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John, Dont feel guilty; if you use them to make money ie your main source of income then as ike said its tax refundable. You'll love the router, had mine just over a month what a fantastic machine, i have over 20 routers and this baby keeps coming out the drawer, its soooooo smooth...

Hi Paulc, Although not on the web check out my table in the next issue of GWW, basically its a routertop with all the disadvantages normally found in router tables taken out inc quick removal of the router, should be out in a couple of weeks regards Ian

I agree with most replies, i have a home built panelsaw mounted outside on my fence for my 8x4's. Although most proffesional saws can cut these supporting them throughout the cut is a tad more difficult especially on your own. try alf's or steves methods. If you want your saw to perform...

Hi Chris, Sounds like you had an enjoyable few days away. I tried carving a few years ago but got into power tools more and more and my chisels now seem to sit on the shelf gathering dust. Your note has inspired me to give them a clean and sharpen. Carving i found to be one of...

Hi Redhil, Welcome to the forum, I had the elektra beckum laser which i didnt rate at all especially at the £85 price tag, i now run the porter cable 7700 (norms old one) which is in a different league to lasers saws from here. Try and adjust the laser so that it catches about half...

John, There are loads of things probobly to many to mention scissors, cardboard for templates, elcetric pencil sharpener (best tool in the workshop) digital calipers (from an engineers workshop) steel rules (again engineers tools) these are just a few to mention good thread by the way...

Not sure if they fly aberdeen to bristol or exeter but they do from glasgow/edinburgh flight times are around 1 hour, check the net for details I went last year and spent an overnight, well worth the effort Ian

Hi Mike, There is normally 'the scottish woodwork show' which is held annually in the SECC in glasgow around mid march. Jean Burhouse located Perth sometimes have an inhouse show usually september or december. I'm not sure if Grapian Power Tools do one or Highland Industrial supplies but...

Hi Steve, I read your article ealier today, they look fantastic, i have a woman apprentice who has asked to build a nest of tables, she will be delighted when she sees these, lovely set Kind Regards Ian Dalziel

Thanks Neil, Now got a new computer, a virus killed the last one, for anyone interested the jig works brilliantly, if you watch norm do his with his delta you'll see he normally cuts the tenon on the inside face, this normally gives a bad kickback, something you dont see on TV...

Cheers Alf, I will really need to stop giving my copies to my father in law or at least get them back Ian

Mantrakalas, I built my workbench using that very vise, it is very straight forward, when it first arrived i couldnt beleive the weight in it, its an excellant piece of engineering. Dieters website shows how its done by pictures, there are no instructions with the vise...

Good place to post pictures for free is http://www.photbucket.com Ian PS Good Review

Mike, I have been having some PC problems of late and just managed to read your reviews; well done on you. I have only done a few reviews myself but i feel its definately worth the effort. Reading through what Chris has just said i tend to agree but it shouldnt put us off doing any more...

Jeff, I,m glad the bench has inspired you to think about building your own; good for you, on the note of making it mobile, i built a machine mobile base for my workshop equipement one was featured in GWW, i think the issue came out just after christmas, you could easily adapt my...

I have bought a few items from this seller and he has always come up trumps for me, i have just received some tools from him today and felt i got a great deal, Fox seem to be bringing in some decent stuff, i've heard in the grapevine that they are bringing in, a 3hp extractor, and an air cleaner...

Hi Mike, I forgot to mention that ; yes they come with the ferrules already on, I did have more pictures but they didnt come out not sure what i've done wrong, i'll have ago again if my computer will stay on long enough Ian

Apologies to all for being absent, we are getting roadworks done and they keep losing our phone line hopefully be fine by monday Japanese chisels have been around for centuries, their laminating process used in their samurai swords have been adopted into their chisels; there laminating process...

On a point on another post regarding insurance premiums, When I went to insure my workshop and contents, I thought no problem: I’ll just phone my buildings and contents insurance and stick on the excess; ‘Wrong’ :( They sent me a form out which basically was new for old, I then had to write...

Newbie Neil, Workshop’s really coming together now, :lol: looks fantastic, congrats on the new babies, won’t be long until it’s ‘Newbie Norm’ Ian