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I was surpised to find a Pirelli belt on my 510 - being Italian, it will almost certainly be metric. Sorry, I don’t know the size.

I agree - it’s not a major issue, just a bit of a surprise the first time of use!

Yup, there’s an off position. Full marks for initiative to whoever found one that not only worked (albeit back to front) but also fitted inside the box, presumably avoiding the high cost of a new control box.

Here’s an odd one: as you turn the dial of the speed control clockwise on my Pro Planer, it clicks on as you would expect. The feeder then runs at its fastest speed and only slows down to its slowest speed when the dial has been turned fully clockwise to 10. I can live with it unless there’s a very ...

I must have made about a dozen attempts to register on the forum. I usually failed because the bit where you have to retype the security code was extraordinarily difficult to read (U's looking like V's, 6's appearing as 8's and vice versa) and I kept getting it wrong. After several successive ...