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The AWEFSBB caught my eye recently in the Ax showroom, someone had the doors open having a good look. Very substantial cast iron wheels on the one I saw, whole power train looked worthy of a much bigger saw. The frame seemed quite rigid too, but the upper guide post (an ali extrusion) looks as...

Thanks, David; I'll keep a lookout for the mag. but newsagents are a rare item in these 'ere parts.

PS. I assume there's little advantage in using the JET cambering jig? This one looks a good deal more affordable....

I understood Derek to mean "metal removed on the honing stone". If you have a 25 deg primary bevel you don't have to remove much steel to hone it - it's a microbevel, even if honed at 50 deg. If you grind at 50 deg, you then have to remove metal from the whole face of the bevel to hone it (also...

Glad this proved useful! I relied on the FWW article, as they checked their home made "extensiometer" against a proprietory bandsaw tension gauge. Blade "Tension" isn't, really, as it is measured in psi. True tension in the blade is measured in lbs, kilos, etc. What is colloquially called blade...

I'd like to compliment Dragon (satisfied customer only) who, in comparison to other companies were extremely helpful regarding blade choice, prepared to send out blades for trial, and only charge me for the one that did the job. Marketing? Must be a yes, as a result I now buy all my blades form...

I can see the difficulty, Catface; it's quite easy to set the projection of a chisel or plane blade, but the jig for P/T knives would be tricky!

Looks like it might be trouble with the main winding this time. Long extension leads can drop voltage if not adequately sized and some motors don't like this - (undervolting does not give motors an easy time) Don't know if supplied as standard, but cogged V belts with fully ground sides...

Why is the angle not repeatable? All you need is a slip of wood to position the rest the same height above the wheel, (should you have moved the rest to the horizontal position). In fact if you do this, the angle is easily set by the amount the blade extends from the guide (like an eclipse...

Me too! A jiffybag sized web order made about 4.30pm, on doorstep next morning! Wow.

From the current Tormek manual:

The LV block is a lovely plane, but, horses for courses I suppose, I don't like Norris style adjusters. For me, they look like an elegant engineering solution that just doesn't deliver. I can't get used to the interaction between shaving thickness and lateral adjustment!

The wrong side of 60, I've always heard them called tyres - the rubber, cork , urethane etc running surface of the bandsaw wheel. (Metal cutting cut off bandsaws have no tyres, the blade runs on the metal wheel with teeth overhanging the edge) As a tyre wears it may begin to affect the ability...

I have SmartCut Pro You can try out a 1000 parts version free for a month. You don't need the latest version of Windows to run, either. This aligns parts with grain as required, or aternates for least use of plain board, and allows rip or X cut preference, prints parts lists, labels, and will...

When I was young (I hazily recall!), to study a tool catalogue was a useful source of learning. Alas, we are now in the age of admiring quotations (conveniently unatributed) and nonsense like this: Genuine ignorance? Total contempt for customers? Very sad, either way. (?) Page 116...

Most top guides will move a bit if pushed, unless you have a real industrial machine. Fine Woodworking tested some blades on a 14" wheel bandsaw and used a 7lb pressure to feed the stuff in; I guess you'd feed more gently than this on a saw you knew was light, when aiming for a fine cut. The...

No expert sawyer here, but plenty of washboard experience! No bowing, looks like so called 'harmonic vibration' when blade teeth vibrate twisting side to side in the cut, inside the wood like this: top guide ( ) ( ) table You can hear it begin (if you push too hard) and feel the extra...

Well, sort of; in a post a few days ago, I mistakenly described our new 2500. Well, it turns out the manual is common to both varieties, and there is an exploded diagram of both in the back. From this you can see both models share some parts, incuding the main shaft, bearings and leather honing...

True, it's my garage workshop I dehumidify. If you have a draughty uninsulated shed, it's worth attending to, if you value your tools. Condensation comes with rapid temperature change, so our garden shed (the usual shiplap/weatherboard affair) got a stirling board roof and wall lining with some...

40", Martin? Didn't know yours was that big.... Agreed, chisels etc no problem; the odd drip, and not by any means a mess. Hence, ideal for carvers and turners. Similar with a 2" plane blade. If you're careful surface tension 'sticks' the water to blade and wheel as you slide the blade to...