HOW MANY

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Thanks Chris. I'll give it a try.

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[Alexam]

.....................What's that, the 3rd teeth?

 

[AES]

Well, different to the 1st teeth ("milk teeth") Malcolm, and the 2nd ("adult teeth") - so I s'pose one could also call them "superannuated teeth"!



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[scrimper]

Actually I have some of those, but A) not enough (mostly our tablets come in paper sachets), and B) those I do have are a bit too long to my mind (the tubes that is).


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The ones I have are equipped with internal fitting tops, you can just cut the tube down to the size you require, the top still fits. If you buy the cheaper denture tablets such as Sainsburys basics range, they would probably work out cheaper than buying proper tubes even if you throw the denture tablets away!

 

[AES]

Thanks scrimper. The tubed ones we get here (sometimes) have externally fitting tops, with the proper top edge having a thick-ish ring moulded into it. Cut that off to make the tube shorter and the cap just doesn't stay on any more.

And my nearest Sainsburys is a bit too far away I guess :roll:

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[Alexam]

I took a step forward today, having decided to try out the variety of blades I already had. I wanted to see how each blade performed, so selecting each and making a cut into 1/4" ply seemed a good idea.

This way I can feel how each blade feels when cutting, see the actual width of the cut and be able to see the underside to check any breakout.

The Flying Dutchman Superior Puzzel with 31 tpi was exceedingly smooth and easy, with very little breakout.but I dont know how I would get on with such a fine blade on thicker or harder wood - probably break a few. At the other end of the scale was the FD #12 with 10tpi, which I recon would go through anything, but with a very wide kerf and more breakout.

Pegasus #3 blades 90.440 reverse shows some front breakout but less on the back, which seems odd and perhaps its the ply to blame? The P #3 90.440 18tpi was a clean kerf and very little breakout. Pegasus #5 90.429 15tpi skip blade was very nice, smooth slender kerf and vertually no breakout and the FD #5 ultra reverse 15tpi looked slightly thicker kerf than the Pegasus but was beautifully smooth and easy. Pegasus #7 90.408 gave a clean look but a bit rough on the base.

I hope this may help others. It's also useful to me to have that ply next to the saw for future reference, along with my array of files of blades and various sawdusts for glue mixing (sorry about the quality of the crop).

Malcolm

 

[martinka]

If you buy the cheaper denture tablets such as Sainsburys basics range, they would probably work out cheaper than buying proper tubes even if you throw the denture tablets away!

I've never needed to buy denture tablets but they must be giving them away to beat 10 x 150mm plastic test tubes with caps for £3.15 delivered.

 

[NazNomad]

Probably a stupid question, but where do you get the above end caps for the 20mm conduit please?

Any electrical factors should stock them. However, I'd rather use these ... http://www.componentforce.co.uk/categor ... ts-10-25mm

You can then nest the tubes together neater than using an end-cap which is bigger than the tube diameter.

'hashtag' OCD :-D

 

[AES]

Thanks for that NazNomad. Bookmarked.

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