• Hi all and welcome to TheWoodHaven2 brought into the 21st Century, kicking and screaming! We all have Alasdair to thank for the vast bulk of the heavy lifting to get us here, no more so than me because he's taken away a huge burden of responsibility from my shoulders and brought us to this new shiny home, with all your previous content (hopefully) still intact! Please peruse and feed back. There is still plenty to do, like changing the colour scheme, adding the banner graphic, tweaking the odd setting here and there so I have added a new thread in the 'Technical Issues, Bugs and Feature Requests' forum for you to add any issues you find, any missing settings or just anything you'd like to see added/removed from the feature set that Xenforo offers. We will get to everything over the coming weeks so please be patient, but add anything at all to the thread I mention above and we promise to get to them over the next few days/weeks/months. In the meantime, please enjoy!

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    I will never buy another Magnet kitchen

    A lot, the majority in fact, of the European manufacturers still use thin hardboard backs in their cabinets. Here in the UK, the majority of manufacturers use thicker backs......I manufacturer all my own cabinets for my customers and the majority of the cabinet doors as well. I tend to use 8mm...
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    Well, that day didn't go to plan.

    I hope your road to recovery is as hasty as your work rate Mike.....Good Luck!
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    Are all NVR switches the same?

    The NVR switch on my 2.2kw bandsaw stopped working correctly a couple of years ago, so I ordered a replacement. When it arrived, I removed the original switch from the bandsaw and noticed there was a small amount of dust visible inside the transparent cover over the coil.....I thought Ive got...
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    Tool thefts in England

    I had my old Escort van broken into in the early 90's and they stole about £1500 worth of tools.....I called the police and they turned up , but didn't offer me much hope of them catching the b a s t a r d s. The officer told me there had been a spate of tool thefts in the area over the past...
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    Kity 619 table saw rise and fall repair

    The gear mechanism on the 618 is all metal, no plastic! Both the black and orange hand wheels for Tilt and rise & fall are cast alloy. There are Bristol levers to lock both the Tilt and the rise & fall which are also alloy, as opposed to cheaper plastic ones.
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    Kity 619 table saw rise and fall repair

    I've just had a look at a couple of pictures of the 619 and the 618.....It appears the rise & fall and the blade tilt are both on the same mechanism on the 618, but the 619 has a separate adjustment to the lhs of the machine for the blade tilt. I wonder if Kity decided to change the design of...
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    Kity 619 table saw rise and fall repair

    I'm not sure if the rise & fall mechanism on the Kity 619 is similar in design to the 618, but I have a 618 and there is a meshed pair of gears that need regular cleaning and attention to ensure that it works correctly. The gears are really exposed to sawdust and clog up easily. When I first...
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    Uses 'electrickery' so... Cross line laser unit

    One of the very few items I have ever bought in a Black Friday sale, was a blue Bosch cross line laser level. It was 50% off and that was about 9 years ago (£110 reduced to £55)...Its been really useful and I've found I use it more than I had anticipated. Admittedly, it is a Red laser model and...
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    Christmas has come early!

    I remember splitting a board with someone that day Steve...👍
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    Christmas has come early!

    I love a bit of Bog Oak...!👍 By pure coincidence, I had been promising my wife to frame a couple of prints that we got whilst in Brugge a few years ago. I finally got around to making the frames this week and mounted the prints in them this morning.....She hasn't seen them yet!! I also got the...
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    Retirement , what is the end game.

    I apologise if my comments in Post #62 above contributed to sending this thread off topic....😚 It was not my intention. I've had two really good holidays in the US in years gone by and met some great people during those trips, but sometimes my frustration with recent events over there get the...
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    Retirement , what is the end game.

    "Soshal Meedja" aside, personally I can't think of any circumstances at the moment that would convince me to voluntarily want to go to the US.
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    Startrite table saw - table alignment help

    @Guineafowl21 The 165, 175 and 275 have front and rear round bars with the rack & pinion adjustment. The 125 and 145 have the rectangular bars as pictured in the OP’s photo and my photos above. The table size is the same on the 125,145 and 165 saws, but the 175 and 275 have bigger tables and...
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    Startrite table saw - table alignment help

    Whenever I transport these saws, I use my VW Transporter van. I have a couple of old short scaffold planks to make a ramp. I use a sack barrow and tie it in position in the van upright wrapped up in old duvet’s. They are very top heavy. Although 900watts may sound a bit underpowered, remember...
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    Startrite table saw - table alignment help

    That saw is a 145 model and was the smaller of the Startrite TA table saws. They have a 900watt output motor( if its the original motor). Not the most powerful of saws, but perfectly adequate for the majority of table saw cutting tasks in a home workshop. From the look of the picture, it looks...
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    Hello everyone.

    Hi Doug 👍...Its good to see there are so many familiar names here.
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    Hello everyone.

    I make & install made-to-measure fitted kitchens, bedrooms and office furniture as my main business as well as one- off cabinets to match. I also have a workshop at home where a do " normal" woodworking ( when I get the opportunity, that is....😁) As well as restoration of old machinery ( Mainly...
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    Hello everyone.

    No problem Tom....Always happy to advise if I possibly can 👍
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    Hello everyone.

    I will definitely get back to you Mike and take you up on your offer 👍 I love working with it, not least because of the history behind it.
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    Hello everyone.

    Morning Mike, Good to hear from you again. I hope you're well. I've still got a bit of that Bog Oak that I got from you a few years ago....😁
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