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The industrial standard wheel bore is 1.25"/32mm and bushes in both metric and imperial are widely available. They are asked for and usually provided free at the time of sale. Unfortunately there are a lot of "made for the USA DIY market" cheaper wheels on sale here now. US diy grinders have...

I need some more shelf space (she says) so something has to go. These books are all complete, in good to fair clean s/h condition (worst 1 or 2 a bit thumbed). Whilst the book and brown paper is free, unfortunately post is not. 'Er indoors has kindly weighed them and obtained the cost of posting...

The Jet 310 p/t is a good sturdy machine with generally positive forum views (especially in terms of value). The table length at 1.4M is reasonable, but naturally can't easily handle longer stuff like (say) the much more expensive 300mm Felder p/t with its 2M surfacing table. F&C (?) had a...

Yes. Ron, we have many and varied wonderful UK apple varieties. I used to work in Kent for the day job, helping develop farm businesses, living in Faversham close to Brogdale. Unfortuately growers in Kent were generally small scale and minds fixed in traditional wholesale auction markets. They...

Waka, this may also help (below) The table adjustments all interlink - tweak one and it upsets all the others - as I found to my cost when correcting a slight droop. I think the tower bolts that support the tables (operator side) have mild steel (?) domed heads prone to a bit of wear. The Felder...

Strange, isn't it? Woodrat has a US patent acording to the label on my machine; perhaps it has expired? I thought US patent law was stricter than UK - ie. illegal to copy a patent design even if only for your own use in US but not here. Pathfinder is still on the cards, intended for small scale...

~The cheapie Lidl digital caliper doesn't realy need modifying, you can see how your saw reacts to higher tensions (how much does the top guide move?) and get used to the feel. I generally check what the built in gauge says, for tensioning the next time. Recheck if you get a new blade as the...

David Charlesworth's 3 books have all the DVD info and a lot more, cheap on Amazon's Marketplace etc. When I began woodworking I had a devil of a problem with a Record #6, which when I knew more, turned out to be 25 thou hollow. You can imagine the problems that caused. But you can't flatten...

Apples!I know from the old day job that much UK apple industry would not compete with French and others on quality so sales gradually declined leading to orchards being grubbed out all over Kent. Industry was too many small and "independent minded" growers to adapt. Restructured industry is re...

Agreed, overkill for a shaving-thick camber: I do find it helpful (but a luxury?)when you want to take off a mm or more from each side of the blade. I use it on the 10" Scheppach. DC was right about the diamond crowning plate. Just got 600 grit one from sister in US. About 4-5 strokes on a newly...

2 possibilities - Independent Land Rover specialist (NOT main dealer) or Agricultural Engineers. Various heavy oils are used in ag. machine gearboxes. I buy EP140 grade oil for my cut off bandsaw g/box in 500 ml tins from Ag eng. supplier. There are also thixotropic greases designed for Ag...

I have one of the Freud pro series for ripping, kerf 2.2mm which clears the old type of guide rail. I also use a Festool fine cut blade.

Very happy with my Mafell. Personally, I prefer the router style plunge to the Festool pivot forward plunge. Plunge cutting ability is of most use to me in making a prior score cut possible. You cut backwards about 3mm deep and then forward as normal at full depth - no chip out on either side of...

Looking to extend outfeed table of my p/t when surfacing, I was wondering about these. Are they height adjustable like the Felder, or is height set by the mounting rail, and thus dependant on very accurate drilling? I assume they are robust enough to stand up to a few knocks? I like to inspect...

I always wondered what Mrs Krenov allowed past her front door....

You'll need to go often to Lidl or check on line, as the non food stuff varies week by week. You do get 3 3kW switches and one dimmer with the pocket sized radio controller for under 10 quid though. I have one of the remote switches wired up in parallel with the green button of the extractor...

The table top bobbin from Ax/Jet is quite solidly put together, except for the oscillating mechanism itself. This is an all metal worm drive partly encased to retain grease, and a pair of tiny connecting rods with the smallest bronze bushes I 've ever seen. Very little play in the bobbin...

I thought 'super smoother' = panel plane? I don't know how accurate is careful lapping on a granite plate, my smallest feeler is 1.5 thou, but LN suggest ocasional lapping to keep plane flat, so presumably they don't think it degrades their standard. The body of a longer plane will flex under...

I used to finish the whole blade at 45 deg, but since trying DC's idea of grinding at around 35 odd deg and then honing at 45 have not gone back. Burr can be quickly removed by rehone at 45 deg and new burr formed several times before regrind (Tormek etc) is required. Crown for someting like LN...

I've had an eze lap polycrystaline 600 grit plate for about 15 years. The poly = multiple crystals, fracture to keep the stone sharp, or fracture and wear out quicker, according to who's telling the story. I've also a blue DMT of the same vintage. Both still cut well, although a nasty inclusion...