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Festool rotex by a mile. Removes stock faster than a belt sander, and does fine finishing etc. Only downside is the price and the dust extractor, which you need. But it really is the best all round sander you can buy!

The best source of inexpensive mineral oil that is food grade is liquid paraffin for adding to horse food. 5l is about a tenner.

Single phase machines show up now and then but usually go for more money.

Where are you in London? I sometimes need another pair of hands. Drop me a pm if you like.

Was not aware the old shape was such a pain. Glad I got a 4 knife TERSA too! Like you say I would never go back to standard knives!

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No TERSA is a different cutter block. Couple of standard blade Sedgwicks on ATM. for under a grand.

Alec got there first but asking the same questions!

I've seen nice ones go for over 2K "refurbished". TBF. there is a ok looking one on ebay ATM. for £850 BIN. which is not too bad. However if it's for professional heavy use I would seriously look at the TERSA system, especially with hard timber like oak.

TERSA is not on all their machines, only a few. If looking on ebay read the descriptions carefully as people sometimes don't mention TERSA in the the listing title.

They are a bit more modern than the wadkins but still heavy cast iron made near Leeds. I have a MB308 which is their 12" machine. Have a look on ebay, the older green ones are much the same. You will probably find the thicknessing capacity is lager than the wadkin. If you can get one in the right condition for the right money go for a wadkin they are very good machines. Otherwise I would consider other options as BAOs have been fetching silly money on ebay for quite a while now. Cheap ones do come up but they are rarely pretty and would need some love before going back to work!

See if you can get something with TERSA knives, they take about a min. to change instead of a LOT longer. I have a second hand Sedgwick with TERSA that is fantastic. the bao's are great but can be expensive for what they are. Sedgwicks can be had for less money and the company is still in business which is never a bad thing

This place is run by some people I know. It may be worth a look. I know people that use their space on a regular basis and it seems to workout for them. Not too far from you either. Good luck! Building BloQs - London's Largest Open Access Workshop

They may now offer a 40mm tool post option but that certainly was not available when I looked into it! I would still go for the Mcnaughton if I were to put my cash on the line again and once you get the hang of it it comes into it's own. And your lathe has enough horse power to make full use of it. I guess it depends what kind of work you want to do with it as to which one you should get. If you want loads of perfect cores the day you get it out of the box get the woodcut if it will fit. If you want to be able to do it all and are fine with a good bit of learning get the Mcnaughton center saver. You don't need to buy all the blades for the Mcnaughton at the same time, just get the toolpost that supports all the blades and add them as you like or need, I got the jumbo set and have never used the straight blades, I may find something useful to do with them but haven't yet! Good luck with your choice!

Sorry just re read the first post! It is for a vb so only option is the mcnaughton center saver! They are great, if a little scary at times!