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What saw though? The Japanese saws will always win regardless of of the sawyer. Personally I find my ryoba 3x faster than a Western style handsaw simply because the kerf is so much narrower. Less wood removed means less effort. Your muscles need to adapt to the torque on the pull stroke but...

One other thought occurs to me, make sure you go through this thoroughly with your landlord - it's more than a courtesy clearance. Building regs Part P would apply and it is the landlord's responsibility to ensure compliance. If you have a professional or council/HA landlord (not someone with a...

Hi Scrimper Already seen your videos, thanks. That one about the belts was actually the one I referred to in my original post. They were actually one of the reasons I bought the saw. I remember lusting after one as a kid (perhaps 92 or 93) but when your income is £7 a week from a paper round it...

Hi, I've recently picked up an old 25" Diamond fretsaw. I see from web searches there is a certain amount of knowledge about these within this community. Firstly does anyone have a scanned copy of the "manual" they could forward to me. I understand it isn't substantial but I think it would...

Hi Bingy Man I assume you're talking about the power supply there. In large part it was governed by my assessment of what the project was worth. When I priced up a commercial enclosure it was something daft like £30 and of course would still need the cut outs forming. I figured that project...

Sounds plausible to me. Are you trying to run this on a domestic 13A socket? If so 2HP (1.5kW) is pushing it for a simple design. I've no experience with you particular saw but basing that on air compressors - 1.5HP used to be the limit for a plug in type. Soft start allows 2 and now even 3HP...

Hi My name is Andrew from Preston. I'm mostly a hobbyist and to be honest I wouldn't call myself an avid woodworker. I do enjoy it but it's mostly a means to an end, in my case principally enclosures for electrical and electronic projects. I'll attach a few photos of the wood elements of a...