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No but, apart from this excellent forum, you will also find a shed load of information over on thewoodhaven2.co.uk

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In my experience, unless these companies insist you set up an account, full audit etc...and I have yet to come across one that does....then simply make up the name of a company.

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Beardo...where are you down the path of getting kit ? If you're starting early and have the space, then why not think about a good secondhand cast iron jobbie. Get a Transwave rotary converter if it's 3-phase. You can then continue down the merry path of cast-iron !

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My 'history' of extraction has constantly changed and was driven by (a) the type and size of machines that I had, (b) volume of work and (c) workshop layout. My first planer was an Axminster 6" and I used my shop vacuum cleaner. Soon found that the chippings filled it up quickly. Then IIRC I th...

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Stainless steel works fine

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TBH given the machines that you have and making a guess as to just how much dust you're going to create, I think that you're both over-engineering and over-complicating things. You're also getting confused re the individual machine requirements, HVLP and LVHP systems TBH. I have a twin-motor CamVac ...

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Ditch the Evolution.

The Metabo and the Scheppach both look the same saw to me TBH.

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We bought some engineered oak floorboards from French Forest Floors and, well to be honest, the finish quality of many of them..well, most of them...leaves a lot to be desired and, yes, I should have rejected them at the time but when you've just hand offloaded 3 tons of the stuff and trying to beat...

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jfc wrote:So , did you buy it ?

No! My 'workshop' is too small.

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Thanks for the replies. Had my eye on a Cooksley combi ...only 9 miles away and a pittance. Very tempted but would need to totally re-engineer the workshop to get it in. It is in very very good nick as it's been in regular use. Annually maintained plus HSE kosher having had brakes fitted etc. Rise a...

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I've got a T11. I'd not buy another one. Yes, the fine adjust is good. But within weeks, the circuit speed controller board failed as did the bearing. Now ..and after relatively little use, the on/off plunger tends to stick in the 'on' position ie the return spring has either weakened or there is di...

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The way I did it, albeit expensive, was to buy a couple of these and swap out the curly cutter for another straight one. https://www.wealdentool.com/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Reversible_192.html Also if you look at the list of spares, it's possible to make what you need up from bits and pieces I thi...

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Anyone have any of these ? What are they like ? Eyeballing one at the moment.

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Original Blanchon is worth trying.

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Well, congratulations on living in a cracking part of the country. One of the few places where you can call Yorkshiremen 'soft Southern wussies'. :lol: I like Newcastle. There used to be courses at the tech, I believe but think that they have stopped. There is Peter Sefton down in Upton-on-Severn bu...

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No I haven't...should have taken a look at their site to see if they had any in the sale but too late now. We've got a large terrace to lat but thankfully not 2m x 1m tiles.

I did get a Scheppach wet tile cutter...absolutely brilliant especially for large tiles.

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I know what you mean re knees. I used to se 'add-on' kneepads...the ones with straps around the knee but late last year suddenly developed 'foot-drop'...a crushed common peroneal nerve...and the only cause as far as we could work out were the straps on the kneepads. Rubi do some nice stuff. I bought...

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aka reason 5670 for not buying a f*****g Hammer. I have what Axminster call a Whitehill Universal Moulding Block (although it doesn't appear in Whitehill's catalogue!). It's this one https://www.axminster.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/920x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/1/3/134070_xl.j...

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Many thanks, guys...lots of food for thought there. Frame is already in situ - guess in extremis I could pad the frame out. Key conclusion is that the back door is defo softwood (minimal rain coverage) and SWMBO wants that one done first. I am planning to use West epoxy (I've already got it so reluc...

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I thought about that but they inevitably telegraph through any paint etc.

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Is there any reason why the tenons on the rails have to go all the way through the rails? Is wedging that essential ? Reason for asking is that I've just had a design change. Had some sapele for our back door but while prepping it up thought to myself 'Why am I making this out of hardwood ? The door...

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There are some stonking bargains here and there.

Shame they're closing down as they were my Go-To for Rubi stuff.

https://uk.tools4pro.com

Think they might also have a Spanish outlet, Jonathan

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Proper job.

PS Can I have my blue ladder back now please ?

Gawd..I got rid of mine...weighted a ton !

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Well, well, well. LOML was very much on my case to outsource this given all the other stuff I've got to do and much as I'd liked to have had a crack, I could see her point. So I recently contacted a local firm who looked the bees knees. Bottom line - they see it as a lot of work onsite especially as...

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I'm 100% with the above comments. Once you get stuck in, you'll find more and more rot.

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Jonathan wrote:Gosh Rodger....look like your up early like me....

Absolutely...my favourite time of the day.

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Will do Jonathan thanks. That’s not a what can I say - I bet you gain in other ways - space for example. Do you use a power feed on the planer does it work well? Space savings are marginal as you need a fair bit of space around it. You have to plan your workflow with precision (hollow laugh) to avo...

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I'm jealous, Peter, in that you're going to be able to mount your feeder on the firm and stable surface of your moulder. I have to depend on a crappy bit of floppy metal at the end of my Hammer C3-31 combi machine. The result is that it's almost impossible to get the pillar vertical and so as you sw...

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Your old username was Tim, Tim.

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....The joiners filled the gap between with window and stone with expanding foam... Thanks Mac That's probably why...bloody Philistines. They should have bedded in with lime mortar set back 5mm or so, let it dry and then dded the burnt sand mastic. You do need the proper sand IME...they probably go...

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Hi Mac

Are you sure that that is mastic ? It looks more like cement (or similar) to me. Is your property a period one ? Take a look at using burnt sand mastic..that's the traditional approach.

http://knowledge.masonsmortar.co.uk/kno ... and-mastic

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There's a great WIP here, Mark, if you're interested. http://thewoodhaven2.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=3659

You're absolutely right...it's a beautiful piece

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Last time I bought from Lathams in Gateshead I paid 1050 plus vat per cube a few months ago. That was prob for buying 500 quid worth and I'm not a regular customer. Mike That's interesting. Looking back through my emails Latham's are who a local joinery company recommended for hardwood. I think tha...

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Jonathan wrote:Rodgers
You could fine that the one wheel on the infeed is the problem......its a bit like putting pressure on the in feed whilst planning.

Doh! That makes a lot of sense.

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Thanks for the idea, Jonathan. The feeder has two rollers on the outfeed and one on the infeed. I like the idea of the MDF sled. Will bear it in mind for next time. In the end, I went back to basics and used the planer.

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Nice gates.. lovely job there.

Nice Audi too ! Q3 ?

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Glad to be of help. Its good that we can all learn from each other, its what forums are for Summats gone pear-shaped ! Help !!! Trying to face off using the spindle moulder but the timber isn't really wide enough to clamp to the sliding table. So I tried using the power feeder (pressing downwards) ...

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Just wondering how these have stood the test of time? Did the posts stay upright ?

Fabulous thread and job, by the way.

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Personally I find the spined ones easier to control.

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It's called irony.

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