Tag Archives: machinery

SIP 01552 dust extraction

Posted on 29/01/2013 by John

As I mentioned when I reviewed it initially, the inbuilt extraction on my SIP 01552 is useless. (I’ve since checked and the blades of the fan do spin, they just don’t seem to move the air enough to even suck … Continue reading →

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Second machinery ordered

Posted on 13/05/2012 by John

I’ve been thinking about buying a pillar drill for ages, in fact one of the two machines I abortively tried to buy first of all was a Record Power DP58B benchtop pillar drill (the other being a Record Power BS250 benchtop … Continue reading →

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Review – SIP 01552 planer thicknesser – first impressions

Posted on 03/04/2012 by John

I recently bought the SIP 01552 planer-thicknesser from Homewood Woodworking Machinery in Worthing. When I was researching it I found very few reviews of this machine, or even photos beyond the 2 standard manufacturer ones. Since posting about buying it … Continue reading →

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First machinery – take two!

Posted on 24/03/2012 by John

After my abortive attempt to buy some woodworking machinery and a bit of a rethink, I’ve ordered a SIP 01552 8″ benchtop planer thicknesser from a local company, Homewood (they don’t list it on their website at the moment). There … Continue reading →

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First machinery – back to the drawing board

Posted on 19/03/2012 by John

After my initial but aborted attempt at buying machinery I have had a bit of a rethink about the order and the manufacturers of the machinery I want to add to my workshop. I had slight buyers remorse about ordering … Continue reading →

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First (and second!) machinery ordered

Posted on 13/03/2012 by John

After even more reading and some good advice from Olly I have now ordered my first machinery. In the end it came down to a 3 way fight between the Axminster AWHBS310N at about £380, the Axminster AWHBS350N at about … Continue reading →

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Poll – First machinery

Posted on 09/03/2012 by John

I mentioned previously that I’ve changed my mind about which machinery to buy first. The more I read and thought about it, the more a bandsaw made sense as the first piece of machinery (rather than power tool) in my … Continue reading →

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