Wealden Tool Co. cutters are significantly cheaper than Trend and, IMHO, are of a higher quality. I use them with manual routing and their solid TC spirals are the standard on my CNC router.

I had visited the Iron Gear site - was worried they were too cheap……. I have used Bare Knuckles, SD, Creamery…. Also have a pair of Wilkinson Zebras in my Bandsman based build. All sound good…. Will p...

@frocesterbill: Iron Gear pickups are an inexpensive but excellent choice.. Pig Iron single coils or vintage 6TS.. perhaps combined with a Dirty Torque in the bridge. It all depends a bit on the style...

I am thinking of replacement for the Mexican Strat I sold last year. Three pickups - either three single core or pos two singles with a splittable humbucker in the bridge position. Any recommendatio...

@tv101 well seeing as this thread has popped up again I'll just say here and now, none of my ash necks have suffered a single issue. All still perfect and straight as the day I made them. Some are 3 y...

The Mirka extraction hose is worth getting - same length as the mains lead and nice and flexible - plug hose and mains into vacuum and the extraction works really well……

I’ve got an electric Mirka - really like it - very controllable sanding.

There is one amazing sander with dust extraction to help keep the dust out of your workshop. This one of mine is superb, Mirka orbital sander. It’s pneumatic but electric ones are available if you don...

@steveh It's not just the bike I'm trying to protect. At the moment, there's a thin layer of sawdust over pretty much everything (my garage tools, for example) in the garage and I'd rather there was...

@steveh Have to admit that I don’t do much power sanding these days after finding out what a mess it makes. I use mostly hand planes and scrapers. If I have to power sand I do it outside.

Thanks for the welcome, everybody. I will set up a project page once I get going. I've got something in mind already 🙂

Posted by: @rocknroller912 @boo @steveh Ive had a bike in my garage for 25 years and never found it to be a problem with woodwork. Bike gets cleaned in the driveway and only sits there, so why solve ...

@boo I agree with you on that as all this stuff does the same to bike paintwork so I don’t use any of it. Washing up liquid is about the strongest thing I use. Brake fluid is a great paint stripper by...

Posted by: @rocknroller912 Ive had a bike in my garage for 25 years and never found it to be a problem with woodwork. Bike gets cleaned in the driveway and only sits there, so why solve a problem tha...

@boo @steveh Ive had a bike in my garage for 25 years and never found it to be a problem with woodwork. Bike gets cleaned in the driveway and only sits there, so why solve a problem that doesn’t exist...

Posted by: @rocknroller912 I also build in my garage with a motorbike in the space and it’s not too hard, just throw a big dust sheet over the whole bike including the chain. Sawdust will stick to it...

@steveh Welcome to the group. I also build in my garage with a motorbike in the space and it’s not too hard, just throw a big dust sheet over the whole bike including the chain. Sawdust will stick to ...

@steveshandley-plus-com Welcome to this wonderful community!

@steveshandley-plus-com. Welcome Steve. Enjoy the Ride. 🙏🙂🎶🎸

Posted by: @steveshandley-plus-com Whatever happens next, it’s going to be an interesting journey! @steveh Welcome to you, you will find help and encouragement here, you are in the right place. I t...