Recent content by Baxidur

@MARK.B. Spending a day striping down your workshop to find the circlip pliers vs 'The Look' :unsure: I feel it would of been a day well spent.... @Spectric Your right about it being a multi vee belt, 4 to be specific, Just ordered one for the spares box so thanks for...

@Spectric My apologies, its come on beer o'clock and I misread your post - and it makes sense about the drive belt tension vs motor pulley diameter, I was leaving some slack in the pulley as I didn't want to damage the belt, is some slippage acceptable if I over feed? or should I be aiming for...

@MARK.B. Well as a Lancashire man myself I just checked the year of manufacture - 2007 and the belt looks worn enough to be original - so expect a post in 4 years letting you know that the belt is still going strong and that I beat you ;) @EddyCurrent True - not sure if it has been changed out...

Just checked and the drive belt is slipping, guess it needs to be a lot tighter than I expected, but it seems bearings are also shot on the drive belt tensioner, so I'll drop a new post here when new bearings arrive and I can crank up the tension - but my gut tells me this was the problem and...

Firstly thank you all for your replies - tis appreciated! @Jacob the saw came with 15 or so blades that seemed in good condition, tried 3, 3 skip, 4, 6 and 8 tpi all with same slow cutting speed, so after doing some research i purchased a brand new axminster 4 tpi which i tried yesterday with...

Hello I'm a mechanic by trade and need some advice about bandsaw cutting - I bought a draper bs350c for spares or repairs off fleabay as the motor wasn't working - I replaced the motor with a new 4 pole cap start 750watt motor as well as replacing all the bearings and it seems to run fine, but...

Hello I just bought a Draper bs350c from fleabay for spares or repairs, trouble shooted it down to the motor and when I stripped the motor and inspected it, some of the windings are broken and I have a feeling it will be cheaper to buy a new one than to get it rewound/repaired. The motor part...