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  1. giantbeat

    24 hours with the Axminster Hobby Series AWHBS250N bandsaw!

    HI Guys I received my Hobby Series AWHBS250N bandsaw yesterday, bit the bullet on new years eve whilst they were on special offer & knowing they would be going up in price the day after. Have spent weeks not knowing which saw to buy, searched forums, reading reviews and was no better off, I...
  2. giantbeat

    Axminster Hobby Series TS-250M Basic Table Saw

    on paper i think this machine looks great spec & i would considered this if they were available last year, My Bosch GTX10 XC though a wonderful machine cost considerably more and does not have that much more to offer.
  3. giantbeat

    Pencils for marking out on wood

    i like the oval ones as they don't roll of the bench when i pop em down, unfortunately you can get 10 x the amount of normal pencils for their price, so last time i needed pencils, i ended up with 12 boxes of 10 HB's for £5 delivered.... now if a pencil ends up on the floor or under a bench i...
  4. giantbeat

    Axminster Hobby Series AWHBS350N Bandsaw

    Thats good to hear, i literally just ordered it, i was hoping for the size up & tempted by the fox version (but the aluminium pressed table put me off & the price seemed too good to be true) but once i add steve's DVD & a selection of Tuff blades i was stretching my budget way out, with the axy...
  5. giantbeat

    Axminster Hobby Series AWHBS350N Bandsaw

    well i have no idea, thats what i been trying to work out looking at all the reviews & searching forums, its a very mixed bag 50/50 on good & bad i would say....everytime i settle on one, i then read a horror story.. I'm now looking at other machines, i will check the record power one out as i...
  6. giantbeat

    Axminster Hobby Series AWHBS350N Bandsaw

    hang on, its out of stock on the website but they have them listed on ebay at £399.95 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Axminster-Hob ... 1c394b0964
  7. giantbeat

    Axminster Hobby Series AWHBS350N Bandsaw

    yeah i was looking at this, shame its out of stock as i would have jumped on it. currently trying to find out more about the fox f28-191-bandsaw to see if its worth buying.
  8. giantbeat

    anyone got or used a Fox F28-191 bandsaw?

    HI Chaps. i have a small amount of cash left over from the Xmas period, i have for a long time fancied adding a bandsaw to my little cellar workshop... space is tight so i was looking at the axminster hobby AWHBS250N & the other similar machines... but I'm concerned about its power & it might...
  9. giantbeat

    MY WORKSHOP

    haha well well we are local indeed... thats a dangerous offer mate, i do thoroughly enjoy looking round work shops & at machinery ... but its an offer i will take you up on at some point... I'm very envious of your space & gear :)
  10. giantbeat

    MY WORKSHOP

    Central, live near thrones, having looked at your site, not far from your workshop, until i moved last year i used to walk over the bridge each day going to work. I'm from down the road in Horbury originally & my business is still there. just been looking at your gallery, your work looks...
  11. giantbeat

    MY WORKSHOP

    great looking shop there Paul, some space & gear, nice to see a fellow Wakefield resident on here. Gareth
  12. giantbeat

    workshop update

    nice, looks like an underground lair!
  13. giantbeat

    Makita MTL100 Table Saw or Festool TS 55 Track Saw?

    HI Tom as a former MLT100 saw owner (mine burned up after minimal use, just after i tuned it on, its was under no load) i would not reccomend them, mine was a pig, noisy, flimsy, inaccurate & sometimes firghtening to use, it felt cheap & i would not have dared run large boards through it... i...
  14. giantbeat

    Best router for use in a table?

    i had the same issue, some places include it some dont, i also had trouble getting exact info on what collets are included. in the end i bought from Dennis here - http://www.tritontools.uk.com he includes the wibder as std with his rounters & is custtomer servoce & support were excellent, its...
  15. giantbeat

    Cost effective dust extraction - shop vac?

    re shop vac's i can thoroughly reccomend this one in the cheap & cheerfull catagory http://www.wickes.co.uk/wet+dry-vacuum+ ... vt/215735/ only £40 from wickes... i bought it for another job as it was cheap & was so impressed with its ability to handle everything from building rubble to very...
  16. giantbeat

    heads up on Aldi power tools

    sounds like a "fill your pants with fear" moment!
  17. giantbeat

    Genuinely confused about these 2 routers, advice needed!

    foir any advice & a good pace to buy your Triton tools from, you cant get better info & service than from Dennis Leverett, i had loads of questions about what model comes with what, collet size, winding tools etc & the router model numbers... he was not the cheapest i found, BUT he could answer...
  18. giantbeat

    anyone own or used the BOSCH GTX10 XC bench/table saw?

    If so can you let me know how you find it? im trying to decide what to do now my Mikita MLT100 went up in smoke after little use... its going back to Mikita for now to be checked out... had a look round for similar sized saws (th MLT100 was a perfect size for getting it into my callar...
  19. giantbeat

    Forum users' Table saws

    wadkin sp12 at my Workshop was using a Mikita MTL100 at home until it went up in smoke last weekend.
  20. giantbeat

    very disappointed Makita MLT100 :(

    i think im going to join you in that thinking...... shame but this has really put me off.
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