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I looked at all of those machines, tried out the Record and Scheppach at the Harrogate show last november, and am delighted with the Basato 4 that arrived last month. It's my first bandsaw, so I can't compare with any experience but ... out of the box the blade ran true, the table sat square...

I am very pleased with my Veritas BUJ - I have a Clifton 5 1/2 which is the first plane I reach for as a rule, but the BUJ is a comfortable tool to use, and came up trumps with some tearout problems recently when I fitted a steeper angled blade.

I have one of each, and they're pretty much interchangeable ... go on price ...

Beware of working too far beyond the tool rest ... if more than a quarter of the length of the tool is over the rest then beware ... a catch can lever your hands into the work ...

With the jig, I have a couple of cup chucks ... the drive one just the waste left after I'd parted something off so it already had a tenon to fit the jaws on a chuck. I've found it drives fairly smoothly, but slipping leading to burns was a problem - by lining it with some fairly fine abranet...

I looked at a couple that had a cup shaped blade a bit like a ring cutter (e.g. http://www.willyvanhoutte.be/en/catalog/show_cat/446) and at other designs which used simple scraper tool like some hollowing systems (e.g. http://www.laymar-crafts.co.uk/tip48.htm) - but the one I have has a bowl...

That's a serious bit of engineering isn't it! Hardcore UK turners would say you should turn balls by hand too ... and I've read how to do it, tried it, and not been very good at it. I used a jig and nieces and friends children have been very happy with the skittle sets I made them (parents...

That's another "YES PLEASE" if you can get the scanner up and running ...

I'd be surprised if a plywood etc solution would be strong enough - the one I've used was pretty solidly engineered (eg cutter mounted on a 30 mm diameter bit of steel) for making up to 250 mm diameter balls ... http://www.willyvanhoutte.be/en/catalog/show_cat/447 It worked well, but I imagine...

Why so large, out of interest? I have used the Wivamac one which does up to 250 mm - it seems large enough to make balls for skittles games I've made, and would easily do most staircase finials, etc. What are you planning that'll need multiple 12" balls? (Pictures)

That was No Highway wasn't it ... engineering not quite right, as fatigue not as predictable as he had it with components failing spot on the 100,000th rev or at 26 hours and 14 mins or whatever it was ... but I remeber it as a good story I read as a teenager ...

My B&D 550W mains hammer drill that's served me fine for all sorts of DIY, woodwork, etc for nearly 25 years has just died on me. Nothing spectacular like smoke, sparks, etc. And not dropped or anything. But just dead. Checked the fuse, etc ... still dead. First question. Is it likely to be...

I had some - which I think must have been the N.American stuff - yellowish-green - not very hard, very coarse grained. Brittle splinters often rather than shavings came off the tools - nasty dust. Difficult to get a finish. Not going to do any more - certainly wouldn't recommend the stuff I had...

I was given one as a present a year or two ago - and I think they must have been a lot cheaper then otherwise the person who saw it wouldn't have bought it on a whim - and it's a great thing to have in the top of your rucksack or the glove pocket of the car when on holiday. And VERY sharp...

Had a look at the Warco at Harrogate last autumn and came away unimpressed at build quality/finish, the way the components moved/clamped, etc. Wasn't as good as the Records, which didn't impress me that much either. Was much more impressed by the Scheppachs, and recently took delivery (long...

I don't have a planer or a thicknesser. Turning a 1 1/4" thick board into a 1 cms thick one I have found a scrub plane a useful bit of kit ... loads of thick splintery shavings and the gauge line is approached nice and quick. The No 5 1/2 then smooths it out - initially lots of clickity-click...

This was all good advice - I got hold of a 50 degree blade for the BUJ - which I think puts the planing angle right up where David is suggesting - and no tearout ... job well done. Thanks everybody ...

So - try a much steeper angle seems to be the advice ... thinking about it, the Clifton "conventional" and Veritas BU are actually much of the same ... where a steeper angle blade (pre-set for the BUJ maybe?) might be a solution ... or an even steeper angled cabinet scraper might work if they...

Hmm - had thought about that briefly - scrapping the whole of this leg could mean very hot thumbs!

I have been using an electric Mirka ROS - very easy to use, comfortable and impressed by the results using Abranet discs. Dust extraction is brilliant. Compared to the old Bosch and a B&D machines I'd used previously (without much dust extraction) - good tool. The reduction in vibration and the...