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Thank you, folks, for the info. It is extremely useful to read all the experiences folks have with their own system. My space is limited everywhere, to be honest. It is a rented house that comes with a single garage right in the middle of Cambridge so floor space is a big limitation but the...

Hi folks, I bought a dewalt DW733 thicknesser a few months back that I have been using by moving it into the garden every time I need to use and it is getting tiresome and being weather dependent does not help either. So I am considering moving it permanently to the garage. The problem is...

Last box I made in 2020, used for practising dovetails. English cherry for the carcass and dividers, panga panga for lid and plinth and ebony for the handle. Remind to neve use panga panga again as using handtools on solid rock isn't my definition of fun

He now runs the course on zoom if you are interested as well. He will ship the materials to you and guide you through the building of the box in 3 sessions. I have done it at the beginning of the year and I found it good

I am a big fan of making boxes and have quite a few books I would recommend you buy: 1. For starters and if you have never made a box before, buy the "The Book of Boxes by Andrew Crawford". Good range of construction styles, veneer techniques and project-based which I think it helps for the...

I am assuming posting for that Record is not an option?

Only if you believe that opinions and scientific data and evidence holds the same value

Amazing 26 pages and the discussion is still the same folks denying any evidence that goes against their world view. Although I do appreciate the effort of those who have been trying to educate the rest with scientific evidence, at this point it should be obvious they don't care. So put your...

Good, advise in fact it is really really helpful. Did you bother to read the post at all? I used the disc and I wasn't getting a square mitre instead I was getting a compound angle. Hence why I posted here to try and understand whether it was expected for the disc to not be flat. The only reason...

It is funny you mention that and I am not sure that keeping mention the OP does any good at this stage. But, he did mention he had previously built stuff with plywood but he had recently bought a new house and was hoping to build an entire house of furniture for it instead of spending money on...

Thank you Aidan, I am aware but has been mentioned above I just trying to check this wasn't user error and therefore avoiding the pain of having to return it to the store given I don't own a car and despite my amazing physique carrying a 35Kg package for a half-mile journey is beyond my...

I think it does come down to youtube. Which, although it does open up learning for a lot of folks that would otherwise not have a way of doing it, provides no feedback when you are actually are on your own as a beginner you have no idea what is important and what isn't. And as been already...

I gave a call to the store which suggested for me to find a way to get into the store and having their staff having a look at the sander with me and if needed refund me. I also followed the Record route and they have asked for measurements of how much off the disk is. I didn't have a good way...

I am really not sure the charge would do much as, yes you may get the plane functional, but you have learned nothing about the process for the next time it gets blunt. Putting instructions or a link to a video of what to do with that tool when it arrives and keep it in top condition would be...

The retailer is Mackays in Cambridge I have tried calling but they don't seem to pick up the phone and I remember the message saying "We are too busy dealing with our customers in-store to pick up the phone" so I have sent them an email and see whether I could just get a replacement as the 14...

Thank you for everyone suggestions. I just wanted some confirmation that what I was seeing was indeed a problem and not just wrong expectations. I will get in touch with the store and/or Record and hopefully get confirmation of their reputation for great customer service.

To be honest I am not sure this applies here. I never saw the planes undamaged but he disassembled them and introduced a few problems in the reassembly so their original state would have been a moot point

Yep, to be honest, I wouldn't have picked junk if I could avoid but I couldn't find a decent disk sander. I picked this one obviously because of its price bracket and because it seemed to have better reviews than the Axminster versions. But the disc sander market just does not seem to offer to...

That was my fear. I picked it up while I rented a car for a holiday so sending it back is going to be a pain as I either need to rent a car again or pay for postage as the weight of that beast makes it neigh impossible to carry it to the store

Hi Folks, I have bought a Record Power DS300 disc sander a couple of weeks ago and just had the chance to play with it this weekend. However, I wasn't able to get end grain to plane square which I initially attributed to the sandpaper not been glued uniformly across the disc as I could see...