On Monday, 2 September 2013 13:51:00 UTC+1, Rick Hughes wrote:
On 02/09/2013 13:28, John Rumm wrote:

On 02/09/2013 12:08, wrote:



AIUI since the HSE banned the use of dadoes, they did it by



Did they actually ban dado sets though? or just specify a maximum stop

time?



specifying the max length of arbor on new table saws on sale - not by

banning the sale of dadoes.



Does not seem to be a problem on my 1948 Unisaw ;-)







Did admit to being tempted with the large number of Wadkin saws on ebay

... incl the tilting table versions

I bought an old 3 phase Startrite bandsaw and fitted an inverter to run it off single phase. When I have a suitable location there'll be a Wadkin or similar mahoosive old-british table saw too.