Recent content by tec987

clamp a straight edge to your laminate metal if you have one, get something with a sharp point or grind a point on a old screwdriver then score the laminate 3 or 4 times on the face side then lift the laminate up starting at one end once it has started it will come off quickly, don't press the...

Thanks for that but no luck yet

Hi, I just bought a Millers Falls no. 22 it looks like its the first time it been out of its grease proof paper and box it looks great. The problem I have got is the part which you mount the blade on is black and after a bit of research it seems it should be red, I am sure this plane has not...

Hi, the robert sorby chisels came wit a lathe I bought which cost less than the chisels would have been. by can not sharpen them I mean straight off the grinder, I used record tools for a while and I have now using henry taylor both these work fine straight off the grinder, I have noticed the...

I have a set of robert sorby wood turning chisels 8 off which I can not sharpen I have been sharpening chisels for wood turning for many years with no problem, could these be fake chisels, the handles are the same with the robert sorby name the blades are not stamped with the name etc. any ideas...

thanks chj

Hi dickm, the mail thread measures 5/8 and has 14 threads, thanks for that

Hi, jaypee I have a insert for your lathe to fit a record chuck ( nova G 3 ) I bought this for my major and then changed the lathe for a blue major. It cost me £15 . 00 plus postage you could have it if you could find a cheap chuck.

Hi, I have a coronet major from 1981 does any one know the size and thread of the nut that holds the headstock to the base, I have refurbished this lathe complete with new bench and I am stuck for this nut. record shop told me it would be 5/8" u.n.f. but sadly it did'nt fit. hope you can help...