a couple of the Auriou rasps, a combination and a cabinet makers rasp. Liogier is also another option for hand cut rasps. The next batch I get will come form them. I emailed for a quote for a number of their sapphire rasps and got direct response from Noel Liogier. That's the difference...

For what it's worth inputting my own experience on this, I've been acid cleaning files for many years. I have a small machine shop (Bridgeports, Weiss, Syil, etc) alongside my woodworking and have treated machinist files with various strengths of acid's from plain old vinegar to hydrochloric. I...

Tread carefully Eshmiel, that said MikeG will eventually get bored of being self-righteous and rude to you that he will be forced to put you on his naughty list and click his ignore box. Your comments were quite balanced in my opinion, suggesting there were claims being made but more detail was...

Speak to Axi, they may be able to assist. I agree with Trevanion on the bolt selection as well, stainless is not a good route.