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I notch my runners out with a japanese saw and a chisel. Takes moments, not worth getting a router set up for it.

Here's one in my to-do queue, its a Metalclad, made inNeath Wales. They became a subsidiary of the 600 group in 1947, and seemed to have ceased trading in 1953 so between those dates as it has a 600 group tag on it. So not as early as the original post, but has many similarities. Cheers Andy

I have too many saws so one needs to go. This is my currently daily user, well weekly as I'm only a hobbyist. This is how it stand at the moment, the previous owner did a lot of sled work so he cut down the riving knife and didn't use a guard. But I obtained a genuine Wadkin guard and riving...

I stand corrected, I assumed they would be fixed star/415v at that age. Having dual voltage means a VFD would be the way to go. I guess I underestimated Wadkin, again. Page 13 of the PK users manual shows the 6 and 9 wire motor wiring...

I intend to run my PK off of a digital converter, it gives 415v out so no need to worry about delta, star will be fine. It is very unlikely that you will get delta out of a PK motor without delving into the windings and breaking out the star point. I already have the converter, it is a digital...

Nice one Rob, I'm jealous of your CAD ability. I use the BigTreeTech v2 32 bit board, I had a few issues compiling the code for the BLtouch as I am using the Marlin Bugfix branch rather than BigTreeTech's version of Marlin but didn't take too long. The other problem was the wiring for the...

The 100mm pipes, look at the third pic in the first post of this thread. The runs are just too long for it, the finer dust moves, but the large chips settle to the bottom. Its fine on short runs but I have a 20m workshop. I could just use it for the small tools that generate fine dust and use a...

I had some issues with filament, turns out on some of the Ender 3 printers, the extruder had too strong a spring meaning the filament was being squashed so it was wider in one direction, beyond the tolerances recommended by the tubing manufacturer. Loads of youtube videos show you how to...

I've added a raspberry pi for octoprint and time lapse photography, a new main board, BL touch for auto bed levelling and swapped out the hot end and the extruder for different ones. None of them have been essential, I would say incremental improvements in quality, ability or convenience but...

Mine is a Creality Ender 3 Pro, cost just me just over 200 quid with the glass bed cover and 2kg of PLA filament delivered from Germany. I believe they are in the process of upgrading the boards to 32 bit and upgrading the stepper motor drivers so check which model it is. I thing the Ender 3 now...

I met Bruce and his Wadkin PK before it was pink. I bought an AGS12 off of him. He's a Lovely chap, and the chairs and other furniture he makes are real quality. I just moved my 2 Wadkin PKs from the barn into the workshop for renovation, they will not be pink, purple or tartan. Probably grey :)

Peter Parfitt uses the NVD750 and the Axminster cyclone in his workshop, but only direct to the machine, not via 20m of ducting :) It will work but as I said earlier, it leaves chips in the ducts so working on the edge on a big system. I'm going to sell the NVD750 as I could do with some cash...

I intend to sell the NVD750 as its too big/powerful for a shop vac, put I do have a smaller Numatic, a WV470, its like a double height Henry, similar power. I have that linked to a small cyclone, its use is mainly for cleaning the floor but I could create a separate section of smaller duct where...

I've got the Axi one. Works fine, no dust in the bag yet and the filter looks clean, plus its steel so quite robust I've just swapped the extractor from an Axi/Numatic NVD750 high pressure/low volume vacuum that I bought when I only had a short length of duct and couple of tools. Peter Parfitt...

I keep intending to learn CAD fully but never seem to get around to it. I've modified a few designs but not created my own designs, yet..... However my two daughters, 11 and 14, are picking up CAD quickly so maybe I'll just outsource design to them :)

Like most people on here, getting the various bits of machinery to mate up with vacuums and dust extraction systems can be a real pain. Adapters cost a fortune and rarely work, although some vendors kit does share similar hose sizes, not all do, and the flexible stepped adapters don't always...

Probably but only as part of some diversification project. We are up in the hills and only a few acres so its not like we can lose 23k a a business expense easily. To be honest, the digital phase converter acts just like a mains 3 phase supply for my purposes. The only benefit I can see is...

I have the overhead HT feeding the villages above me on the hillside going through my fields. Currently only one phase goes to the transformer feeding our property, and the transformer is designed only for one phase, so is it would mean a transformer swap. Otherwise it would have been somewhere...

I'm running 7.5hp+ off of a domestic single phase supply with the digital phase converter. Its rated to 10hp with a 50A 240v feed. Its a whole workshop solution, but I can only run one big motor at a time. I like it being 3ph 415v so no issues with star wound motors, however I would still have...

The deWalt 1251 is the same machine try here http://www.drosera.f2s.com/RAS/DW1251.pdf