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I think I have the same machine. I made the replacement fairly easily. Olly, the previous owner made a nice one from beech (with a rectangular peg sticking out from the bottom to engage with the adjuster mech), but it was too awkward for me to turn. So I now have a proper handwheel (with a...

Do you really need to ask? Really?? :-)

That's a great shame, and explains the disappointing result I got last time. Thanks for posting it.

SBK (Stump & Brushwood Killer) works quite well. From your local ironmongers. I've used it quite a few times down the years, although last time only one of the two saplings actually died off: I may have done it wrong or the formula might have changed from years ago. Ask the oldest chap in the...

Thanks chaps! I'm booked for the end of March (for both ends :-( ). If I can get transport I'll probably opt for anaesthetic, as my throat is somewhat constricted - the idea of a perforated oesophagus isn't a nice one. The bit of good news is that it's at a local private hospital (done on the...

Sammy and Mike are both right about having multiple height-adjustment posts, but... ... the Elu/T10/T11 has the height adjustment relatively close to the centreline. This seems to help a lot. My cheaper routers do have exactly the problem they describe (the motor head skews because one side...

Car jack from a breaker's yard? It's simple and cheap. When I wanted to move up from the B+Q special 1/2" router I had to something a bit nicer, I bit the bullet and bought a Trend T11. It has a leadscrew to adjust the height, with one end accessible through the baseplate. This in turn means...

Just an idea: you could avoid the racking issue by using some thin stainless wire on a diagonal. It wouldn't be seen behind the slats (and if it is you can paint it black). You can get it from a chandlers, who will probably also be able to splice an eye to each end (using the Telurit system)...

I trust you gave it a quick wipe over with 3-in-1. They often do this when they feel neglected. I have a set of engineers' squares and it's rare to find all of them in the box at any one time... Mine ewe, good shout on the Bahco - now on the shopping list... :-)

Sodium hydroxide is available inexpensively over-the-counter in your local ironmongers' shop as "caustic soda", used mainly for drain cleaning. I recently tried to get hydrogen peroxide from Boots, but they only keep it in very small bottles for medicinal purposes (cleaning/disinfecting...

Er, perhaps read the several other threads on MFT systems? And have a look at CNC Designs's products. Like many tooling things (even hollows and rounds), they are part of a system, from which you only get the most when all parts can work together. Then things start to "sing in harmony"...

I've got the original* Winbags. They're sticky enough to work with glass easily, but they weren't all that cheap (introductory offer of 60 quid for four, IIRC). I find them extremely useful, most recently re-fitting a rather awkward shower door, and as safety wedges while we rebuilt the cills...

They do a few items - one of my Makita sanders is made here too, IIRC. On topic, I too have a SP6000(k) and like it. The only two issues have been that the 3m rail I have isn't straight (enough for me), and that the original rails I have are marginally different dimensions to the 3m rail so...

Avon Plywood on the outskirts of Keynsham: They stock a range of grades and they are easy to get to from Yate around the ring road and the Keynsham bypass. That URL does generate a security warning in Google Chrome (and probably Firefox), but yes, it is the right people. Give them a cutting...

Is it my imagination or does it have gullets that alternate in depth? It seems there's a shallow one then a deep one and so on. An ice saw is a fascinating idea - it never occurred to me before, but over time the ice in any ice house would end up jolly stuck together, irrespective of how it was...

I think you've answered your own question: the bigger blade has a lot of kinetic energy stored in it (it's a flywheel). I have the earlier KGS300, which is getting close to the end of its useful life. But... it's a 110V version (like hen's teeth), and has no brake. If you go back through the...

To which the smug answer is, "So what does the box say about it?" :-) Seriously, they're not all bad, but it does depend on how well the thing is made and how one uses it. I read a lot of bad stuff about the Makita, about how the fence isn't square to the machine and/or parallel to the...

Etching - hydrofluoric acid - really nasty process. But if you know anyone with a sandblasting enclosure for small parts, you could possibly stencil them, or print an outline onto label paper (see below) and sandblast that. The big advantage is they can be washed whenever the new owner feels...

That's a pity...

Are these 12V or 240? They don't take a lot of current either way. You might consider a parallel resistor, to drop the voltage slightly at the lamp end - wouldn't need to be too high current. You might also parallel more lamps up to achieve the same result. I tried to swap the halogens in the...