Ghettoblaster
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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!
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Which oil/polish to use on chopping board?
Ghettoblaster replied to jamesd's topic in Woodcraft Forum
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.
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Where are you in London? I sometimes need another pair of hands. Drop me a pm if you like.
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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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Here you go. PLANER THICKNESSER SEDGWICK 12" X7" 3 phase | eBay planer thicknesser Sedgwick | eBay Sedgwick MB 12" x 9" Planer Thicknesser 3 Phase Brook Controls 2 Speed NO VAT | eBay
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No TERSA is a different cutter block. Couple of standard blade Sedgwicks on ATM. for under a grand.
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Alec got there first but asking the same questions!
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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
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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
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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!
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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!
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I use the mcnaughton center saver. It is far more involved than the woodcut version but far more versatile. Do you have a VB36 as your avatars suggests? Because if you do you will not be able to mount the woodcut to the lathe. The mcnaughton is the only real choice for a VB36! It takes a good while to become competent with the mcnaughton where as the woodcut is a lot easier to master. However I have taken cores up to about 19" with the mcnaughton and you can also do shallow platters and taller forms with it too. At times I wish I had both systems, woodcut for production work as it is a lot faster to setup and do batch production and the mcnaughton for the more free form, larger blanks. Unfortunately this would involve buying another lathe!
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Good, that would have been annoying!
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Are the 2 dots after the hotmail bit of the email address a typo? Sorry if it's not!
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All sorted now guys, thanks for the offers though! Bought a pallet of 2x1 offcuts for £50, all 1m long and worked out to be about £0.07 each and half that when I rip them in 2, bargain!
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I did think that but the trend now seems to be to stain roofing batterns red or blue, god knows why. I have previously been ripping construction off cuts but this takes an age and is very wasteful. You ever had a problem with tanalised timber for stickers? Cheers
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Where are you based? Unfortunately I'm in London so not too many local sawmills! Cheers
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Hi there I'm in need of quite a lot of stickers and don't have the time or appropriate timber to mill my own. Can anybody point me in the direction of somebody who can supply such things? I have seen people, mainly in the states and Canada, using plastic stickers. Anyone know where I can get these in the UK? Have done some googeling but didn't turn up much. If not wooden ones are fine. Much appreciated Will
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E Roberts are some of the best suppliers in North London.
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Hope you knocked the door with a 12lbs sledge!
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This is, I believe, an example of loose pommel figure. Not so common! Good find! Any to sell?
