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I saw a similar video when looking for the problem, it's weird go the reviews are so polarised. The saw is either the mutts nuts or something smelly that you would rather not step in :) There have been some very in depth reviews by very critical users complaining of other stuff like the guard...

Thanks for your comments guys. I shall wait a couple of weeks and see if there are any offers or other comments and reviews but ultimately even though I can probably get a saw a few quid cheaper that Axminster, because its a high cost item I would rather have the support. I think looking at...

Interesting, most of the reviews I've seen including quite in depth ones reckon they are pretty good, this is an example of a review that goes down to reasonable level of detail, and I'm more inclined to trust bearings than rods. Festool can't have a monopoly on good design so I think I may...

I'm seriously considering getting the Bosch GCM 12 GDL, the one without the slide bars. I currently have an ELU RAS which I am happy with cross cut wise, but I'm constantly digging out my old Faithful mitre saw as it has much large capacity. I have the faithful bolted to a large wheeled stanley...

In between sorting out the guttering on the back of the house that needed shortening due to the extension, I got the motor dismantled and the bearings identified. Undoing the four screws that go through the motor from front to back covers and tapping it with a rubber mallet loosened the front...

With instruction manuals, it is often what they don't tell you rather than what they do tell you that catches you out. The VFD speed control worked immediately, the on/off switch wouldn't. It requires a NO contact for start on one digital input, and a NC contact on the stop and another digital...

Before I take the motor apart to change the bearings, I thought I would complete the controls side as the wire wound potentiometer arrived. Apart from wiring it up, it means selecting various parameters and making changes to their values. I only had an hour this evening but got the 7 core...

I have tried a dehumidifier, it did lower the moisture level a little but it was on 24 x 7. It didn't cure the problem, probably needed a bigger beast. There is no condensation on the tin roof and sides, it is all kingspan 50mm insulated steel panels. There is very little leakage, however when I...

Unfortunately, there are no windows in the workshop :)

In my case cost and technology. I'm away for a few days a weeks so need something cost effective to heat the workshop reliably and it is 20m x 6m. It has no gas supply, it is insulated though, 50mm kingspan metalclad panels throughout. Gas or oil heaters with open flames create moisture as a...

Very interesting Wallace, direct rather than indirect heating. Definitely worth consideration, my Colchester lathe was soaking with condensation yesterday. I'll think on this :) Cheers Andy

I'm looking for a pellet stove for the workshop, but not a boiler. Which boiler do you have? The bunker may come in handy the way it's going at the moment. Will stock up on essentials like malt whisky, pale ale and bog roll :)

I just tested the motor and VFD. Here's the bench set up, purely in local mode at the moment, i.e. no remote start/stop or speed control. It is always best to start simple and add things so if there is an issue you know what is the likely cause. Once you turn it on, after its done its...

I'm a spritely 55 but I've factored old age into it. In the short term we have a bobcat and the logs and pellets are in IBC cages and stillages respectively, I can move these around the back of the house on the bobcat forks, it just gets around with inches to spare. I will then drop them onto...

I had a really old Trend airshield which was fine, but eventually died. I have replaced it with one from Axminster the APF10 that is a rebadged JSP powercap but at least a tenner cheaper than the cheapest powercap box shifter and you get axminsters customer support. Very comfy to use, I haven't...

Thanks G-O, I haven't done much today, final log/pellet boiler commissioning day so spent a lot of time going through endless menus on the management system as I was also being trained how to use it. Turn on date will be in two weeks as there's a bit of plumbing to do in the utility room that...

So while the paint dries I decided to move onto the motor. Firstly it is wired star or high voltage 415v, but luckily it is dual voltage, all that means is that the star point of the three windings are not soldered together internally but all 6 ends of the windings are available so it can be...

I may be up for it, it sounds like the one I was looking at on ebay that disappeared early yesterday :) I want it for spares for my big one. I'll PM you.

It hasn't turned out too bad, I took the masking off before the paint set so it doesn't drag the paint off the surface. Only issue was the masking tape took a bit of the black paint off the signs. Normally I would fully dismantle the lathe and push the rivets out from the back and take the signs...

I think ventilation does make a difference, however up in t'Pennines different rules apply, everything is wet. I have half the roof off the house at the moment while adding an extension and the roofer has gone AWOL, not answering his phone for 2 days now. When I eventually catch up with him...