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It wasn't strictly legal to do that under the old Data Protection Act (data could only be used for the purpose declared when it was collected), but I know it went on a lot. There were also certain "loopholes" regarding commercial email addresses (business-to-business messages), so I'm sure many...

That's a scary typo! I meant to write, "... stop exposed metalwork reaching MAINS potential." :oops: :oops: :oops: Now corrected.

Sorry Bob, you're outnumbered on the "two hands" thing: It's live-to-earth that can be dangerous, BUT that is the reason for good earths on equipment. The idea is always to cause the fuse/RCD to blow as fast as possible. In the case of hot wire fuses (i.e. pretty much everything that isn't a...

I'm afraid you've fallen for the sales doublespeak: "double insulated" actually offers a lot less protection than a proper earth to all the metal bits. It was introduced to save manufacturers money, nothing more (at least one less bit of copper wire and less complexity in manufacture and...

There are quite a few "experienced, renowned contributors" to this thread already (and I don't mean me!). In my case I've made recommendations (with the exception of Rutlands). So have others and there is consistency between them. These are dependable suppliers, mostly known for quality of...

=D> =D> =D> To sort out the confusion... ... One plays jazz piano and composes (rather well), The other only plays the buffoon. .

Glad you are safe Brian! Forget the fuse for a moment: what caused the fire? Was it a component fault, or a lightning storm passing overhead? TVs have aerials on the roof usually. It's not uncommon for TVs struck by lightning to burst into flames. If it happens it is most likely to start in...

Dave reminds me: I have a floorstanding Clarke model, bought mainly because (a) it was floorstanding, and (b) it had slower speeds than similar drills. Machine Mart changed it because of the runout, but I'm unconvinced the new one was much better. Swapping out the chuck for a decent Rohm and 2MT...

You are probably getting the idea that we think it's horses for courses. There are some extremely good (world class) specialist suppliers, but very few good generalists -- you've already seen the names mentioned. I'd +1 for Peter Sefton and Axminster particularly, but add a few more specialists...

I don't remember exactly, but I got them from an excellent nut & bolt factor in Bristol (I took them the originals and explained). I think they are just blued, high tensile steel or slightly hardened (not technical terms!). They're actually not under huge stress, but they probably do need to be...

Last bump. Anybody?

I've had a lot of issues with the feed rollers on my 439 - gumming up and imprinting whatever is stuck on them onto the stock - if it's softwood (but not so bad with hardwoods). The end of session routine now includes a severe wire brushing, with heavy gloves on in case. On the DX, I still have...

A blob of primary-coloured paint or bright nail varnish on the end of the shaft ought to minimise mistakes. I can only imagine 6mm cutters to be problematic, as the shaft is getting too small to give clean results. My small stuff is all 1/4" at the moment, but I have 8mm collets for my Bosch...

In some areas, I would expect a spiral to be worse, slightly (but better overall). The trouble with the router method is that, however you design the jig, There will be somewhere where the bit is pushing the fibres out into empty space, rather than cutting them. You can arrange a tablesaw...

There are several problems the presenter of that video doesn't talk about: 1. The most obvious one: you need micro-adjustment to get the spacing right, as the errors are cumulative. Steve Maskery did a YT video of a variant with a micro-adjuster (I based mine on his design). It works well, but...

Bump.

I tried a while back to make a RT box joint jig for octagonal boxes. I just about got it to work, but the results weren't pretty, and the jig became unexpectedly complex. The tearout on a router table can be quite nasty, because the cutter is travelling sideways when it enters the wood, and as...

Marcros is right, btw, you probably can just get the old one sharpened. :-) But do check for a bent metal strip inside the thing.

OK, an explanation of how to sort out the riving knife: I hope you can see what's going on here. The shoulder of the arbour, against which you clamp up the saw blade, is the datum (reference) surface. Ideally, the mount for the riving knife will be set very slightly to the left, as the RK is...

Forgot to say: the "poxy plastic wheel" is a spare part from NMA, the importers. They certainly carried stock a few years ago, but Sheppach have since bought Kity, so the spares situation may have changed. The teeth are used for tilt adjustment, not rise and fall (look at tbe diagram on the...