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The best cutters I have are all Whiteside.

Your post was NOT overly 'preachy' or 'dramatic', but your heading was. IF you have an infection, and IF it was caused by inhaling wood dust, and IF it is being successfully treated with antibiotics,...

Hi Cliff,
You may have noted that the bench is hardly a woodwork bench: I'm a latterday convert to woodworking. Many of my tools are related to the restoration of vehicles. The 'taillight' is a 12v...

A couple of months ago I asked if anyone had any experience using the Shopsmith 10E in its horizontal boring mode. There was no reply, so here's my experience from then till now.
I was given an old...

Here's a device I made about twenty years ago, that has easily removed countless star pickets. The u-shaped piece on the picket slides until pressure is put on the handle. It than jams, allowing the...

Folks might be correct about SilverGlide not being particularly useful in the tropics, or even in humid weather. Hot and humid conditions seldom occur here. It stays as a paste in the tin, wipes...

I live on the coast. I use SilverGlide on the table saw, band saw and horizontal drilling machine. Seems to work.

Well done, that boy!

The bit that came out should fit back in, regardless of its diameter. Completely remove the nut from the router. Then prise out the collet which is inside the nut, and is removable. When you have the...

Yes. And I bought mine second-hand with bit installed. I had difficulty in removing the bit, and, because I did not know any better, I originally got the bit out by tapping it with a wooden mallet! I...

I have this router, and initially had trouble extracting bits from the collet. Then I learned that the collet has to be turned by spanner ONCE until it is free, then turned again. It will momentarily...

I've just been given a Shopsmith 10E, Serial Number 2456. The motor runs, although the unit needs a new belt. I intend to use it solely in its horizontal drilling mode. I have the Shopsmith chuck,...

Thanks, Groggy, for a most comprehensive reply to my original question. The procedure you outline is eminently sensible, and should minimize conflicts if it is generally followed.
However, let me...

I realise that my information is not exactly pertinent, but I have a variety of branded power tools, including Metabo, Ryobi+1, Makita, Triton and GMC, most of which have been OK. That certainly...

In response to Yonnee:
I thought I had made it clear in my post that I was not intending to buy, just seeking further information. If another poster was prepared to buy immediately without further...

I recently sought further information re an item for sale in the Market Place. I did so via a PM, and then posted a message 'PM sent' to indicate that I had done so. This seemed to bring a rebuke...

I'm happy to get rid of the VISIBLE dust first, which this seems to be doing. I also appreciate the flexibility that comes from having the sander attached to an easily-moved vacuum.

Sorry! Only one of the attachments seem to have appeared, but you can get the general idea.

For many years, I have had a Makita 9924DB belt sander, and found it to be a great machine. However, I was never satisfied with the dust collection from it: the dust was collected in the bag as shown...

I'm with Doug. I'm generally more interested in sensible suggestions to get rid of the dust and shavings I can see and that form an actual physical hazard to me than I am to the possible consequences...

'Using any form of DC/cyclone/filter combo to filter out all but the finest particles which are then pumped into the shed is a waste of time and money in terms of health.'
What evidence is there...

I understand the potential danger of 'invisible dust', but, among my many woodworking colleagues, I cannot name one who has definitively been adversely affected by this. That does not diminish the...

The pricing of stuff in hardware stores is often a mystery to me: the latest one is the Titebond pricing at Masters compared to other suppliers, being discussed on these Forums in the Glue section....

A couple of days ago, I went to several local hardware suppliers near where I live seeking Titebond 11. Only one supplier stocked it, and the cost was $55+ for the gallon bottle. Having read this...

I've got one. PM me your postal address and I'll send you a photocopy.

The tip is a piece of solid steel with a wire coiled around it. I suspect it would be easy enough to rewire the coil, but the coil, which glows red when the machine is operating, is insulated from...

I have a very old pyro machine of French origin.
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It still works perfectly well, and I don't use it much. However the tip has failed (burnt out?), and I need a new one.
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They cost about $41 plus $17 for shipping, for a total of $58.
Make sure you get the correct type of bars for your make and model of router (There seem to be several different types of bars, each...

Obviously no one had any advice re the Plunge Bars, so I took the plunge (!) and ordered some from Woodrat in the UK. They duly arrived, and I fitted them to my Hitachi router which is installed in a...

I had a GMC jigsaw that was faulty, so I returned it. They offered me the Triton jigsaw as pictured, so I took it as a replacement. So far it has been excellent.
(The exchange routine took place...

The Woodrat Plunge Bars seem to be an easy method of raising and lowering a router when it is mounted in a table. Has anyone any experience in using these?

Three questions seem to arise from this post:
1* Exactly what machines does the TWC replace?
2* How inconvenient would it be to keep changing the TWC from one function (e.g. sawing) to another...

How about the size of the 'home' market for Festool in Europe? It must be a similar size to that of the USA. The machines produced for that market are 240v, so, if the prices in Europe and the USA...

If we are REALLY into saving space, time, meanings or syllables, how about calling Bunnings by the name Bunnings instead of something cute and original such as 'Big Green Shed' or whatever?

Woodcraft have just sent me a flyer to say that Festool prices will increase shortly in the USA. The poor dears will have to pay $1350 for a Kapex 120, $395 for the 1010 router, and $385 for the R090...

I can't help thinking what a waste of such talent was to follow in the next six years: Most of those young men would have been involved in World War 1, and many would not have survived it. The loss...

I have the same thicknesser, and a similar solution to chip collection.

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Do you already have power to your shed? Was the wiring done by a professional? If so, you might already have considerably more than 10amps on hand. When my shed was wired, the nice man ran 32amp...

I have to make clear that the process I followed did NOT charge the battery: what it did was make the battery ABLE to be charged, and the charging was done in the usual way with the appropriate Ryobi...

At the time when Ryobi entered its exclusive arrangement with Bunnings, the local Mitre 10 unloaded its stock of Ryobi One+ tools quite cheaply. I bought the impact driver and the two speed hammer...

Each year around Christmas time in Melbourne, there is a season of a musical play "Terminativity". It is the age-old story of Joseph, Mary and the Archangel Michael and their confrontation with 'The...

Dremel router bits nos 650, 652 and 564:
$27.00 each from several Australian suppliers.
$7.60 each from a UK supplier, plus combined postage of $3.80.
So, pay $81 from an Australian supplier, and...

If I made a set of bookshelves, and someone asked me, 'Did you get that at IKEA?', I wouldn't take it as an insult. I doubt that I could make bookshelves as good as IKEA sells for anywhere near the...

Thanks for that, Pat. It seems possible that the Disston & Morss square could date from the late 1800s. It has a hole for a scratch awl in the base of the handle, but the awl is missing (and may have...

I was given two squares by an elderly friend.
Both have wood and brass handles, and steel blades with Imperial markings. Both still seem to be quite square.
The first is marked on the handle '...

Hi Jill,
I've built four of these separators, and, on each one, the vacuum is applied to the centre fitting at the top. All mine work well, so, as has been suggested, your hoses are probably...

I had a good day at the show today, with the parking situation being the only complaint. Whatever suburb the pavillion is in, the parking lot must be in another! It is a long, long walk. The shuttle...

Hi Rusel,
What you have is the main structure of a Sher Shopmate. It could be used as a drill press, but it also could be used as a saw table, and as a face plate sander. The holes wth clamps...

Hi again, Bob,
I do understand that my extraction system has certain shortcomings, but I am also concerned that you seem to be dogmatically exaggerating them. I thought that the original photos were...

Hi Bob,
You might have misunderstood a couple of points about the Big Gulp setup:
1* The slot has been narrowed so that it is an exact fit on the extraction chute of the thicknesser. That means...