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That's a great quote, and it applies in so many other areas of life, too. Thanks for posting it.

I know next to nothing about these specific bandsaws, but... Most of them are made in China, and the parts and designs for parts are very standardised. It is most likely that your saw is similar to many others of the same size. The better suppliers do carry spares, and there are a number of...

A few years back we had a forum group buy of Liogier hand-stitched rasps. I bought two, a half round and a rat's tail. IIRC the half round has "12" spacing of the teeth, possibly "13." It works very nicely in most hardwoods, especially Beech (good for toys, as it's naturally antibacterial...

Surprisingly infrequently, as long as you have good dust extraction. I go over the orbital's pad (it has DX too, obviously) with an upholstery brush on the vacuum, and I can also get some value from using the crepe rubber stick I have for the belt sander. As long as I keep the stuft clean, if...

I've had a #90 for decades, literally - my second plane purchase after a #5, and I've even still got its original cardboard box somewhere. It's been very handy for all sorts of odd jobs, but it's really not suitable for trimming tenon shoulders, because the nose is far too short. I used it...

I'v just had a quick go at trying to improve my Lidl ("Powerfix") 150mm caliper. It was very sticky and not re-zeroing when closed up. I've just "stoned" the bar along both edges (where the jib strip rubs), and front and back, cleaned off the filings and rubbed it with paraffin wax, as you'd...

Watching this with interest as I've got an aged Dymo "Letratag" machine (the thermal tape sort), and it jams for a pastime. You can take a craft knife to the cartridges though - there's a dodgy piece of the plastic that's a too-sharp corner you can round off, or just pull an extra 5mm through...

Saws with left-hand threads on the arbour catch me out. I suspect not having to fit one is why so many table saws tilt to the right (as you look at them). A right-hand thread (clockwise to tighten) is a lot cheaper, both in manufacturing and in support costs(!). But because most (all?) mitre...

@Beyonce: It's really important to remember that Japanese planes are used the other way round from Western ones. Here's a quick guide: 1. Stand facing your bench and your work, with the plane in front of you. Pick up the plane and hold it out in front of you, at arm's length. 2. Turn around...

Of course you are right, but (at face value) it is actually a tricky question for anyone to give the best answer to the person who posted the question. Is he/she: poor or rich, just mucking about or dead keen, somewhere near a woodworking course, or on a Pacific island (with broadband...

Exactly the same for me - SketchUp lets me test designs before diving in, saving both mistakes and materials. For example, I had a shock recently when I realised that for the interior doors I'm planning to make, I can save about seven feet of stock by using dominoes instead of traditional...

I'm an amateur, relatively unskilled woodworker. I'm probably too old (and my hands are too damaged now) to ever make exquisite things, and I have the burden of neverending DIY, requiring all sorts of tools and skills I wouldn't choose to buy, and time I would far rather spend on other things...

My sister and brother-in-law have both recently retired from a rural police force after decades. I well remember her telling us about an occasion, some years ago, when she was still in uniform: she had to search an isolated farmhouse, on her own and without any protective gear, nor backup...

Ah, but that sort of IPA is used mostly for lubrication :-)

You're right about the additives to meths causing the problems. The methanol added is poisonous, but it's also got some colourant (used to be "methyl violet", IIRC, whatever that is), and I think like natural gas there's also a smelly additive (a mercaptan, possibly), to alert people and...

My expectation is commutator damage. If you had continued to try to use the saw once the big sparking started you might have done irreprable damage to the commutator - the arcing will have scored the surfaces and probably also pitted the trailing edges of each plate, the degree depending on...

Gerry's advice above is excellent. I supposedly have three of these things, all relatively inexpensive. I have managed to lose the one with the largest display, and it was also the most reliable, consistent and accurate (Tchibo). I am now stuck with either one that occasionally skips...

I fear you may be in for a frustrating and ultimately disappointing time, if you try to do this using whole pieces of softwood timber from builders' merchants. Most softwood that's easily available has many defects that make it hard to use for more than the most casual construction...

Axminster used to sell very similar ones, and I have a pair like that, too, although mine aren't from them. It might be worth asking Bristol Design if they have an odd end (they often buy job lots of old tools). But I like the idea of using it against a set of dogs, as a planing stop, etc...

Thanks everyone. It very much looks like 3M d/s tape is the "safe choice" or whatever. I'll do the RS components thing, probably (or Rapid). You do need to be able to get the stuff off again nicely, really, so just being sticky isn't the whole story. It took well over an hour yesterday to...