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This is an old thread but last month I had a piece of the casting fail on my 18 year old sliding compound mitre saw. The saw basically exploded and shot to the extent of its travel. I did a quick digit count and changed my underwear, then sat there stunned as to how lucky I was. I loved that saw...

Thanks that awesome

It's the Progress, I wouldn't mind about the machining I have the tools but no dimensions are provided for the cylinder. So I am going to have to guess.

I recently purchased a kit from them, the drawings booklet says the cylinder is already machined and to make the piston to match the cylinder. But the cylinder was not supplied machined and there are no dimensions on the drawing. Its my first model so I have no experience to draw on and its a...