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Don't go down the blackhole that is spraying When we set up our workshop 3ish years ago we went down the spraying route, spraying pine and MR MDF, most of the big paint names that are found in the sheds claim that their products can be sprayed, as children we were always told don't believe...

We produce a range of small craft items initially we used both MDF and ply but we have moved only to ply now. as above post says MDF is awful to paint particularly the edges its is also not that resistant to knocks and dings especially near the edges. Baltic or Bass Wood ply of a good grade most...

50mm x 50mm grey plastic trunking at ceiling level Drop down with 20mm black plastic conduit, use black metal saddles to conform to latest regs Metal clad sockets MK are good I have sockets at bench height some just below the trunking and some at floor level Put in as many as you can afford its...

I have several of these with the various grades marked on the back just means I only have to buy discs and not sheets. I think several other companies may make them https://www.abrasivesworld.co.uk/hand-sanding-blocks-discs.html

I have a CNC router which i will use to produce the discs then it will quick into the lathe to role a bead chamfer one edge and sand. 1000 is fine, In the early 80's when I was an apprentice we very often used to do 3000 on a manual capstan lathe and another regular job was to keyway sprockets...

Hi all I have been looking at the Laguna Revo 12-16 lathe. My criteria is variable speed bench top moveable (yes i know it will be heavy) and trade rated. I have no aspirations to try to become a high end turner it will mainly be used for adding detail and sanding on Oak or Beech discs around...

I have watched this thread with interest from the start as I need to upgrade my current router table set up in my workshop. The following ramblings are my opinions I am sure many will disagree and that's fine, my background is of a time severed precession engineer before moving into production...

I use the Rockler Dust Right System Its available in 100mm and 63mm My main machines are permanently connected via 100mm duct and blast gates I have a 100mm flex hose with a Dust Right adaptor on it and on my wheeled machines I have Dust Right adaptors that the hose plugs into I also have a...

I have had this package for nearly 2 years Its had a lot of use, reclaimed scaffolding boards and many many hundreds of board feet of straight grained and figured oak. Just gone onto the second edge on the carbides only other maintenance has been to tension the drive belts a couple of months...

Agree with TFrench we used them way back with mag chucks on surface grinders We used them for fixturing odd shaped parts very much like you would use a soft jaw in a chuck or vice. Haven't seen any for years I will dig around in my old text books as from memory Eclipse were part of the Neil Tool...

I use an Axminster Craft Buffer now been rebadged as Axminster Workshop AW150BB 150mm Polisher - 230V and cant fault it I would have brought a Trade version from them at the time but they didn't and still don't do one. Yes I know its for hobby use but it has run for hundreds and hundreds of...

Hi I too have carried out a LED shadow light conversion on my Bosch and It really improved the cut accuracy and also means no adjustment when changing a blade if one has had the kerf reduced Adjusting the twin lasers used to drive me insane the shadow line covers the full blade kerf you just...

Lasers can be tricky to set up and if you change a blade the require resetting, some of the more expensive machines have 2 separate lasers. I have fitted an LED shadow light to my saw, (Bosch) The light gives a solid line the exact same width as the blade kerf the whole of the line will be...

I have owned the Itec for around 2 years and cant fault it I mainly machine kiln dried oak and recycled scaffolding board and usually do a large batch of milling lasting most of the day The Itec come well set up as Scott & Sargent run every machine prior to delivery there were chips in the...

I gave in around 12 moths ago and brought the Axminster APF10along with a spare set of filters and a pack of visor covers I wear it every day I am in the workshop table saw, band saw, drum, bobbin and hand sanders, waxing and buffing. As a long term asthma suffer it has improved my lungs...

Hi I use this online programme a lot to convert jpg's to vectors https://www.adobe.com/express/feature/image/convert/jpg-to-svg

I have owned and used one for about 20 years my first was corded which I sold on when i had the need for a cordless version. My second one lasted for a good 15 years but eventually failed due to some serious abuse. My third is going well and gets used almost daily in the workshop, drilling holes...

Peter I have arranged with Jim to visit on Wednesday to look at a Clean Sweep set up with a 2400w and remote speed control. Hope the flash sale doesn't land till I have visited Looking forward to visiting Darren

I have owned many mitre saws over the years and I have to say the Bosch Glide is by far the best apart from its dust collection which is poor, mine is permanent in a workshop and has a full enclosure around it. I have had mine roughly 2 years it was fairly good out the box but by following the...

You have my sympathy its one of the worst pains, I first suffered around 10 years ago the Dr first prescribed Colchicine which reduces the pain but does have side effects with me I could never stray far from the smallest room in the house!!!! After several flair ups by a process of elimination I...