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Hi Steve - I work for Dragon, which should explain Richard's comment :D Will send a PM shortly Ian

The Woodslicer is a very good blade but will be pretty slow at cutting 10” hardwood and blade life will suffer because you are cutting hardwood and because of the thickness that you are cutting. What bandsaw do you have? If you can fit a 1” blade on your machine, then go for a 1” blade and I...

Another vote for photobox - signed up last week and had 50 free prints just for signing up! Uploaded 50 pictures on Wednesday night and they were delivered on Friday morning, just had to pay £1.50 p&p :D Very pleased with the quality of the photos - will definitely be using photobox again...

What type of drill are you using? If you are using a hand held drill then chances are that the cutting speed is way too fast. As GCR has already mentioned, cutting oil or paste is a good idea - have found that engine oil is ok for a few holes. A nice sharp drill bit, slow cutting speed and...

As already mentioned the main difference is the quality of the carbide used in the manufacture of the cutters. It depends on what you are using the cutters for but talking to kitchen fitters who bring their cutters in for sharpening, many of them have had a bad experience of the craft range on...

Momo The main problem with blades for this machine are that they are thin gauge material which are notorious for easily breaking if too much tension is applied. If you change the blade to a medium .020 gauge blade then you will notice a big improvement - not just in the cutting performance but...

Hi Rob Any decent engineering shop will be able to drill/ream the bore to 30mm It depends on the quality of the blade if it's worth having done though - if it's only a cheap blade then you might be better off getting rid of that one and buying a new blade. If it's a good quality blade...

Momo - just sent you a PM

They are metal cutting blades but will be great for cutting hardwood as they will last a lot longer than standard bandsaw blades. The 6/10 will have sections of 6tpi and sections of 10tpi on the same blade. It's a vari-tooth blade and will give a nice finish but will be slow cutting thick...

I would recommend going for a 3tpi blade but make sure that it has extra set teeth and preferably in .032 gauge to allow it to cope with cutting wet logs. Standard blades are .025 gauge so the .032 blades will give a lot more stability when cutting. If you are straight cutting go for a 1/2"...

Nice to see other people on here with great music taste as well :D Apart from Genesis, love all the other bands mentioned :D All time favourite group has got to be The Pixies and still love everything that Frank Black/Black Francis does. Olly - love John Frusciante - have to find his solo...

Must have just missed the extra terrestrial visitor ! :D :D :D

The TCT cutters used on the DW26500K are pretty much useless after they've gone blunt but larger TCT planer blades can be re-sharpened but need to be sharpened using a diamond grinding wheel - any local sharpening company should be able to do the work. TCT blades are usually more expensive to...

From a dealers perspective, Dewalt are a right pain to deal with and seem to be getting worse. I know of 2 companies who used to sell a lot of Dewalt tools and both are Dewalt service agents. Both have now cut the amount of Dewalt tools that they stock and one is even talking of not stocking...

I know that Nick Gibbs was cutting 0.5mm veneers from a 3" Oak board with one of our 3/4" blades :D Ian (Dragon Saws)

That's me :D Most bandsaw blades that come with new machines are of pretty poor quality and changing the blade will make a big difference to the way that the machine performs. unfortunately there's no way of telling how good a blade is just by looking at it and the only way to tell if a blade...

Used to have a pair of the Dewalt trainer type safety shoe and they were great but picked up a pair of Aldi's safety trainers and they are brilliant for the price :D They've actually lasted longer than the Dewalt ones and are constantly worn in work. When these go they will be replaced with...

Hi Pete Welcome to the forum :D Two companies that might be able to help are: http://www.pbrabrasives.com/product.php?id=10&start=200 http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Abtec-Stores Abtec sell through Ebay so it could be worth sending them an email to see if they have the wheel in stock - couldn't...

Haven't had chance to have a proper read of Colin's article yet but the table looks great :D Also noticed that OPJ from the forum has a nice looking resawing jig featured in the magazine. :D Hopefully will get a chance tonight to sit down and read the magazine properly. Ian

Just got the new edition of British Woodworking and there's a letter having a right go at Steve - Nice to see Nick's reply though. And by printing the letter and reply - even more of Steve and the Domino in the magazine :D Ian