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Apparently you will soon be able to buy direct from the web site with same day dispatch. The only problem that I can see is that it looks as everything will be at list price where as most dealers can offer a discount. Ian

Byron PM sent :D Wizer - what do you need sharpened? Ian

Mark - a new blade can make a World of difference. Generally the blades that come with the machine are rubbish and it's not until you change it for a good quality blade will you appreciate how great the bandsaw is as a machine! It's important to match the tooth pitch and width of the blade to...

I don’t know if this will be of any use to anyone on here? Had a wide bandsaw that was beyond repair so cut some of it up with the intention of making some saws – made a couple but this piece has been hanging around the workshop for ages so before it goes to the scrap bin thought that I would...

Hermes products are very good - never had a problem with anything made by Hermes and have used their grinding wheels, cutting discs & sanding belts. Ian

There’s a lot more choice of tooth pitch and tooth set available now than there used to be and the vari-tooth blades seem to work a treat cutting wood. 2/3 vari-tooth is great for cutting thick material and a 6/10 vari-tooth is a great general purpose blade. The only problem is that there's a...

Have you considered using M42 Bi-Metal blades? M42 Bi-Metal blades are made from harder material than standard bandsaw blades so last a lot longer. Other advantages are that they are a lot cheaper than carbide tipped blades – between £20 and £28 for blades for your machine; they are readily...

Have used this company a few times in the past: Recovery Rollers Unit 11, Western Industrial Estate, Ponthir Rd, Caerleon, Newport, Gwent NP18 3NN Tel: 01633 430814 They are local to us so not sure if they do a postal service but could be worth phoning them. They done a great job on...

Always found this company the cheapest for blank discs: www.svp.co.uk No affiliation, just a happy customer – fast delivery and great customer service :) The only thing that I can fault them on is that if you are only looking for a few discs then the postage can push the price up a bit. Ian

George, there's no need to grind the teeth off - there's a guide to make sure that the saws are re-cut level and there's no effect on the temper. Occasionally some saws are so badly damaged that I have to put a little tension in them and that's done with either a special hammer or a rolling...

Hi George, the re-toother is an old Foley machine which has a punch and die that stamps out the teeth in a nice uniform pattern. The saw goes onto a carrier that is fed through the machine via a ratchet bar and the ratchet bars determin the tooth pitch that is punched out. It's a great machine...

Thought that you might want to see the same saw 20 minutes later. Wasn’t too bad to do – this is where the re-toother makes life a lot easier! Once it was re-toothed just a case of setting and sharpening and back to a useable condition :D Ian

After a conversation with someone the other week about the condition of some of the saws that I sharpen, just had this tenon saw in - the owner has had a go at sharpening it himself and is not quite sure how he managed to get it to this state but apparently it didn’t take too long! Looks as if...

Mike There can be issues when trying to connect to torrents with a beta version of a program - quite a few of the torrent sites won't allow access from beta versions of some programs because of stability issues. Sorry can't help with the Bitlord problem as never used it. Ian

Hi Alf - sorry, work for a small company in South Wales called Dragon Saws Ltd. There's still a few schools and colleges around our area that still use real saws - only about 3 or 4 now though but still nice to know that some schools and colleges are still using them. They tend to send them in...

Hi Alf We don't get many hand or tenon saws in for sharpening these days as most people seem to use the hard point saws, but the ones that we do get in then I still sharpen the majority of them by hand - did use the automatic machine in half term when a local school sent in 50 tenon saws that...

If the blades are the same as ones used by similar looking machines in the picture framing industry then the only thing to watch while sharpening these blades is that they need to be hollow ground and ideally sharpened as a pair. Charnwood sell a similar machine but not sure what the quality of...

We've used a company called BSL and they've managed to match all the belts that we've required. Our local branch is in Merthyr and the details are as follows: BSL Brammer Ltd Unit 9, Pant Industrial Estate, Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan CF48 2SR Tel: 01685 379616 We've found them to...

Have used these in the past and very happy with the service. They are local to me but I believe that they also do a postal service. Recovery Rollers Unit 11, Western Industrial Estate, Ponthir Rd, Caerleon, Newport, Gwent NP18 3NN Tel: 01633 430814

Charnwood have a new 18" model which has a cutting depth of 295mm and a 3HP motor for £799.00. Honestly don't know what it's like though as have yet to see one. Ian