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I have a BS350 retrofitted with rikon guides NEW RIKON Tool-less Bandsaw Blade Guide Retrofit System - RIKON Power Tools (which do take a bit of adaption to fit as @MikeK thread). Makes blade changing setup easy and I also regularly use (in fact most often) a 3/4 bladewhich I find rips nice and...

Electric motors have inrush currents on starting 6-10 times the running current. 2000w = running ~9A so start current could easily be 60A+ "B" rated breakers trip at 3-5 times rated current "C" type breakers at 5-10 times. Get a sparks in and ask to have your B breaker changed to a C breaker. It...

I have a tallow candle used for fluxing lead came for stained glass work (not that I do much)

usually does!! ;)

I have first hand experience of this. The moisture causing the efflorescence is quite likely coming from the room itself. The structure becomes salt-poisoned through reactions of combustion products with building materials. The salts are hygroscopic, and when wet trades are applied easily...

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I am impressed with the water mist videos, and have now ordered one for my workshop

Easy to get so many different profiles in MDF. Also, gun foam adhesive like instastik is really good if the wall to be fixed to isn't perfectly smooth. Over plasterboard, a grab adhesive is better. Don't try and edge pin mitres - it tends to split. Biscuits work well on large section architrave...

I watched a bit of the last episode. What really concerned me was angle grinder carving. Those carver and saw blades in angle grinders are absolutely lethal, and showing them to Joe Public who might think they'll have a go IMHO is just dangerous. Son of a friend opened his arm up with one.

I have a PBD40 that sits on the end of my bench which I bought after much cogitation. I love the easy speed adjustment, height change, laser cross (which I did have to adjust a smidgen from new) and the work light. It's sturdy and accurate enough for what I do, but would not be good enough for...

If you use a modern dry-glazing system, it surely makes some sense to internally bead. I made the sash windows for our house (in Accoya) with 24mm DGU basically copying the drawings from one of the big commercial manufacturers of wooden sash windows who put the CAD drawings of their ranges...

Cabinets used to be 15mm, they are now usually 18mm and decent ones are not going to fall apart. Everything for kitchens is modular, so drawer inserts will be sized to neatly fit standard cabinets constructed in 18mm etc. IMHO the skill in making a nice kitchen is planning and attention to...

I do find it thought provoking that I regularly use an ordinary wooden hollow plane (for e.g. rounding off window boards) marked "B.Dyson" as the maker, which makes it 1772-1791 - before Trafalgar!!

99% of kitchen cabinets are made from faced mdf or particleboard. Why do you want to use plywood? Unless you want odd sizes, it isn't really worth making base cabinets as they are readily available in different qualities and finishes in all the usual modular sizes, and the materials to make your...

Common problem. Solution - take a multitool, position architrave and temporarily pin. Run the multitool down the plaster tight to the arch making a shallow cut. With same multitool cut in sideways from the door casing removing some of the plaster. Fit architrave. Run a small bead of decorators...

DIYDad has the best answer. Shipping costs from far east have skyrocketed, plus additional import paperwork etc. Think what the kit would cost if manufactured in the UK. Take a band saw at £1200. 20% is VAT so the base selling cost is £1000. The retailer wants 25% margin so his buying cost is...

These should be banned too 3 PCS 115mm Carbide Saw Blade 4.5" Angle Grinder Circular Saw Blade for Woodworking Cutting Wood Plastic 40 Teeth : Amazon.co.uk: DIY & Tools Why anyone would ever attempt to use a circular saw blade in an angle grinder I do not know. It's bad enough using a thin...

If you are handy enough to cut out the rot and remake the bottom of the window and make a decent job of it, you are handy enough to remake the whole window. The cill is actually the part with the most complexity to its shape. The rest is all planks with grooves in. You can buy all the beads...

great job!. A question on your M&T's. It doesn't look quite like a wedged tenon? what did you do? When I made mine I considered the traditional approach but 1) I couldn't face cutting 64 haunched tenons (for 8 windows), and 2) I though that accoya would be too brittle for wedges and would break...

I broke up an awful old dresser and used the carved and shaped parts to make a fireplace surround. It's nothing new to break up old stuff. My grandfather was a piano dealer through the 60-70's. The cheap english straight strung pianos had little value second hand, so when he traded one it was...