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A Week In The Workshop 216



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Hi everyone. A rapid-fire AWITW this week; I've been putting the little Bosch cordless saw through it's paces, using it for the main cuts on the next set of workshop drawers - there's always another set, right - and generally seeing how it performed in actual use, rather than just 'testing' it on bits of MDF. Overall it 's good; the finish on the waste side of Birch ply left a bit to be desired, but in the Oak floorboards it was excellent, both cross-cutting and rips.


Anyway, more on this in the midweek, probably - hopefully the public-facing video will be out for this Friday.


I did the draw for the Festool sanders, and congratulations to Phil Kneale, Mike Taylor, and André Wild who receive the RTS400 (2013) RTS 400 (2008) and ETS125 respectively - I’ll be in touch very soon to take care of those details.


On the workshop clearance, I think everything on the spreadsheet list is pretty much spoken for, so I’ll be getting in touch with the folks who’ve put their names down for the items that I can post during the course of this week; for the folks with items that need collecting, I’m thinking of a workshop ‘collection day’ on Saturday Feb 10th - I’ll confirm that, but it would be good to move as much as possible out on the one day.


And to keep the momentum going, the next two giveaways are in the forum now; a job lot of Trend cordless sanders (5” RO, 1/3 sheet Orbital, and detail/mouse type sander, with batteries and 240v charger) and my Draper 12” disc sander, 240v big and heavy so collection only on these two, thanks.


These are rather different items, so there’s a separate form for each, links below.


Trend sanders job lot - https://forms.gle/JEGhaAjDn99vbdR58


Draper 12" disc sander - https://forms.gle/cogiKkv3gSqjRpLJ6


Thanks everyone; enjoy the rest of the weekend and I’ll catch you in the midweek.


Best, Peter


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Paul
Paul
Jan 30, 2024

Got to see a bit of Peter in "Dad mode" in this one! "No. Naughty. Don't do that." I genuinely laughed at that! And that router bit looks like some medieval weapon, I'll bet it goes through even the toughest material real quick.

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petermillard
petermillard
Jan 30, 2024
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Darned kids, they need telling! 😂 Yes, some particularly unpleasant possibilities with that router bit Paul, hopefully avoided in normal use! 😯😂

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Marc Barash
Jan 29, 2024

Thanks Peter!

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David Sneddon
David Sneddon
Jan 28, 2024

Excellent as always Peter. 👍

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petermillard
petermillard
Jan 28, 2024
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Thanks David! 👍

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Gordon Merrett
Jan 28, 2024

Hi, Peter - Just a precautionary note on oak dust. I presume that you wore a mask and had the scrubber going when cutting the oak - it is one of the most pernicious dusts in a confined space. A few years ago the architects of Tate Modern at Bankside decided that it would be 'cool' to use oak flooring without a finish. They had not taken into account that the passage of foot traffic would generate oak dust, and the entire museum had to be shut down to remove the 'cool' because the dust was corroding many of the exhibits! Just sayin'... 😉

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petermillard
petermillard
Jan 28, 2024
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Cheers Gordon! I have a lot of faith in the dust collection on these tools, but I did run the air cleaner afterwards, yes. 👍👍

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