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Yep - I think I paid about £240 for mine from a local dealer (which at the time wasn't a bad price - just a little sickening when you consider what you can get for not much more nowadays). Cheers, Martin.

Hi sda, Thanks for the link - looks very nice but a little over my budget. I can probably get away with £1000 but much more than that is pushing it. The Dwally also looks slightly on the large side, but I guess the picture with the extensions on can be deceiving. What I particularly like...

Hi archpa, I'm also in the market for a new TS, to replace the dire Draper thing that I bought some years back - it makes an ear deafening sound and vibrates like mad - scares me half to death every time I use it :cry: Anyway, I've got my eye on the TS2000 because my workshop isn't large...

He he - I'm glad I'm not the only one. I always like to say that I'm saving these tools up for my retirement. My most famous (and costly) case of tool lust (= buying before you need them) was a raised panel set from CMT. Cost me about £160 and it took me at least a year before I actually used...

SDA - sounds to me like you're talking yourself into a raised panel set (I know the symptons - I have them frequently myself :mrgreen: ).

Re: raised panel bits - of course, you need to run the bit at the correct speed otherwise I guess they could get hairy. I've got the CMT set reviewed by Charley and they're great - but your router needs to be able to go down to about 1200rpm for the panel raising bit. You also need a beefy...

Noel, Agreed -- I don't fiddle with the guides that often (not the bottom ones at least) so it didn't spring up as one of my top niggles. Mind you, if I knew the things I know now I probably wouldn't have bought it in the first place, but at the time it looked like a pretty decent machine for...

Gary, I have an EB BAS315, the predecessor of the 316 (I think the 315 is the same basic machine as the Record RSBS12, BTW), but the 315 and 316 look pretty similar to me. Things I like about this b/s: Solid, cast iron table (but it's bl**dy heavy, so you need to watch your back when setting...

Thanks Pete, Yet another excellent suggestion :D For some reason I'd got it fixed in my mind that I'd need to drill the hole for the flex before tackling the mortices. In fact, I guess I could still drill the flex hole and mortice holes before doing the final turning (I prefer it this way...

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Thanks for your suggestions guys... :D Chris: That's a great idea with the hole saw (and luckily I have one). The only prob I can see is getting the waste out afterwards - but I guess that's a secondary problem - provided the hole is accurate... Dewy: I do have a pillar drill and have been...

Tom, Not sure how well this would work with chipboard, but you could try a "button" (I think that's the right name for it). I saw Norm do it once on New Yankee to repair some damage to re-cycled pine board. Anyway, he cuts out a clean recess from the damaged bit of board in a given shape...

I would like to add Stiles&Bates to that list (you may not have heard of them unless you're into turning). On two separate occasions they've surprised me with that little extra touch that reminds you that you're the "customer" (as opposed to someone who makes them money, which I'm convinced is...

I'm with Aragorn on this one. I also started off with the Bosch POF500, which cost me the best part of £100 new. Since then I've upgraded to beefier (professional class) 1/4" and 1/2" routers for hand-held and table use (still use the POF500 though). As a beginner, or someone slowly building...

A few years back I bought a Bosch 1300ACE from a local tool shop and was surprised to hear that the warranty was 6 months. The reason given was because it was part of Bosch's professional (as opposed to consumer) range. This was at least 3-4 years ago, so perhaps things have moved on now...

Dog, Sticking my neck out (to be chopped off by someone who's much better at maths than me :oops: ) I reckon the angle you need is 11.768 deg :idea: (or 78.23 deg depending on which way you look at it) - or thereabouts (probably some rounding errors in my calculations). I assume that you...

Possibly a little OTT, but in my workshop I mounted four-gang sockets upside down underneath (at the edges of) the workbench - I was concerned about dust, shavings etc. getting into the sockets. They are about waist height. The only problem is that it's sometimes difficult to plug things in...

That's a tricky one - the bench needs to be strong, stable and vibration free. I once came across a web site where a turner had produced his own lathe bench, and filled the bench itself with sand in order to make it stable. I guess you lose the storage space, but he reckoned that it was...

Hi Les, The advice above is good - particularly the one about trying it first through a course. There are some good offers around, and you don't need to spend ages attending night classes to find out if turning is for you (eg many turners offer intensive 1 or 2 day courses). I've only been...

Afterglow, I've only been turning for a short while - on and off - but all self taught (i.e. books etc.). One thing that really helped me was buying one of those Record turning kits - i.e. the ones that come with the wood & video from Alan Holtham. I bought the table lamp kit - and at first...