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Tom - while your answer is fundamentally correct, may I suggest that it should be qualified by a statement along the lines of: " providing the set of the teeth is correct ..." ie: a blade that has been regularly used to cut bowl blanks WILL drift ! PS: I'd also like to echo the words of...

Reading through this thread has left me somewhat exasperated ! There is (sadly) a conception out there in 'bandsaw-land' that you set up a bandsaw once and that's it for ever. I regularly talk to bandsaw owners and ask them one question (which intially confuses the carp out of them) - I ask...

The first 2 are a vacuum chuck for a lathe and the 3rd is a burnishing steel for card scrapers ...

Ah - it seems that what you mean by a 'planter' isn't what I understand to be a 'planter' ... If you only want it for 'flowers', a vase would be appropriate, otherwise we're moving raidly towards ralway sleeprer raised bed land.(and everything in between). In my 'umble opinion, a 'planter'...

I'm somewhat intrigued that the focus for this thread moved from a recommedation for a suitable timber to construct a garden planter from (note the OP used the word 'garden', not 'commercial grower') to one about the longevity of various timber types. Would an individual who wants to do nothing...

Before you even get a saw out, what do you intend converting the ball into ? I only ask because a quick flat on the belt sander in 2 diametrically opposed positions will enable you to get the ball mounted between centres and, using light cuts, you can remove the outer coating so you can...

As Paul H says, the Woodart products LED lights are really good (especially as they are small enough to attach to the rear face of the toolrest !) ...

Steve - welcome aboard (nothing wrong with 'annoying enthusiasm' !) ... As far as blades for re-sawing are concerned, I've always been a fan of 'meat & fish' blades (low tpi, skip tooth) - they have deep gullets which clear quickly. My UK go-to supplier for the majority of my blades is...

Paraffin - long gone are the days of 'Esso Blue' on sale at your local hardware store (bring your own can). As hardware stores that sold 'nails by the pound, fork 'andles, 'O's' have been reduced to nothing more than racks of little plastic bags, where do you buy paraffin these days ?

Just for the record, I didn't write: "I cut my finger off because I'm an silly person ..." The thought police must have intervened because I actually wrote: "I cut my finger off because I'm an iriot .... "

Welcome - where are you located ?

Why isn't the photo of the bloke with a missing finger captioned: "I cut my finger off because I don't know how to use a tablesaw .... " or "I cut my finger off because I couldn't be bothered to read the instructions .... " or "I cut my finger off because I was tired and didn't take a...

I've often wondered how long it will be before the 'stop oil' brigade start targetting wind turbines. I only make this point because the average turbine gearbox contains 700l of lubricating oil which needs changing every 9 to 18 months. Not an altogether 'green' solution when you factor this...

While evidence shows that the Hindenburg's aft hydrogen cells did explode, the initial fire was not a hydrogen fire but was the fabric burning (accelerated by the type of dope used) which provided the catalyst for the hydrogen-fuelled conflaguration ...

Let's also not forget that in August 2002, Dyson made 595 Malmesbury factory employees redundant and then transferred vacuum cleaner production to Malaysia. In August 2003 he then closed down washing machine production in Malmesbury (making another 65 redundant) and moved the work to the far...

Pete - while I'm not familiar with SAWSTOP, you say that a 'flashing red signifies that if the blade were spinning the brake would be fired'. Are you saying that a flashing red cuts off the power to the saw ? If it doesn't, aren't we back to square one where training, concentration, common...

Sorry to be a 'pain in the backside', but I thought it might help your sale to know that your advertised tool isn't a 'Diamond Parting Tool'. For your information, here's what a Diamond Parting Tool looks like: The benefit of such a tool lies in the fact that the cutting edge is wider than...

Could all dissapointed prospective buyers for Blister's 'Stumpy' gouge please direct their hate mail to me :devilish: ... :devilish::devilish:

Blister ... Take a look at this YouTube review by Paul Loseby:

Ooooh - a Phil Reardon 'Stumpy' gouge (a luverly tool with a really nice 'warm-to-touch' cork handle !) ....