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As MikeG said on many threads, lapped boards do not need venting at the top as there is sufficient air leakage all over to give good circulation without the vented top. My shed construction has a vented bottom with insect mesh, 25mm gap all the way up, then at the top there is battens following...

Superb solution for many applications, including HPLV vacuums, however, these solid state relays are not suitable for high current inductive loads, They aren’t going to last long running a 1.5 or 2HP induction motor even when rated at 40A. The remote controlled plug in sockets and Fostek solid...

The Mrs has just acquired new hearing aids that sit in a charger overnight. She didn’t like it that the ear buds were exposed to the air overnight, and there is a pair of pulsing LEDs which are like a lighthouse in a dark room. knocked up this little charging station with a closable lid. Keeps...

Have you found one yet? Since Axminster had a fire sale of their last three units on ebay, the only source I can see is in mainland Europe, Czech Rep.

The DC1100 runs happily on a 13a plug On a ring circuit, what it didn’t like was a B class MCB. It tripped once every ten or so start-ups due to the current draw on startup for just a second or so if I was running any other equipment in the workshop when I turned it on. I changed the 32A MCB for...

It’s quite a beast of a draw. in my last setup it was all ducted with the coiled flexible pipe. When blast gates were opened and closed it spent a fair proportion of its suck contracting the pipes. I’ve used solid 4” ducting this time and the airflow is noticeably better. we’ll see what it runs...

Yes, there is a 50 litre removable bin in the drop box. I can empty that every week or two into my compost recycling bin. I used to have disposal means for a full bag, but that’s a whole lot of shavings that used to take two months to fill up. 50 litres is a fair amount of sawing and sanding. If...

Shame, I put my Jet 1100a extractor on here a few weeks ago, there was no interest, so I’ve just butchered all the component parts and added them to the Axminster cyclone, made a drop box with removable bin. I now have a cyclone system with the 1100a as the power source. The footprint doing...

Is the SK114 over kill, absolutely. But, the lathe you have now will handle it no problem, and you’ll never regret the purchase when the pain of buying it diminishes. It will stand you in good stead for the future, so I would say if it’s within budget, go for it. I have three SK100, one SK125...

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I found the Rotex hard work. I sold that on and bought the Mirka Deros, 150mm plus 125mm pads. Absolutely love using it. I’m not knocking the Rotex as such, just that I found it too heavy and cumbersome.

I’ve just taken delivery of the very same cyclone separator to set up my ducted setup in my new workshop. Looks to work well n your setup. I’m using a Jet 1100a extractor. Plumbing it all in tomorrow. Home made drop box and 100mm solid duct. I’ll pop it in my workshop build thread when I’ve...

As above, I bought the CMT grooving blade direct CMT, about £40 for a 6mm kerf. Perfect for making the corner joints for drawers in my 50 drawer setup.

Fisch are decent, but I only buy the ones I need not a set. A little pricey, but aren’t all nice tools.

With the mess they made doing the job across 150m of our land, the inconvenience of disrupting our lives for two weeks and parking heavy machines on our land for that time, I feel no shame and have no regrets, and I do have morals. They bought the land knowing full well they had to have access...

Two years ago when the drainage had to cross our land the developer approached us and we agreed to nigh on 10k for the right to dig our land up, instal drainage to main sewer and then reinstate the ground as before they started as well. It was a case of pay the ransom or don’t develop the...

It’s a decent first effort for sure, but for a novice, I think you may be better off using a spindle gouge for this piece, perhaps the skew tip, small parting tool or pointed scraper to form the tiny grooves and parting took to form the tenons unless you have a flat carbide tool. It’s not really...

I had a 350kg lathe on my 8x2 suspended floor in my last workshop. It really wasn’t good. There was always a little deflection as soon as anything heavy or out of balance was put on the lathe, it never felt solid. In the end I cut a hole in the floor, poured a one tonne concrete pad, replaced...

From Corsham, Yandles in Martock is well worth a trip out. Make sure your vehicle is empty and your wallet full And allow an hour at least to mooch around. I can loose myself there for two hours at time In the wood store and shop.

You’re correct, single 6” or twin 4”. 🤔 have amended post.