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As far as I am concerned I can make as much noise as I like since its my money paying my bills and not my neighbours. I limit it to before 9pm and after 9am and, if asked for a valid reason, I would be more than happy to keep it down or lay off for a day if a neighbour was ill or selling their...

You should be OK trying out a collet extension - just go easy with it because by extending the collet length you are of course increasing the leverage on the shaft significantly and thus the force on the bearings etc. If you wanted to be sure then you might try a light pass with a bearing guided...

I don't know about the Powerplus router but the only time I have seen such restricting devices on a router plunge was to retain it from plunging during shipping - at least one of my Festool routers had them for that purpose (think it might have been the of1400 but cant be sure) and in which case...

Sounds reasonable - thats about what I sold mine for. My Hermes are the cheapest for shipping by far - providing you warn it will take about 3 days. They'll even pick it up from you for about £8 all in.

Did it retail for £69 new?

I've bought and sold a few T5 routers over the last couple of years and what makes a huge difference is whether is the v2 or not - v2 is 1000w and has rubberised handles instead of the shiny black ones - they go for more because the 850w T5 is underpowered and as a result vibrates badly in...

I'm surprised Metabo hasn't sued Parkside since some of these models are slightly more than reminiscent. Personally, I wouldn't use a plunge track saw without a riving knife and if I had to because that's all my budget would go to then I'd keep both hands firmly on the saw at all times as its...

I get these off Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00 ... UTF8&psc=1 Now, for under £4 I feel like every day is 100° summer and it's done wonders for my outlook on life :-)

Paddy, I hadn't thought of doing it like that - I was thinking of a single large cutter assy to profile the entire mating face of the timber in one go but it seems as if those Wealden cutters require you to cut one face at a time - cut one edge and then flip the work over to mirror the profile...

I could build myself a kitchen from quartersawn oak with blacksmith made handles for 10k

I've already checked Wealden - they're very decent cutters for the price (very similar to the Whiteside ones I have from when I was in the US) but they dont always offer the widest selection of more job specific stuff. They do some stile and rail cutters (for cabinets) and T&G sets that will do...

Can anybody recommend a R&S router bit set for making an external door? - ideally beaded or bead and cove. I cant seem to find any except for the Freud ones in the USA - and why can't I seem to buy proper Freud bits in the UK or Europe???? Seems mental since they are made in Italy. Anyway, if...

Thanks, I'll check that out - I may have to modify a palm router to take a chuck - so long as I can get it to spin slow enough

Hi, I intend to fabricate my own Foreman style machine - I have built a couple of CNC machines from scratch so mechanically I am not too daunted by it because it seems a simple enough set up. What I am puzzling over is what drill unit to use and I wondered if anybody knew of a drill without a...

I like to use these panel clamp heads - £16 for the hardware and then you use your own timber to make a clamp as long as you need it http://www.axminster.co.uk/york-panel-clamp-500008 I have the timber pre-drilled at regular intervals in various lengths - you can almost clamp any length

One thing I do know is that you should never trust the names of products like "Danish Oil" or "Tung oil finish" it is all marketing - they are basically a mix of turps/meths (often called spirits - meths stinks less than turps, that's the only real difference), any varnish and sometimes some...

To be honest I am just using oak because I have a ton of useable offcuts - literally a transit full of it I'm desperate to use up to make space, and it's American white oak so not the prettiest wood IMO but it should show the grain when painted as I think I am right in saying its a bit courser...

Having owned the Scheppach before getting my Festool TS55, I'd put money on that being from the same factory in china and thus simply rebadged and therefore VERY likely to be the same track. Seems the track format was not patented as quite a few manufacturers use the same format track.

I'm building myself some kitchen-style cabinets - actually they are for the utility room but they will be free standing kitchen-style and made out of laminated pine panels and oak face frames which will be painted - country kitchen style. I've read a few comments on here and elsewhere about the...

Do you mean laminated or veneered? In either case 55mm is a fair sized hole and at risk of chipping your surface - I would only use a brand new forstner bit in a drill press to do that and even then I would be afraid of chipping the edges of the laminate slightly at entry - and personally I...