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Am I being cack-handed - or is this just how it goes ... Trying my hand at a bit of "cabinet making" to make a small occasional/hall table about 50 cms square and a metre or so high. Bought a big plank of 1 1/4" beech for the top and rails, and a smaller length of 2" stock for the 4 legs...

If you are buying new ... can't claim any experience of the Basato 3 ... but I'm really impressed with the Basato 4 I took delivery of a couple of weeks ago ... expect the 3 to be of the same quality ...

I've not looked at either of these small saws - but I looked at larger Records and Scheppachs - and the latter seemed much better built and more solid. Early experience with the Basato 4 I bought is that it's a great bit of kit ... the little ones might be equally good?

My first bandsaw - so I can't do a lot of comparisons. Very heavy box on the pallet - emptied out the pieces and two of us carried the saw downstairs to the basement. Assembled there - I have screws and washers left over - but feels solid and well made - cleanly machined edges etc - better...

Good idea Mike - I had thought of that, but just wanted to get a post up quickly. Here are some ... The cabinet/base used a whole lot of screws and I used smooth washers between metal and nut on them all ... These are the bits I have left - lots of spring and smooth washers, the four angle...

Truck arrived delivering a Scheppach Basato 4 today ... it's been 3 months since I ordered it ... apparently manufacturing problems ... at last though! Hmmm ... No mains lead! Phonecall to NMA - it'll be in the post ... (very frustrated!) Follow the very meagre instructions to...

Como got in with the reference to Tim Stead before I did - but he's influenced a whole lot of others too. I've got a few of his chairs, and having visited his steading more than once have sat on/at/etc a lot more (his kitchen/living room is amazing!) ... it's fantastically tactile furniture to...

Waney edges can look very good without the bark but leaving the sapwood etc ... Tim Stead did this a lot with thick bits of elm especially, and I like much of his furniture. Not sure a thin bit of oak would have the same effect however. http://www.timsteadfurniture.co.uk/ He treated all his...

I looked at these saws ... wasn't convinced about the Record ... after lots of looking I have a Basato 4 on order, expecting delivery anytime ... well reviewed and the demo machine I'd looked at impressed ...

I have one ... but only have nova/axminster jaws to use in it so multiple jaw options of limited interest ... but no end-stop to jaw movements meant I thought I had a surely clamped piece ... lathe on-switch resulted in a large bowl-jaw and a 15" salad bowl flying destructively across the...

I think the AI basic set would be better - you won't be struggling with poor/blunt steel ... but it's twice the money. Have you looked at the Flexcut tools - for much the same money or a bit more you can get some good tools ... well I've been very pleased with how well they work in my hand and...

As someone who works in a basement with a ceiling height of about 6'4' (and is 6'2" tall), I recommend all the height you can get, for lengths of wood, for machinery, for the fairly tall thing you want to work at on the bench ...

Yes - thanks for this link Tom - thoughtful stuff (from Boggs) ... not so sure about Roy ...

Ah - someone else who likes the travisher! Thanks for the thoughts on the inshave - I hoped it might be good for shifting more wood quicker - will try skewing across the grain ...

Trying again at a carved stool seat. After advice here, when I was at the show in Harrogate last month, I bought an inshave curved drawknife and a travisher. The travisher is on of Tom Thackrays ... http://www.tomthackraywindsorchairs.co.uk/Tools.htm... played with it on his stand and was very...

Thanks Neil - I've pm'd Toby with my address - let me know yours?

Thought long and hard, did some "research", I want a bandsaw for preparing turning blanks and workshop work ... limited by budget and that my workshop is in the basement so weight/height restrictions apply ... decided on Scheppach Basato 4 ... and got a good price from Anglia Tools ... at the...

Can I be on the list then please?

I put a Clifton blade and cap iron into an "unuseable" old No 4 - I`d fettled it to try to make it work to no avail - transformed into a useful tool without outrageous cost. Recomended!

I have one and it's useful, for boring lamps and supporting them once bored out with the auger, and the cups have been useful too ... in fact I have 2 (almost) ... as I have a nearly complete set to go with an M1 that's gathering dust unused since I moved to a newer, bigger lathe with an M2...