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I bought a pack of this last year out of curiosity and have yet to find a use for it.

It's a very thick (c. 2 mm and c. 50 mm wide) double-sided tape that appears to be made of the same sticky...

We're communicating via DM and I hope to get some tips.

I'll try and remember to take pictures and notes as I dismantle mine so I can post back here.

Thanks for the reply. That thread got my hopes up when I found it while first searching, but it trails off sadly with posts from a couple of other people asking for advice which the OP hasn't...

Does anyone know the procedure for replacing the cutter bearings on these machines, or better still have the instructions for doing it? I've been looking at mine (the one with the rusty thicknesser...

The thicknesser table is definitely cast iron and remarkably thin. A friend and I had the calipers on it just now as we were investigating how to dismantle the machine without doing any damage, and...

Thanks, Zac and H. I feel encouraged enough to dismantle the machine so I can remove the table for treatment. I don't have a R.O. sander, but could start with a rotary wire brush and follow up with a...

A while back I inherited my father's Tatry DW50 260mm planer thicknesser (almost identical to a DeWalt 1150). I've also got a small pile of salvageable timber from an old shed.

But the machine...

For a long time I wanted to build a dining table. I fantasised about different shapes and mechanisms, doubted whether I had the skill, etc. etc. A couple of years ago I felt ready to start. Was...

That's a good idea. What would you make the ribs from?

Thanks for this. All the SLR gear is Nikon pro stuff, much of it from the "solid metal" days. Add all the accessories (particularly a lot of Alpa "Macrostat" gear that makes up into camera stands,...

I'm planning a "captain's bed", standard single mattress, built rather higher than usual to get plenty of space under it. Like an actual captain's bed it goes in the corner of the room so the drawers...

I need a metalwork project, and some of my furniture projects will need very strong dowelled joints, so I'm planning to build a versatile precision dowelling jig. Two questions on which I'd be...

Just to finish this off: the new insert arrived from Bosch and is dead flat.

And I've made a ZCI, all but the final fitting and re-installing the riving knife. But it's not a good saw for ZCIs:...

Bosch this morning got back to me and are sending a new, hopefully flat, insert.

Meanwhile in among other things I've cut the polycarbonate tops for three ZCIs and roughly shaped a scrap piece of...

I don't intend to give up on the maker's insert. The configuration of this saw, in particular the lack of handwheel adjustment for the bevel angle, appear to make ZCIs problematic for bevel cutting. ...

Problem here is that except where there are reinforcing ribs the metal is only about 2.7mm thick (including powdercoat top and bottom), and I'd have to take off about 1.2mm at mid-length, nearly half...

Agreed. So much so that I sometimes wonder whether this insert is designed to be slightly convex rather than dead flat. But I can't think of any good reason for a convex insert in the middle of a...

No, it would need a lot of pressure to flatten it.



That would still leave it more than 0.5mm proud at the centre, okay for casual work but not satisfying.

I understand the advantages of...

It's cast alloy, powdercoated or similar. The edges are only 2.7mm thick but there are reinforcing webs that take total thickness to about 12mm. If I don't get any joy from Bosch I might try...

Hi Rob,

There are grub screws in the recess in the table, one near each corner, to adjust the height. But it's the upper surface of the insert itself that is warped.
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I put it face down...

I'm setting up a Bosch GTS 10 J table saw that I bought a few days ago. First thing I noticed when I got to the straight-edge and engineer's square stage is that the top of the insert (the thing the...

Yes, that's the one. Mine's just like that, complete with semicircular dust guard and the requirement to drill your own holes to suit your saw.

I wonder if this was changed for the "new series"...

Hi Chris, thanks for the response. It seems half and half factory and home. The flange round the aperture for the saw blade gives all the appearance of having been made by a press and die rather than...

I inherited a Triton MK3 Workcentre from my father (Workstation with saw table, router table and extension table). The circular saw itself was missing.

When I mounted my own Metabo 185mm saw I...

Hello, this is my first post after a year or so of lurking and learning from Woodwork Forums. A while ago I inherited my late father's workshop and tools and I'm gradually getting things in order (he...