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Ah, funny you should answer because it is a Laguna sander lol, it may just be my expectations, I generally don't use to fine a paper with it, 80 grit would be about what I have been using most. From what you have just said it looks like I am doing the same sort of thing others have been doing &...

This is from putting a brand new belt on the machine, they just seem to clog up a lot quicker than I thought they should although I really have nothing to gauge it against lol Along the same lines do those that use a drum sander buy the manufacturers belts or do they make up their own?

Quite new to woodworking tools so can't say for sure but I believe the extraction is OK, I don't have a built in system & move the dust extractor from machine to machine, if I watch I can see the sawdust being sucked out & there is never much sawdust on the feed belt or the inside of the actual...

I have a drumsander that I purchased a while ago now but it never really got a lot of use before I had to move workshops. Now I am in the new workshop I am trying to use it a bit more but I find the sanding roll seems to clog really quickly. I have a thicknesser so I am not trying to dimension...

Can't really comment as it's not my thing but when was the last time you checked prices? There was a post on here fairly recently where someone said that plywood was actually cheaper than MDF just now lol

This is a big subject & there are different types of resins depending on what you want to do. From the original post it sounds like you want to stabilise a wood blank using a vacuum pump & degassing chamber. If that is the case then you would need something like Cactus Juice in order to do that...

16A supply - it's a 3m x 3m shed. Whilst I would love to own 16A machinery, realistically anything 16A is probably going to be too big for the space anyway. Really depends on what sort of projects you would like to be able to do & what you are going to use machinery for. I wanted a Bandsaw...

Maybe I don't know for sure, if you have one window as the OP has mentioned surely that is enough to be able to see in lol, I don't have a home workshop so have no personal experience, I rent an industrial unit for what I do & have done for the past 20 odd years, reached a point in my life when...

It's not just the upfront price but how Companies deal with returns or faults. I've bought a few bits from Screwfix over the years because I know that if it does go wrong I have always been able to return & get a replacement without question. That for me is worth paying a bit extra upfront for...

I can't help with what particular bandsaw to buy but when it comes to an older machine your knowledge & experience can often play a big part, I use to buy all my machinery spares or repair because I had a background that allowed me to take pretty much any machine & rebuild it. Now days I would...

I would agree with what has been said about getting the person you use to built this involved with some of the planning & material costs, I don't buy a lot of Construction material but I get a small discount from the supplier I do use & the prices I pay are not as high as the online prices, on a...

How far & when are you planning the electrics? If your getting the garden landscaped then you might want to include any trenching work with that if you haven't already.

Depends where people are in the Country, price can vary in some parts it might be 3 farthings & a pastie, or pasty again depending on where you are. At £112.00 labour for 2 people I'm guessing it didn't take them long at all lol

I would have to agree with what deema has said, to get the best answers or advice then you haven't really given enough detail, are there things that your old saw doesn't do that you would like to do or you think a new upgraded saw will do better or do you just fancy a new table saw lol I was...

Thanks for the update hopefully the lid handle will be the only problem you ever have with it.

Yes I understand that, think the Company that manufactured the snooker table were an English Company but obviously the wood used could have come from anywhere in the world lol. As I said with the mahogany weight seems to vary hugely, some of the older bits I have are very heavy, not sure how old...

Something I didn't think to ask when Triton posted was if those figures given were for green or dried wood as moisture content will surely make a difference to actual weight. Are the differences you find with wood at the same sort of moisture content? I have what the building trade sell as...

OK thanks a lot for the help, I'm going with Alder based on the last comment, working on the weight info at the size it is it should be around 19lb of Alder & 29lb if maple, my bathroom scales are probably not the most accurate but just weighed it on them & it comes in at about 18lb so not...

It matters to me but maybe that is something else I am going to have to come to terms with lol, I spent 20 years in the RN working as a Mechanical engineer, never really did anything with wood until a few years ago, it took me a long time to come to terms with the fact that no matter what I did...

How do you tell? I realise that I don't have a lot of experience but it seems almost impossible, most of the wood that I buy comes from a local sawmill who only harvest in Scotland & the majority of that (I believe) reasonably locally, I see so much difference in wood that is the same spieces...