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Lovely job there Sam! I think I have located an original AGS12 crown guard for reasonable money that fits on the riving knife, if that falls through then I will probably make a similar guard to yours for the AGS12. Although I really like the saw, I have two Wadkin PKs to renovate, one of which...

Before finishing the conversion, here's the knife being fitted, first the bolts, as you can see there's not much head room. The bolts from AMS et al are about 30 quid including VAT each, and you need two, so coach bolts and a bit of weld to stop them turning in the slots are a good budget...

I wanted a specific size and hole offset ready to drop on, nearly a full sheet of MDF, but that is a good price for a standard MFT table size.

My MDF top, virtually a full sheet was 85 quid plus transport. The transport bit is expensive, too big to fit on a pallet and the couriers charge a fair bit. I think it was 45 quid. So all in, about the same price as the Mk1 UJK parf jig :) There was a place closer, but up in Harrogate and I...

I've just checked, there is probably something like 0.25 to 0.5mm lateral movement. Doesn't seem to make much difference to the cut once the back slider knobs are locked and the front of the rail is engaged into the aluminium plate but I guess it could in theory. Now I've got an accurate top, I...

The hinges are from China via ebay, search "Aluminum T-slot Hinge Profile Accessories 2020 3030 4040 Series CNC" however they appear to have changed the item a little. You can buy them from most aluminium profile shops, I bought the 4040 profile model. Thanks for the info on the front plate, I...

As mentioned in the the thread about make or buy and MFT top, I've just swapped out my top for a CNC one. The UJK parf guide made one was not quite up to scratch, I was having to plane components or fiddle the guide rail as you could measure that it was about 2mm out on a 600mm wide piece of...

I just swapped out the table top I made with the Axminster/UJK Technology parf guide system with one made to order by Mick at Formatic CNC. Great service, very swift, well packaged. I was getting iffy results, it wasn't spot on so I ended up planing components to make them fit. I had a small...

Given I now have an AGS12 and two Wadkin PKs, I really need to get this moved on as I need the space. However it is proving troublesome. The riving knife that came with it was definitely a Wadkin, but the machine seemed to only have one mounting slot and the rviing knife seemed too big, but the...

I added a couple of drawers, one for multitool and power hacksaw accessories, the other for hex drive bits and drill bits. The left hand drawer has a pull out tray, the top is all hex bits including drills. I made a small hex screwdriver bits. First print out a template, cut out a 9mm ply...

Thanks Custard, I think the ply came out rather well, a touch of Liberon filler stick and you will never know! I knew they ply would blow out, I just wanted to get a feel for it. I quite like the idea of ply for some drawers so may have a go with backing boards at some point. Not sure DeWalt...

I have been looking at cordless routers for a while, mainly for trimming laminate, rounding over edges and possibly more. I like the Makita but I'm mainly Milwaukee at the moment and didn't want a plethora of batteries and charger. Plus a body only router is just about on my budget but add...

Very nice job! I dug the second hand Leigh Superjig I bought a couple of years ago out for the first time at the weekend. I didn't do much apart from butcher a bit of 18mm birch ply, which is what I expected, I just wanted to get used to setting it up and the first bit of wood that came to...

I've got a set of Colt HSS brad point drills I bought from Fine Tools a few years ago, and I've added to them as needed so now got from 3mm up to about 12mm in 0.5mm increments. Lovely drills and use them in the pillar drill and generally in the workshop but don't tend to take them beyond the...

Apart from the domino, my workshop is a festool free zone :) I just wondered if the reason for the strange Famag design was Festool. I think I may shove the Famag bits, if I find them, in the lathe and cut a decent groove centred 9mm from the back of the bit. If that works ok I will put the...

My first lot of hex shank drill bits were the cheap two part kind, where the drill starts rotating in the shank, kind of defeats the object of the hex shank. You get what you pay for. My next purchase was a one piece Famag set, this one. When I mean one piece, I mean each drill is made out of...

I used the Bosch 7/64" centre drill today while hanging some kitchen drawer sliders. Made the job nice and easy, no shifting of the slider when I put the screw in and I didn't have to half climb into the cabinet to make sure the drill was centred. It was in birch ply, the flutes didn't get...

I saw the lee valley set, the smallest bit they do is 5/64" which is 1.9844mm so I went for the 2mm Star-M one from Fine tools as I have a few Star-M drills and have been impressed with them plus will probably be cheaper after delivery. The problem was I then bought some more drill bits, a...

I haven't looked far Bob, but the smallest I have found is 2mm at Fine Tools, in fact I ordered one about an hour ago......

I haven't had a happy relationship with these in the past. I did have some Trend ones, but they went missing between house moves, from memory they weren't very good, I was using them on some door hinges for a dozen oak doors I was hanging. They seemed to burn rather than cut, probably because...