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Projects – Boot jack – Part 2

Posted on 30/05/2013 by John

It’s been a while since my eldest daughter and I have done anything in the workshop together, but as this week is half term I promised we’d make a bit more progress on the boot jack project. We re-thought our … Continue reading →

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Levelling the SIP 01552 – Part 2

Posted on 16/01/2013 by John

As mentioned in my previous post, my current best idea for getting the table absolutely level is to fabricate some new “square washer thingys” (I really must figure out the proper name for them, but the exploded diagram that came … Continue reading →

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Levelling the SIP 01552 – Part 1

Posted on 07/01/2013 by John

I mentioned ages ago that the planer tables of my planer thicknesser are about 0.2 degrees out of alignment with one another. In real world terms this is less than 1mm over the 200mm width of cut (at least according … Continue reading →

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Poll – Bandsaw choices

Posted on 31/07/2012 by John

I’ve been thinking and reading about building a workshop for some time now, trying to figure out the best and simplest setup for my single garage. For financial and space reasons I’m trying to keep the quantity and size of … 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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