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My first thoughts were feed roller tensions, or build up of resin on the infeed roller/wear of the rubber outfeed roller. But then you say the first lengths of timber go through OK. This implies they are fine, and the trouble lies elsewhere. Is the drive to the feed rollers by chain or belt. If...

I also use Hermes cloth backed on my 4" Makita. Most of the time its 120 grit for cleaning up glued frames in both hard and softwood. 180 grit is nice for a quick sand over on birch plywood. They are well worth the money with a good cut and length of life. I have a box of 60 grit, but these are...

I had the model prior to the Elu you mention. It was originally sold as a DeWalt. Mine was bought second hand and gave me good service. Only problem i had was its appetite for rubber outfeed rollers. This is not unusual, and they are easy to replace and I believe still sensible in my price. A...

John, I recently bought a JET 500 secondhand. Although its early days I am pleased with the unit. [despite it lacking the remote control that I now have on order] Its efficiency however may be hard for me to fairly judge, as I also run a JET 1100 chip extractor with a fine filter cartridge, and...

John, is this what you are after? http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-ax ... rod864182/ Colin

If you fix timber directly to the concrete ground my concern is rot setting in. If you have no other option open to you, such as the most sensible one of dwarf posts concreted in, I would "chem-fix" lengths of studding into the ground and then drop the bottom horizontal member of the fence over...

It is the 9.5mm that I use. I have found that this is the correct size for 9mm mdf panels. When I bought a wobble saw for my spindle I originally set it to 9mm, but found the fit was tight and increased it to nearer the 9.5mm of the Wealden groover. Colin

Do you need to buy new, or would you be prepared to buy 2nd hand. You can get a nice Startrte 275 on the likes of fleabay for your budget. This a 12" blade machine with about 95mm cut, cast iron table etc. They are a good quality "semi-professional" machine. I use a 35+ year old machine at...

The Wealden is what I used until recently on a 1/2" arbor.This is ideal for the 9mm mdf panels I use in kitchen doors. http://www.wealdentool.com/acatalog/Onl ... r_134.html Colin

David, its a few years since I have used large sheets of formica oir similar, but:- [1] - You need an impact as opposed to a contact adhesive. The difference is the later does not allow movement once contact is made between the two surfaces. Read the small print on the tins. [2] - If possible...

I bought one of the Bosch as an X-Mas present to myself, to supplement my router table mounted 1/2" Elu and a 1/4" DeWalt. The bases are varied and very useful, but I doubt I will ever use the router to its full potential. I use the standard square base when chamfering or bevelling to remove...

Anton, try this:- http://service.dewalt.co.uk/Products/Se ... 20&CNType= The model year may not be the same, but very little has changed on these saws in many years. Colin

Mike, you need a negative rake sawblade. If you were to draw a line from the centre of the blade out to its diameter, the front/cutting angle of the blade should slope backwards away from this line, and not forwards. Colin

Mike, I collected my ELU 1251 a few weeks ago. I took it off the stand and dropped it into the well of my cross cut bench I had built for my previous Eumenia saw. I built an extraction box/dust hood at the back and ran some 4" steel ducting into this. It really kicks out some dust, and I found a...

Worn feed rollers. I used to have one of these planer thicknesers and changed the out-feed roller at least once. I seem to recall it was a matter of winding down the tension spring nut under the plastic bearing block until the nut came off. [If you do not have the instructions on how to...

On my control panel I have 3 lights for times in a row and a on/off button to the right . Below I have 3 lights for speed and a selection switch to the right. I cannot get the time lights to do anything, and so I'm guessing I need the remote. I have tried Axminster, but they could not tell me...

I have just bought a 2nd hand unit. It came without the remote or any instructions. Is it possible to use the 2,4,8 hour over-run facility without the remote? Colin

Martin, it is a "standard" type spindle, with a big nut locking down on your 30mm bore cutter block. If you do lots of raised panel work I would advise you check out the max diameter cutter you are likely to use/need. The Elektra/Metabo is limited to about 160mm. Colin

Looks a nice piece of kit, but do you need something so heavy? What do you plan to use it for? About 10 years ago I was in the position where I needed something with the capacity to take heavier cuts than my router table mounted Elu 177E. I decided on a small spindle, wondering iif I was doing...

I bought one of these JET extractor units, with the fine cartridge filter last year off fleabay. I have previously run Kity, DeWalt and Fercell bag units. All gave good service, but belched dust into the air through the top bag on start up. The cartridge filter has proved itself to be a...