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I'll be using a Henry for dust extraction. (Same name in America?) http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00008Z9XZ?ie=UTF8&tag=thedroplet-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B00008Z9XZ They make other vacs seems like jet engines., can even keep a conversation going...

Sorry about that, I've just learned that 'Acrow' is a trade name. Here in the UK it's become a generic for jack posts like 'Hoover' is for vacuum cleaner. I've yet to learn what the correct Brit term for jack posts is, everyone I know in the building trade calls them Acrows. :) Good to know it's jus...

Thanks for the replies, I'm in Liverpool, Toxteth to be exact. It's one of those 'Upstairs Downstairs' large terraced houses converted to flats. What used to be the olde worlde kitchen is now the cellar, no floor as such, just tons of builders rubble but there is access via a trap. Only joists and f...

Hi, first post. We'll be getting a ShopSmith soon due to limited workspace and the 510 is on offer here in the UK. It's down to me to get the workspace sorted prior to it's arrival. The workshop is a ground floor bedroom, we want to be making sawdust but not annoy the neighbours. There are 2 loadbea...