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I'm selling an Electra Beckum HC333 planer/thicknesser for spares or repair - £150. This sale is for the whole machine but I would consider selling individual spares separately. The machine is complete and all parts are in working order apart from: a missing outfeed roller damaged drive gear...

Evening All, My Festool CTL Midi vac was working great this afternoon - and then it wasn't. Nothing appeared to go bang, no fuses tripped etc. It was working fine then the next time I went to use it it wouldn't work at all. It's not the fuse or plug or the socket. Any suggestions on (a)...

Morning all, I’m making a couple of drawer units (ie small chest of drawers) for a home office. Spec calls for solid wood carcasses but with Blum movento runners. Any idea how to allow for movement in the carcasse when attaching the runners (grain on the carcasse is running top to bottom ie...

Evening All, I've been asked to make a pair of garden gates broadly like the design attached below. Before proceeding I would welcome any thoughts on the following points: 1: They will be made of air dried english oak (apart from the top branch wood panels which will be yew). I'm planning...

Morning All, I’m currently making a small console table using air dried timber that the client has provided. Following machining I’ve noticed a few woodworm exit holes. This is by no means extensive - perhaps 3 or 4 holes in the whole piece. What would you do?! 1: ignore and carry on 2...

Evening All, I'm after some bluetooth earbuds for listening to music and podcasts in the workshop. I won't be using them for ear protection, I have proper ear defenders for that so I need them to be compact enough so ear defenders will go over the top when I'm doing anything noisy. Noise...

Afternoon All, I've had an enquiry about making a fairly traditional garden gate but which would incorporate some stick or branch wood elements - broadly along the lines of the photo attached below. My instinct would be to make the structural members from oak (but would be open to other...

Morning all, I’ve been asked by a local butcher to make a copy of the attached in solid wood. He uses it to beat his meat (no sniggering at the back) so I guess it’s some kind of tenderiser. My question is what wood would you use and what (if any) finish would you apply? The plastic (nylon?)...

Morning all, my ROS requires replacement. I currently have a makita bo5041 (125mm dia) which has provided good service for c.8 years. It’s been decent if unremarkable. Main bug bear is the ridiculously short cable. Any recommendations on a replacement/upgrade? Budget is £200 max. I don’t want...

Evening All, I'm trying to figure out how to make a mechanism which will raise and lower a 700mm long c.20mm dia rod or dowel. The rod/dowel will need to stay horizontal and will need to carry a load of c.90kg. My intial idea is as per the sketch attached. The plan would be to use a piece of...

Does anyone have a recommendation for a source of decent quality pan head screws? I’m after some shortish screws - c.25mm long. I’m currently struggling along with a multi pack of different sizes from Toolstation all of which appear to be made from a material closely resembling fudge. Many thanks

I'm currently designing a wardrobe with a pair of matching chests of drawers. For aesthetic reasons the client wants to have flat plank wardrobe doors of solid oak to tie in with the design of other elements of the pieces (eg all of the drawer fronts will be a single flat panel of oak). It's...

I'm currently designing a desk to fit an unusually shaped room. The back edge of the desk will be scribed to, fitted to and supported by the the wall on four sides (see sketch of plan view attached). The front edge will be a stretched "S". The top will be solid oak - probably around 40mm...

Morning All, I've recently acquired a Startrite SD310 P/T. I'm pretty pleased with it but have run into a couple of issues. When thicknessing I was getting quite significant snipe at the end of boards. After some investigation and research on here I am pretty sure it is due to the tension...

I have a second hand EB HC333 planer thicknesser. Due to catastrophic operator error two of the (plastic) gear wheels that ultimately drive the infeed and outfeed rollers are now missing large sections of teeth. I have tried repairing by reattaching the broken pieces with epoxy (Araldite) but...

Hello, I have a second hand Elektra Beckum HC333 P/T in fine working order - apart from the rubber coating on the outfeed roller has disintegrated. I have tried to source a replacement part through a number of suppliers (MTMC, Power Tool Centre) but both say the part is discontinued and not...