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Dave, Not necessarly obvious, but you may find that a good outdoor shop (e.g. Millets or similar) will sell steel toe-capped boots. I bought mine from an outdoor shop, which of course meant that there was no problem with trying them on first. They were not as pricey as I expected either...

Mat - I wouldn't risk it - when my Scheppach TS2500 was delivered, it came on a pallet. The lorry had a tail-lift truck, pallet trolley and just the driver to get it inside. He told me that they were not obliged to unpack anything to get it inside, but he helped me anyway (and I slipped him a...

Gavin, Chris, Many thanks for your suggestions - it all makes perfect sense now :D. I think I'll try sealing the grain before applying the finish as you suggest (probably with both a grain filler and sanding sealer) - do you think that's overdoing it? Actually I have a cornice offcut from...

I don't have any books on the subject, but found this after a quick google. Seems to be just the ticket for someone completely new to it like me.

Hi Paul, I picked one of these up today from a B&Q Warehouse in Farnborough (as part of my continuing saga to match a finish on some kitchen doors - see https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15302 - I'm convinced that the finish is sprayed on...) Anyway, it's the "Performance...

Blimey - I reckon there must be a good 50 clamps there. Now at about £30 a pop that's a serious investment...

All credit to Axminster - I placed my order on Sunday (for just one set) after they'd gone out of stock - I half expected them to either revise the price or withdraw the order, but happily their website says they dispatched them yesterday at the original order price. Well done Axminster :D

I'm another one in IT, working as a system architect/designer. I'm currently working on Galileo (which will be the European equivalent to the GPS system for sat nav). When I was at school it was either a career in carpentry or a career in IT - I just happened to be better with computers than...

Hi All, I'm in a real pickle - I'm building some solid ash doors and draw-fronts to extend the kitchen we've recently put in. The original doors/drawer fronts are from B&Q - part of their Solid Ash range. To cut a long story short, we had to modify the larder unit to make it narrower in order...

1x Bosch POF500A (first router - hardly used these days except small hand-held jobs) 1x Bosch 900ACE hand-held (gets the most use - v. good) 1x Bosch 1300ACE table mounted 1x Freud 2000 (only bought 'cos I was fitting a new kitchen and needed something really beefy)

Hi selly, I can only echo what others have already said - I started with a (relatively) cheap Draper brush motor saw - it cost me £240 at the time, but in those days you couldn't get anything cheaper. Anyway, I got by with it, but it was very noisy, vibrated when switched on and the mechanism...

Actually the Scheppach (at least my TS2500) comes with a full length fence which can be configured as both a short + L-shaped fence. The fence is an L-shaped extrusion attached using wing nuts - these can be loosened allowing you to pull it back, converting to a short fence. Depending on the...

Hi David, As for Waka and Escudo, I can't help on the DW - I've had a Makita LS1013 for about 4 years and have never regretted buying it. It was quite dear at the time (about £550 incl stand) but I think you can get them for about £470 now. Not sure whether it'll cover your capacity...

Terry, I don't have the Irwin guide unfortunately, but it does look quite an ingeneous design (I assume it attaches to the saw blade arbor, and therefore gives you a highly accurate line). The one thing that would worry me is the auto-start feature - kind of implies that you have to run the...

Thanks Waka - a salient lesson indeed. I had a similar experience before Christmas (although I don't know if was a scam or not). Egg called me to question some unusual spending on my card - but then having called me started asking questions in order that I prove my identity. I hung up before...

Thanks Adam - I'll give that a try. Do Wealdon also provide blades with said holes in them then (I couldn't see reference to this on their website)? Martin.

I bought this driver for two reasons (1) My old Bosch (green 9.2v), which has served me well, has started to make strange noises, suggesting it's on its way out (any excuse eh :twisted: ) (2) My brother has two of these which I got to use whilst fitting a kitchen with him - I was impressed...

Point taken Neil. For what I paid for the blade (about £40) I'll just put it down to experience and put it on Ebay or something. £40 is nothing compared to having all your bodily parts intact! So does anybody (who doesn't own a Scheppach) need a 42T 270mm Wealdon blade, going cheap? One...

Thanks for the tip Jason - I'll give them a ring...

Thanks Alan/Felderman, I guess I'll have to shop for blades a bit more carefully next time! I actually have the slotting accessory from Scheppach, which as you say uses the same mechanism. Now that you've explained it, it does make perfect sense. Now I just need to find a good supplier of...