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Update - Tues 28th July Well after much to and fro I now have two quotes for the wood,,,,one from SL Hardwoods, the other from Timbet Prices are roughly the same, so thats ok, I did try Yandles,,,and got to say, very charming lady on the phone who told me they just couldn't handle the...

Sounds like a Virus,,,but suggest you may end doing some or all of the following,, Run a virus check - the stinger method suggested above always worked for me when supporting desktops,,, If its not - have u got the latest Microsoft service pack and patches installed...sometimes of these are...

From what I understand the GC is normally given for acts of heroism when not in combat, hence why civilian services are awarded it, or when the act of herosim isn't witnessed by a senior officer. If this one had been seen by an officer or senior NCO - he would have been awarded a VC, as it was...

Roughly speaking I'm looking at 10 x 3.8 m long and 305mm wide, x 25.5 thick boards.. These are going to be machined to 18mm (3/4")

Well, after much discussion I've finally gotten moving on the cupboards and shelves for the study. Now this is nothing to fancy,,just three small cupboards in an L shape and some shelves to go on them. Having made a small bookcase out of Southern Yellow Pine it was requested that I use the...

OK,,,just three questions to start,,, - what does your wife do,,,and how do I get a job like that,,,,,, - need an assistant ? - when's the next plane ?? Seriously,,,good luck to both of you and I hope it all goes well,,,,,

Hmm,,,been following this one all week,,,and just gone back and re-read it....and my take on what's been posted thus far is.... - a number of people would like to see a jigs and tips section or whatever for a number of good reasons,,,, - Steve makes a good point about bookmarks etc, but for...

Dan makes a good point,,,, I live in Essex, from Scotland originally, but I've found over and over again that down here I have to buy new rather than refurbish / renew old purely because there isnt the companies doing work like stripping etc.... Maybe have a chat with your friendly...

Glynn, Looks lovely, nice big jig, and produces and nice work.... As a sanity check I ran some scrap wood through the process using the jig and router - and great results pretty much first time....so aint the jig... so have come to the conclusion that router and jig and 9mm pin dont mix and...

ply is 9mm thick pine faced ply,,,used it on lots of other projects with no problems - cuts fine on table and mitre saw usually nice clean cuts. Router bits are both brand new,,,,Trend double fluted straight bits, one is 12.7mm, the other is 6.3 mm,,,and I'm using a dewalt dovetail jig...

Sorry Philly,,, But tried that and still getting it chewed up badly,,,this has got me scratching head and completely baffled,,,

HELP !!! ok,,now that I've got that out of my system, can anyone help / advise me... In a bid to tidy up my tools and get rid of some cardboard and plastic cases I thought I would make up some boxes from ply, and thought, why not use a box joint to do it.... So purchases the ply - 9mm, cuts...

Thanks to all for the views,,and it looks like I got a lot of doors to paint by hand - yuk,,,,still - beats painting the exterior of the windows,,,,(you too can be up a ladder, balance paint tin and brush,,,now wheres those extra two hands...) Moose - interesting point and a good one, however...

Hmm,,ok,,,to give everyone an idea of the space,,,or lack of it,,, The garage is a single garage, part of the house,,,it has some racking holding tools, saws etc at one end and the rest if taken up by the wife's VW Golf when I'm not using the space,,,otherwise the saws on are stands and I have...

Hi all, need to get some views, opinions etc on couple fo things; Router Table,,,, Now in my limited space of Garage / workshop I dont have room for a dedicated router table. the Dakota portable unit from Rutlands looks like a good idea, but no stock till July earliest....do I wait, or, do I...

The needed replacement parts arrived yesterday as promised by Axminster and now have a working Saw again. On the point about accents by a previous poster - I'd have to agree. Richard, many thanks for help

Hi Wizer,,, Just got up on this thread,,,,and I hope it gets better soon,,, After my experiences with my finger, the biscuit jointer and local A&E, all I can advise would be to gently ask the plastics folks if they are happy the wound is completely clean, and to look away while they check...

Problem was with the customer service operator - I think it's all been resolved now, but as I told Richard - its left me with a negative feeling about a company that up to now I was very happy with and would have used anytime.

Has anyone been having problems with Axminster's customer service ?? I called this morning regarding a problem with a recent purchase, and the service has abysmal compared with what I've received in the past.

For anyone thats interested the B&Q in Chelmsford (big one at Springfield), had 10 of these at £99.50 on Sunday afternoon,,,,