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Now thats interesting, I hadn't heard of them, although its 50 miles we do get over there now and then so I may make contact and see how much theirs is I was quite surprised how expensive this stuff was when I started to look around, hence my not wanting to waste money on the wrong thing Many...

Hi all Seeking some advice on the right foam to get for upholstery My daughters settee foam cushions have gradually lost their firmness so want to replace the foam within the cushions Here in Cornwall UK there are not a great many places to get foam from so it will have to be mail order...

I bought a used single speed Hegner, it vibrated like crazy, so sold it on fairly quickly Its quite possible it was just a bad example of it I have an Axminster AWFS18 at present (ironically based on the Hegner) which is a superb machine, no vibration whatsoever

Thanks all I thought the dark looked better as well :-) Not sure it needs a frame though, so will leave this one as it is It was a Steve Goode pattern by the way although he suggested 3/4" thick no backer But I just preferred it this way

Light or dark background ??

I picked up a Parkside (Lidl) belt sander at a boot sale for £7, it works fine and does what I expect of it, it came with bench clamps & dust extractor adaptors They do come round fairly frequently at Lidl , Aldi have a similar one which is also on periodically

Someone said a little while back that Niqua & Flying Dutchman are the same, and a wee google suggests that Niqua make them and someone retails them as Flying Dutchman When I first saw them they were in a yellow packet but seem to have changed to a clear packet with a burgundy label In the UK...

I should have added IMHO ;-)

Do you have a reason for wanting Olson blades? Pegas are far superior to Olson

Not having the greatest amount of funds, I have bought three different magnifying lights at local boot sales First one was a table lamp based thing, fine but not movable enough (cost £1) 2nd was like an angle poise type with a base, better reach that the table type (cost £2) Third and one I...

I believe the bottom clamp is the same as the top but inverted? Are you clamping the bottom first, and then the top? If you have cleaned the ends of the blades and the inside of each blade clamp, and it still keeps happening, I would swap the two clamps around and see if that resolves the...

Have you a picture of the blade clamps ? Are they tool less or the hanger type? Either way, use sandpaper on the ends of the blades (across the blade) there is a finish on the blades, removing it with sandpaper makes them grip better The blade clamps, have you checked they are clean and...

Hi, what blades are you using? good blades such as Pegas make a huge difference

Just google Aldi or Lidl, they each have specials on regular emails For the nailer https://www.aldi.co.uk/c/specialbuys/da ... D56C291282

I use a combination of a 10" disc sander, dremel with various burrs/sanders etc, palm sander, hand sanding, files and rasps The first two are the most useful though On occasion I also use a set of smallish drum sanders, I can't recall where I got them now but they were only a cheap set of...

I recently bought a job lot with some similarities to your find But mine wasn't as nice as yours, the man in question had passed away and his family were clearing everything out , when I got to it a lot of the better stuff had gone He had a variety of interests, mechanics, plumbing, tiling...

They can also be used for lead working, I notice theres a roofing hammer in the pile of hammers

You may be right in that they could be used in several trades, I just remember them from time spent working in a shoe factory many years ago Recently I bought a job lot of tools including quite a few leather workers tools, amongst them were :-

I would suggest that both mallets are for leather work

Okay, I did wonder if thats what you meant I assumed it was the Pegas variety as the only other one I am aware of that Axminster sell (when they have them) is almost identical to the ones fitted to the Proxxon DSH2 So I don't think it would help the OP But as you say the best thing would...