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Hi West Country Machinery 4 Wood stock some Jet machines, I have brought 2 pieces of machinery from them and some tooling and consumables and they have always been really helpful, honest and reliable Give them a try Darren

I worked on the site of The Archdale's factory in the old buildings for a local engineering company whilst completing my apprenticeship Our machine shop had a number or Archdale's machines in and a number of the skilled guys i trained under were ex Archdale's. I can remember as a child the...

Hi There are a number of good suppliers in and around the midlands however most will require you to purchase a whole board and understandably charge you to mill it to the sizes that you require. I am unsure what the rules are with regards to posting and recommending suppliers. If you are after...

The age of the thread isn't important to me surly its better to refresh old threads there by having a subject or item in one place The Axi bandsaw buddy is a really useful bit of kit there are a number of posts on YouTube regarding its use and a really good one by Craig Steel from Axminster...

It's a bit like buying a car in that whatever you buy will be a compromise Land Rover great for a muddy field or snow, not so good on a twisty A or B road at speed, Aston Martin DB7 great on a twisty road at speed but I wouldn't take it onto a muddy field. I ran a business for a number of years...

Hi I went down the Rockler Dust Right system You mount an adaptor on the end of the hose and the put a male port on each machine, I also have a vacuum hand brush for cleaning benches and machines and a number of adjustable bits for when using router table or drill press, Pricewise its ok and...

I recently brought an Axminster AT3327B I have to say that it is a fantastic bit of kit I took a long time to set it up after watching a couple of Axminster videos on YouTube By Craig Steele who is head of training at Axminster Its main use is resawing boards up to 250mm its very capable of...

Hi Thanks for the post, just ordered one

Guys Thanks for the reply's I am located in Worcestershire The finished articles would be used indoors I'm fairly new to hardwoods and finding my way through the maze the finished items will be a type of serving board it doesn't have to be oak but needs to be a durable hard wood that can be...

Happy Friday Folks I have an idea for producing a number of items from oak finished dimensions around 15 - 20mm thick 75mmi wide and various lengths from 150mm to 450mm and obviously will need to purchase boards to suit Couple of questions Has anyone ever brought a new oak railway sleeper to...

Hi From experience the supplied blade isn't the best until you have it re-sharpened where it becomes a different blade. Different blades seem to make different noise, my go to blade is a Freud with 100 teeth which I find covers the majority of my cross cut needs A local sharpener may be able to...