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Yes i can do an adapter but it will have to be an excert I’ve sent these all over the world

Have a look (if you don’t mind secondhand) at a trend dc400 It can do dovetails and box joints up to 400 mm wide You can place the DT within 3 mm increments I find them very easy to use and parts seem to be easy to come by There’s a very nice one on eBay at the moment which I’m sure you would...

Has anyone got a sorby patriot chuck for sale I want one that takes inserts but not bothered about jaws Ron other accesories but anything considered

I would look for some 6mm x 40mm stock and if you have a good vice on a sturdy bench that will bend cold though a map torch will help a lot mild steel or stainless.. i use aluminium warehouse for stuff like that…they do steel both mild and stainless Ian

A planer/thicknesser is 2 machines in one on top is a planer which will plane 2 edges square to each other the thicknesser which is below the knifes will thickness the material. a stand alone thicknessor will make your material the same thickness....but it may not be flat along its length. but...

I have a large cast iron planer thicknesser in my workshop however because of space resistrictions it difficult for me to use on large long boards.so i bought a metabo lunchbox style thicknesser which i can set up outside and thickness long boards easily. So for my bookcase project it was… cut...

MRodent There’s nothing difficult about using solid hardwoods to make a bookcase If you want to buy ready machined boards cut to your exact size ready for you to joint together to a finished bookcase you are going to have to pay a premium price The boards that i mentioned at B&Q were very nice...

I recently made a bookcase for the wife…i bought these 4 boards of 30mm french oak rough sawn 2.8m long x 3 2.3m x 1 and wide enough to get 300 width out of them ( with some sap wood ) Planing made it about 26-27 mm mostly As an example these 4 boards were £340

I did notice that my local branch of B&Q ( a large one) has solid oak boards in stock both waney edge and straight edge in 19mm thickness..looked good stuff

Simon if you like to consider secondhand and you fancy a trip to sheffield i have a propane forge hose and a big gas bottle and an anvil and tools etc and some steel stock all very reasonably priced say <£150 for the lot Ian

Kristene dimarco singing "I'm no victim " the live version most of stevie ray vaughan and joanna newsom !!

Warm the alloy pulley with a gas blowtorch and it should pull off a lot easier Ian

Yes which other forum is this info on?

Well my water meter is in the cellar of my house and about 10 metres from the road so the signal must be good to read that from a moving car Ian

I'll have this if you still have it and can collect asap? i'm in sheffield

The best Xmas tool i received was this fantastic screwdriver set by “elemen’tary “ A very nicely made cabinet screwdriver with beech handle brass furule and a collet type lock to stop the bits falling out And a stubby driver All with 9 bits What did you all get?

Your electricity supplier will install a new 3 phase meter for you and put you on a 3 phase contract. Then you will need a 3 phase distribution board to replace the CU you have Then as many 3 phase sockets putting in as required Ian

Bruce in yorkshire has a hand missing…

Its no help in your quest but milwaukee do a nice one...which i'm desperate to buy...but its not available in the uk why not defeats me ?

You only need a drawbar if you are mounting the chuck in the headstock,,,no need in the tailstock ian