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I never seem able to keep the fence at 90 degrees in planer mode. There is a stop but I find that no matter how tight you do the clamp it seems to move. At some point I’ll probably made a fixed 90 bracket as I almost never use any other setting. The following mod does improves things but still...

Blimey, perhaps I better double up the oak on top to 100mm...

Tops marks for Record Power, I now have a pdf copy of the correct manual. I’ve just started to think about making a stand, I have some 200mm x 50mm oak sleeper offcuts left over from raised beds which will form the bed and hopefully legs as well. In the record manual they state how important it...

That’s a shame, it may have been an easier solution. Those guides look very well engineered, certainly much better than the originals, if only record would make an official upgrade

One question. On the lower guide could you have removed the guide block from the side bracket and turned it 180 degrees and then mounted it on the other side of the slot so all the guides are then above the body of the saw? Is there space to do this?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rikon-Bearing-Guide-Retrofit-Kit/dp/B01MU7AVGB

The last one is for removing valves from cylinder heads.

Thanks for the responses. The manual looks a better fit than the current cl3 version record has. I have raised a technical request with RP to see if they can supply an older paper version. Steve, have started a conversation with you about the stand....hopefully it worked? Richard

I've just been given the above lathe, it's a blue model and I suspect it's from the 1990s. It's all in bits and there's no stand. There are also other bits such as callipers, tools, a 4 jaw self centering chuck, looks like centres, metal rings....Sadly some bits are rusted but it doesn't look...

A quick hint, look for old sets of feeler gauges at car boot or tool sales. I find this a great source of shim material for next to nothing plus they have nice labels on! Richard

I have the RP BS300E and am very pleased with it. The upper blade steel guide rack and pinion is far superior to the Axminster aluminium version, can’t speak for the SIP. The blade guides are not as good as the later roller bearings but I find them perfectly adequate and industry managed with...

I completed this a couple of years back and did it with medium oak. I like it which was just as well. My only issue was I decided to do the soffits and facias with it as well and the Barn paint has not lasted at all well on the planed wood. I need to sort this year so will be contacting Bedec to...

Final offer of the steel square book for £1 including p+p otherwise it will go to the charity shop. Richard

I’ve tried 2 approaches. Trail Camera Pros: Easy, just add batteries and setup wherever you like. Cons: Lens does not close focus, you have to add an additional lens on front, expensive, you have to take the SD card out every day to copy the footage off. You only get 20 seconds or so of...

You could run a saw down the mitre and make the gap parallel so it looks like you installed in that way? Richard

Sold - Caxtons - The new carpenter and joiner, 3 volumes. £10 plus P+P In very good original condition. The Steel Square - Harold Ryder £2 INC P+P But tatty. Sold - A Bicentennial Celebration £2 plus P+P Not strictly a woodworking book but has a good history of farming tools and machinery...

Unfortunately I believe that one is end of line now, we’ll that’s what my local screwfix said a few months back. Richard

Over the last week we’ve noticed the odd tiny moth flying round, didn’t think anything of it. We always have windows open so the odd insect is not unexpected. However, the number seemed to keep increasing....after moving a bookcase we discovered a large number of larvae husks and 2cm of Capet...

I have a Bosch GCM 8 SJL 216mm which I’m happy with. It has a 70mm depth cut which is very good for a 216mm blade saw. My only issue is the size of the thing, the 312mm cut means the rails stick out the back a long way. I have thought a number of times about looking for a replacement using fixed...

So, having now checked with the suggested Saga and Tesco. Tesco’s policy is not the best worded so makes you think the £100k contents cover can be in the outbuildings it is in fact capped at £5k. The Saga policy is the same as M&S you get £100k contents cover which includes outbuildings. Their...