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I'm planning to board up the rafters in my garage workshop at the weekend, and I'm trying to work out what material would be suitable. This is just for storage of items of varying weight (think up to a loaded toolbox, say 25kg) and also to take the weight of a person crawling around on the...

See the Part P regulations Page 8 additional note f, I quote directly: "Detached Garages and sheds are not special locations. Work within them is notifiable only if it involves new outdoor wiring". This would clearly indicate to me that any work in detached buildings is not notifiable to...

What's your intended maximum load? If the cable outer diameter is only 12-13mm and it's armoured, then I'm not too sure whether it's substantial enough for big current draws. This thread contains info on cable outer diameter for BS 5647 SWA cable...

Surely the clue is in the name. If it's wood (and I include engineered woods here) and it is being worked - sawn, milled, sanded, polished, whatever - then it is woodwork. Metalwork now takes place mostly on cnc machines or in huge forges rather than in ye olde blacksmythe's shoppe, but it's...

Well after further deliberation and an appearance of the purchase monster, I decided to go for the Record TS250-RS after all. I bought one from Yandles at the recent Record Power show, including Squaring Table, Wheel kit and Mitre fence, along with a DX4000 and accessory kit. The saw and...

The Divar 55 is brand new so you won't find many people with experience just yet. I haven't seen one in the metal but for less than half the price of a Festool equivalent it's got to be worth a shot for the hobbyist user in my view. Depends what sort of usage and results you are demanding really...

That's not quite right I think. The flow velocity will remain the same through a hose regardless of the hose diameter, if you neglect all other effects. Theroetically therefore, doubling the diameter of the hose would quadruple the air moved. The restrictions through the motor ducting and...

If your extractor generates sufficient suction to move air through a 4" hose at a fast enough speed to avoid dust and chips building up within the hose, then yes I would imagine that 4" ducting is what you would want to install for best extraction on larger machines. The problem you have with...

For a given power of suction, you will move a larger volume of air for a larger hose. This is because the mean flow speed within the hose will go down as you increase the hose area, as frictional losses are a function of velocity squared, and cross-sectional area is a function of diameter...

Right, after scouring several tool shops and many hours of researching, I have settled upon buying an Axminster TS-200 for my small hobby workshop. I plan to buy the saw and sliding table but leave the right hand extension and leg stand, and modify/construct as follows, largely drawn from the...

Thanks for your advice wcndave, I think I've arrived at the same conclusion. Now for a new thread on TS-200 modifications!

I had a fairly useful trip to Axminster this afternoon, managed to have a look around quite a bit of kit. Unfortunately they didn't have an AW10BSB2 to look at; the sales guys there showed me an MJ12-1600 panel saw which was claimed to be "similar" although I'm not convinced about that, they...

Yandles are taking pre-orders on the Woodstar Divar 55 for £180 with a guide rail, apparently due for release on 12th November. At the price if it's reasonably built and accurate then I think for a hobbyist it makes a lot more sense than spending over double the price on the Festool system...

Today I had a very useful trip to Yandles. It turns out that they do have a Record TS250RS on display in their shop, but it's not currently listed as a stocked product on their website. I had a good look around it and really like what I saw. The sliding table is about 1300mm long, locks...

Ok, so my impatience got the better of me and I popped up to Tewkesbury Saw in my lunch hour. They had a Jet on display, I had a look round the machine and it seems quite well put together and very compact once the outrigger table is folded away. However, the sliding table stroke only appears to...

I'd start by draining the oil tank and cleaning everything out, especially around the oil pump. You just need to take the cutter bar and chain off, then tip it on its side to drain the oil out. You should be able to locate the auto-lube pump which will be held in by a couple of allen key bolts...

Thanks for all your advice guys. An update - there is now potential for extension of the workshop to about 20'x20' which would make some of the larger machines much more usable. I've been doing some reading up on the Record TS250RS (a similar TS250SB also seems to be in existence which looks...

The Festool does look the mutt's nuts, but I can't get myself away from the fact that I'd be paying £500 for a hand held circular saw and a rail, which I would only use for handling boards too big to fit on a small table saw. Woodbloke - did you go for the short or long sliding table? I had a...

Thanks for all your advice guys and for the tip on Toolite, I will wander on over there after work one evening (I actually work in Gloucester so really close, brilliant recommendation!). I'm struggling to find feedback on the Jet JTS-600 but on paper I'm leaning towards it assuming the quality...

Hello, I'm drawing up a (growing) short-list of table saws for my first-time workshop, and the one I'm struggling to find in supply near me is the SIP 01332 which seems to get very positive feedback from many forum members. I'm based in the Bristol area, can anyone point me to a showroom where...