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    Dust extraction advice

    Have you considered a track saw, 95% less dust even with a cheap one, You would have to completely seal the base of a table saw and add a 2hp extractor to get half that and even then your still not dealing with all the stuff that goes upwards
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    Bargain of the day!

    If I made the money they make I wouldn't be bothered if you called me Susan
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    Returning to Woodworking - advice please

    Now that's a very good idea
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    Joke thread

    why has this dude got a picture of Jean-Luc Picard on his wall
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    TIMBER!!!!!

    Poplars usually nice clear straight grain, it's very good as a secondary timber for stuff like draw sides etc
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    Joke thread

    A mate of mine says it is the law that you have to put your dipped headlights on when it's raining in Sweden, How the hell am I supposed to know when it's raining in Sweden ?
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    Rail track hinge mechanism!!

    Sorry to but in but this works very well
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    Joke thread

    The dog ran off last night, I walked round the park calling his name for 20 mins & still couldn't find him, The wife said I should look harder, so I shaved my head and got a tatoo, still can't find the sod
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    Joke thread

    It got crowded in heaven so, for one day and one day only, it was decided to only accept people who had a really bad day on the day they died. St. Peter was standing at the pearly gates and said to the first man, "Tell me about the day you died." The man said, "Oh, it was awful. I was sure my...
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    2nd hand tenon saw - write off or salvageable?

    Saw files have cutting edges on the pointy ends, standard triangular files don't, so can't cut down into a triangular shape https://www.axminstertools.com/vallorbe-swiss-saw-files-ax22603
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    Has Jessem & Incra (et al) been caught napping?

    All very good points if you are putting miles of timber though it, although if you were, would you not be using a spindle ?. Seems that most of the enjoyment of woodworking has been lost since the "CNC" brigade came to the party, You can work within .0001 but within an hour it's moved by triple...
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    Joke thread

    My dad was addicted to brake fluid, he said to me that he could stop anytime he liked
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    Babbitt bearings

    Cheers chaps, I posted on an engineering site and a really helpful chap called Noel spent nearly an hour on the phone telling me about total loss systems, seems that the fact there is nothing wrong with the machine other than it eats oil, it's probably down to it getting to much oil, and...
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    Babbitt bearings

    Thank you chaps, Sometimes the obvious just walks up and smacks you in the face, Much appreciated
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    Babbitt bearings

    I've had the Robinson for twenty odd years and it really needed them doing then, but now it uses sooo much oil it's no longer funny, I find myself with nothing to do but kitchen cabinets for the next month +, so now would be a good time to find someone to do it, The machine is so well setup...
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    Babbitt bearings

    Hi all, I'm looking to see if I can find someone to sort out my (originally) belt driven Robinson surface planer, needs the Babbitt bearings redoing in situ, I'm in South Manchester, not sure this is a thing anymore so just asking
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    Nearly put this in the joke thread

    Remember when your mum told you not to play on the road because there were big heavy things on them that would really really hurt you, why is it that as soon as you get a push bike/e-scooter etc you forget this basic knowledge
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    MFT - wossit all about?

    I take it that even after 5 days you still have not bothered to have a look at Mr Millards site ?
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    MFT - wossit all about?

    Jacob, consider it as a 700mm chop saw with clamping options and an exact cut line
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    Router table flatness

    0.25mm over 815+mm will not make a blind bit of difference plus all pressure when cutting will be over the router plate so as long as that's flat your quids in
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