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I have the Bosch. Its a cracking bit of kit, its only downside, which seems to apply to all cordless saws, is that it gets through batteries quickly. If you're going to be working away from a charger, make sure you have fully charged beefy batteries with you!

Frenchic paint is just a chalk paint, similar to that from Annie Sloan, beloved by the upcycling community. It'd be ideal to paint your furniture with if you want chalk painted furniture, but not for any other reason!

I have the Veritas one, bought a few years ago now - I don't remember the Axminster branded ones being available then. Anyway, they're pretty much the same I think; can't fault it.

You've sussed this already I'm sure, but just in case you haven't, watch some of the unboxing vid's on Youtube. It's HEAVY! I ended up unpacking the box on the drive to remove as much weight as possible, before heaving the body of the machine indoors. Even then it was a beast to shift...

Here you go, pic 1 showing tracking position, pic 2 showing blade and guides (and bit of curly cutting just to show it works!).

I just had a look at my machine, and my best guess is that you need to run the blade further forward on the wheels so that it sits further forward between the guides. I really can't imagine that you need to do any modifications, or add any extra gizmos to make it work. As I said I've run a...

That's odd - I've not got a 1/4" blade in mine right now, but have run one a few times in the past without any difficulty (perhaps I wasn't looking closely enough!). I'll put the 1/4" back on when I have a moment to see if I can understand whats going on here.

Make a dado jig as Mike suggests - it'll make life much much easier. There's loads of tutorials on Youtube. I've cut lots and lots of dados using a jig very similar to the one Mike pictured, using a 1/4" Bosch router, and taking a couple of passes to get down to the depth required, so if you...

I have my TRA001 mounted on a third party plate, and had to drill holes for the screws and adjusting rod. From memory I think the trick was to remove the plastic plate from the base of the router, and use that as a template.

You can't always believe what salesmen tell you! I doubt there's much difference in real world performance, but they're not the same machines. The Axminster weighs more (+5kg) its filters mount differently, and it has RF rather than IR remote control. I can't easily reach the ceiling...

I've just had the same issue with remotes, and ended up sending the machine back because they were so unreliable. Record hold remotes as spares, so evidently know this is an issue. The Axminster machine (currently out of stock!) seems to use a radio frequency remote rather than IR, so perhaps...

For a sensibly priced, but still tasty espresso / latte, try Barista blend from Spiller and Tait, less than £20 a kg delivered (whole beans) and always roasted in the last month.

Mitre slot is 20mm wide, 25mm at tee, 10mm deep

The footprint is 44cms x 61cms, 50cms to top of the cabinet (where the saw sits). The cabinet is a little smaller than the base at 38x54cms, 47cms tall.

Another vote for Dewalt - good straight out of the box, and has performed flawlessly for a few years now.

I think inter member aggro is pretty common over there, so I doubt thats the reason its down. It does seem to be down more frequently than other forums, so maybe they're just not very good at maintenance. It seems to be a pretty well kept secret too - its not well publicised is it ?

Greenfellers is right - I dont think you'll be able to prune one of those leaders out without leaving the tree looking awful. By all means leave it until it fails, but if it takes a few years to do so, you'll have a big old mess to clear up, and a trunk that might be big enough that it needs...

Which is the trunk, and which is the bough? They both look very similar sizes - do you have 2 leaders (trunks) on the tree? A photo from further back would help. From that photo I'd guess the tree has 2 leaders (because it was badly pruned when it was younger) and there is rot where rainwater...

You might find this a useful read : http://www.periodproperty.co.uk/forum/v ... =1&t=16963

Our attached garage has cover in excess of £5k, with the NFU. I think we have to specify individual items with values over £xxx, but other than that they've always seemed happy to insure whatever value we specified.