Search results

I m or might have my beedy eyes on a little ML10, whats the difference between it and say a ML7, is the 10 better or newer.

Not to rest on my laurels, I thought it would be nice to start this monster. I've been after one of these for a long time but I am very cheap so didn't want to pay top dollar. I got an email from a guy who said he had seen one in scrap dealers yard, and hated to see it go for scrap. He kindly...

Since I finished the bandsaw yesterday I thought I'd crack on and start this thing. I got a message a couple of years ago asking if I knew of any history to it. All I knew was that it was an early generation 1 machine. Oh and I wants it. I offered to buy it but he was not ready to sell it. But...

I bought this about 18 months ago, I'd been after something a bit smaller than the 30"DR I had previous. It came up on ebay and I won it for not much money. The only issue was collection, the seller said his place wasn't suitable for a pallet courier. I removed the seats from my VW and put a...

Its been a very long time since I did a wip on a rebuild. For the last 6 months I've been working on a biggish planer, its all crated up waiting for its slow boat. I promised myself that I'd do a few of my own machines that I've been accumulating for the last few years. This was bought for about...

Reasonable condition, has 2 speeds £9O I can post it for about £2O

I picked this little lathe up recently for not a lot of money. It was described as a little lathe which is probably why I got it cheap. I know nothing about metal lathes so this is a new experience. By all accounts drummond lathes have quite the following and can be quite useful things. It came...

I recently aquired a rough little B lathe. I'm struggling with the change wheels. The old guy that had it said he had never used it for screw cutting. I dont know how the wheels should be arranged to provide a slow motion when the feed is actuated. When I press the feed lever it goes to the...

I'm planning on redoing my shop lighting, at the moment its a mismatch of old flourescents. I picked up 1O double tube units with T5 tubes off facebook new in the box cheap. I noticed that they are 45 watts per tube. I need about 2O units so thats alot of juice. Has any one tried these cheap LED...

Next on the list is a spontaneous purchase I made off facebook. A rough little RS6". It came from a master wheelwright in devon. Its missing its tool banjo which is going to hard to find. I had one in my stash but used it on another lathe a couple of months ago. It dates from 1948 which I...

Its been a little while since I did a resto thread, I have been busy though, I just finished an RS lathe but I've done a couple of threads on them so didn't bother again. I was going to do a MF morticer but the courier curse struck and it ended up doing a somersault off the tail lift from a...

I had a week spare recently so knocked this nice little thing out. I haven't done a full resto thread because theirs one already some where. This one dates from 1945. Its going to live over the pond so the motor was rewound for 22Ov. My motor guy tried to tease out the star windings but the...

Its been a whole 24hrs since I finished my last machine and I was getting twitchy fingers. So I decided to start another. I need this one to complete the PK so its a good excuse. Ive had this for about 4 years but it worked when I got it so it got pushed to the back of the que. This machine was...

Does anyone have a supplier for brass bar, I've done a good bit of online searching with prices varying quite wildly. I need 1 1(2" by 1(4" 2m long 1 1(2" by 3(8ths 2m long The best price I've found so far is £194 delivered and that was from metals4u. One place was asking that...

I sold my beloved pk recently so to cheer myself up I bought another one. The old one had really big tables and took up a lot of room in my shed. This one is normal sized. Its a rough old thing This one dates from 1941 some one never believed in extraction Im surprised the...

I'm after some advice as to what to get. Up to now I've got away with just using a blow torch on my rebuilds, but at times I think something better would be helpful. I would also like to try brazing. What type of torches and setup do I need. Is it safe to buy second hand gear from ebay.

Is their anyone out their who would be able to do me a CAD drawing of a riving knife from a pic I have. It needs to be as a DFX file for a cnc plasma. cheers

I had the good fortune to visit an old foundry to buy a couple of machines recently. This is one of them. Its quite a nice little thing with a bobbin on the backside. I really like these old isolators I didn't think it wise to plug it in First balls up The sandpaper is held in...

My good wife informed me she no longer liked the oak refectory table we have in our kitchen. And then said she wanted to paint it :shock: A long discussion ensued about it would be sacrilege to paint such a nice thing. Anyway we came to a compromise. I've removed the lovely oak table and hid it...

About 3 years ago I got a cheap JCB sander which I have been so surprised with. It has variable speed a collector on the back which works surprisingly well. It has had some serious work on my machine restorations. I have always used decent abranet sanding sheets. Recently the Velcro has stopped...