There is a lot of usefull information on the sites already linked in this thread as well as littlemachineshop.com.
There is also a good manual at the American Grizzly site here:
http://www.grizzly.com/products/g8688
That is if your Axminster is the same as my Chester, which is the same as the Grizzly G8688!!
I would also recommend anything by Tubal Cain such as:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MODEL-ENGINEER...QQcmdZViewItem
and:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WORKHOLDING-IN...QQcmdZViewItem