Thought I had a spare one in the drawer,but it’s a hand held taping pin chuck eclipse 81.
Especially at this time of the week 
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Starrett calipers for £20
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Or £51 as they seem to be now 
Bugger. That’s not such a good deal. Actually, looking at it that now liniks to the three piece set rather than the 5-piece, someone must’ve bought it. The 5 piece is normally £70+
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Need moar planes.
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That’s actually alot easier than it first appears.
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You have tried it? Or the process appears easy? It’s very clever, I especially like the holders to make the various shapes like the triangles.
Never tried it, just the conclusion i reached from watching the video.
Suspect the hardest part is the final planing to produce the sheets of marquetry - how bloody sharp that plane must be + the strength and uniform application thereof!
But yeah, dude makes it look pretty simple. Which I daresay it isn’t…
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I have difficulty sitting cross legged. This is before the onset of skills on show.
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Indeed, I have a couple of the puzzle boxes so it’s nice to see the process.
The wood is definitely softer than typical hardwoods so I imagine that helps a bit.
I want to expand the workshop machinery with a table saw, for cutting down sheet material and smaller angled cuts. Needs to be Single Phase with a budget certainly under £1k and I have enough space in the garage to leave it out but one with an additional wheeled base would be great.
Not really sure what I’m looking at but a quick search bought up these, any recomendations?
If you are working with full sheets (8x4) they look a bit small, could you get away with a track saw?
Buy a used one, a quality one with an iron top and sliding mechanism is within that budget. Kitty table saws are worth looking out for,
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I assume a track saw is the same as a plunge saw (with a track)?
Honestly I had not thought about it, I guess the difference will be when cutting smaller items (Baton, hardwood timber etc) is going to be more tricky?
Yes, that is exactly what I had in mind, in fact that is the very one I have but like you say only useful for sheet work really. I use a compound mitre saw for the rest.
I’ve got a plunge / track saw, and also a mitre saw. There are definitely a few scenarios I can think of where neither of them are suitable, where a table saw would be the best option. Festool do make a small table saw, and whilst I’d normally just suggest them for comedy price value, theirs incorporates the Saw-Stop tech, which makes it a fairly compelling choice to me.
I’ve been watching this series, and I think a Plunge saw will be the best option for me, for my garage space that I have.
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