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Unlike gas guns there is no flashing light to discharge the battery so it can be left on the gun (with gas guns you are advised to take the battery out even if going for lunch) They are brushed (this is old technology having appeared around 2003 or 2004) but the motors are hardly stressed so...

IMHO any 1st fix nailer for not a lot of money is risky if you aren't familiar with the tool. I'm on my second cordless, this time a Hikoki NR1890 which replaced a 2-speed dewalt DCN692that had done 5 years. If you buy a DW avoid the earlier 1-speed model (DCN690) as they can struggle to...

No, but they are hardly portable, they don't really work on sheet stock (especially in the middle of a panel) and they do sort of require a shop... I have both, plus a few other Festool tools, since buying them I really haven't used my biscuit jointer much. But then I don't use the Dominos...

Is it near Piddle Trenthide, perchance? Years (decades) ago I went out with a lass from the area who told me that the river was originally called the Piddle and that the river and some places like Puddletown had been renamed just prior to a royal visit (Charles II?)

Boris the Bozo? And if you think Happisburgh is bad, it'll "do yer 'ed in" trying to work out what folk in north east Essex call St.Osyth

How about "free at the point of delivery", then? Or is that too pedantic?

BS400? PT107?? Could you elucidate, please? Some form of bandsaw and planer/thicknesser?

All I can say is that if you think the Domino is expensive, look at the alternatives (in machine terms) - the Mafell DuoDoweller and the Lamello Zeta

But 'thicknesser' is, relatively speaking, quite a modern term. If you were to get hold of a British woodworking machinery catalogue of the 1940s to early 1960s you'd find what we now call 'thicknessers' are referred to, almost universally, as 'panel planers' whereas the 'planer' would be...

Because I simply can't carry one around on site! (And in any case a standard sliding carriage panel saw such as a Panhans or Altendorf is arguably more accurate) As I said (here, or elsewhere) a track saw doesn't need to be a £1k top of the range set-up (maybe that is your perception of what it...

I wouldn't hold your breath. Bosch's first foray into plunging track saws (the GKS68B) didn't fare well whilst their stab at a biscuit jointer has more or less disappeared as well. Makita, on the other hand, seem to have licensed the technology from TTI for the track saws, tracks and even the...

No, but then I don't use one of those stupid American style through rip fences (like the Biesmeyer), either. Rip fences shouldn't extend much past the first teeth of the blade And whilst I am on it, what is it with crosscut sleds on table saws? For most joinery sections a mitre saw makes more...

The Makita saws aren't quite as "finished" as Festool ones, for example the depth setting on Festools is a sort of micro ratchet affair whereas the Makitas have a simpler pointer and thumb knob affair also the Festool has a more sophisticated blade locking mechanism than the Mak. The details are...

Evenwood made their own range of machines which AFAIK were never sold as Wadkin. They also imported and sold the Lurem combination machines under their own name for a while. They stayed as part of the Wadkin Group until after the Rudd take over as they were a specialist and highly automated...

Just added to my previous post, sorry. I use the Makita joiners these days rather than the Festool ones. The Festool/Makita track isn't quite as good as the Mafell/Bosch one, but I have lived with its' quirks for the last 14 or so years with nary an issue, so I don't think it's a deal breaker...

I use Makita splinter guard on Festool rails - it's cheaper than the OEM stuff

I do use a rail square - the Insta RailSquare - which I've had for about 3-1/2 years. Brilliant for site work Current kit: Festool TS55 , Festool TS75, Makita DSP600 (2 x 18 volt), Hilti WSC 265 Rails: Festool 800mm, 1400mm (3 no), 3000mm Makita 1000mm, 1500mm (3 no) Insta RailGuide...

MOF98s are pretty old, pre-dating the MOF177 (now sold as DW625/T10) which was introduced circa 1984/85. Never seen one fetch above £70 on the 'bay, they are 40 or more years old, single speed and spares are long discontinued. Nice router, however despite the odd one armed side fence

I'm a committed user of plunging track saws, having no less than four of them in use at present. For site carpentry and installations a rail and saw (plus a 7 x 3ft support table top and a couple of trestles are unbeatable for ply/chipboard flooring, wall panelling, etc. In fact far more useful...

Welcome to the construction industry! Even in a cabinetmaking shop you need to be able to handle weights - that nice walnut lipping often starts as a big plank which need to be ripped down then passed across/through the over and under s number of times. Then there's the veneered MDF sheet it may...