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got a new tablesaw , the saw itself is powerful and quiet, but the supplied fence is crap, after trying to tweak it for several hours ive decided its just not up to the job, it wont keep square and shifts considerably when you lock it, axminsters fence extrusion is a ridiculous profile and why...

got hold of some laminated kitchen doors and tried engraving a logo , ran the cut twice to get rid of fuzzies, then infilled with green tinted varnish, have a stack of these doors, so there are a few interesting ideas in my head

they seem reasonabl;y priced , as others have said cheaper stuff is poor quality, theirs seems well made .

james dean designs channel on youtube reviews and uses budget cnc setups, he also explains operating and basic CAD for newcomers, worth checking him out. EDIT, just noticed fezman has recommended him already.

i used led panels, great value at 20 odd quid each i have four in my 13 by 8 shed, but think 2 would be enough. its a pitch roof they came with hanging chains and were easy to fix.or you can attach to battens on a flat ceiling.

i think Brusso is having a sale at the moment, yes they are still pricey but v good quality. Brusso Hardware

ive used the masking tape method, traditional hold down clamps, i swapped the metal parts for hardwood so if i hit it by mistake its no big deal,and yes i used to screw everything into the spoilboard. i have a new cnc and am thinking of fixed positions with a more or less permanant stop on 2...

accoya is v stable and comes with no knots splits or warps usually, but its expensive, id use a good grade mdf for an internal door thats being painted.

a mate with a 3d printer comes in handy, ive a drawerful of plastic fittings that dont fit anything, i always end up cutting down 110mm diameter soil pipe lengthways and regluing with tape and epoxy, drives me mad how nothing fits anything. just got a camvac and despite it being nearly 450 quid...

id build a soundproof box around it, as long as the air can exhaust out it shouldnt overheat as air comes in when the extractor is on. theres a lot of video on youtube showing different methods. my extractor hooked up to my cnc i reduced the sound by 10 db which is a lot,instead of the flimsy...

just got the kapex this week, its a thingof beauty alright, i got it because of its small footprint especially when folded for storage, i dont want to risk leaving it outside in an unheated workshop so like most of my tools it lives in a spare room between uses, its accurate right out of the box...

britain pays more for everything basically, cars, tools, you name it its higher in the UK, its what the market will bear, even after tax i still think its a rip off.

that sounds great, i cheaped out on a triton for my table but got an incra plate and the clean sweep inserts, just laminated some birch ply for the top, seems a crime to cut a hole in it now considering what it cost! i will also use a camvac for dust collection and build a box around the...

thanks, its like a ferrari compared to a ford transit between this one and the old one ! only thing lacking is space to add a vertical table because of the way its built with a gantry connectedby a casting underneath you cant put a slot in the table for joinery on ends of boards, but its more...

i made mine last week, i think he needs just the barrel, i got something called a stadium buycket for less than 20 quid from my farm shop, its really strong plastic about 20 litres, u can see it under the baffle in this pic

replied to your post in another thread gina, ive just got a new machine from stoney CNC, not knocking everybody elses choices or bragging, it was an expensive purchase and i thought long and hard before doing it, but you get what you pay for with these machines.

i made a thein baffle out of ply and some thick plastic sheet, flexible polycarbonate is 90 quid a sheet apparently so i dug this stuff out the shed, a sod to glue together and it aint see through, but works great and diverts 99% of the dust, also knocked up some more bottle openers last week...

i feel your pain, maybe im psychic but when i set my cnc up i hung some plexiglass between the pc and machine, cutting oak one day a piece 3 inches round detached and was flung with a huge bang straight through 8mm plexi, made me jump, but the pc was unharmed

i went with v carve and dont regret it, other people familiar with fusion 360 tell me they prefer that, i think each has its own strengths and weaknesses, as others have suggested try downloading trial copies of software and experiment.

cheers, very hard wood, had to predrill for all the screws, almost no knots, straight as a die, no cracks splits etc, it should oulast me!