Recent content by Bgoat

Hi Tony, Just what I'm looking for with my WR5. Unfortunately, the images don't show up when I view your post: are they still available as I'd like to adopt your modification if I may. Regards, Phil

My wife asked me if I could make a new garden bench to replace the previous one, which had "died" of old age. Here is a picture of the finished article just after I'd given it its 2nd coat of Barrettine Golden Brown wood preservative. It looks rather lonely so I'm in the process of building a...

Hi PhilM, Thanks for the photo; that's just what I'm looking for. Yes, I'd really appreciate if you could send me copies of your sketches and notes. Regards, Phil (Yes, I'm a Phil too! :D )

Hi All, I'm just getting back into the swing of things with my LittleRat and wondered if anyone could send me a copy/image of Aldel's universal workholder, please, to help me with a project I'm currently contemplating. Regards Phil

Thanks everyone for the suggestions: I sprayed the recalcitrant bolts, left them overnight, then drilled out the hex head and tapped in a larger hex and bingo! out they came. Now to get on with sharpening the blades. Thanks again everyone. :D

I obviously used the wrong term to describe the tool I was using to try to remove the bolts: it is the hex Lshaped key which came with the machine; it has worked fine on each of the other bolts but the 3 immovable ones.

I've tried to remove the blades to sharpen them in my Fox planer-thicknesser but have run into a problem, which I hope someone can help me with. There are two separate blades, each of which isheld in place by four hex bolts (spare part #22564-200-108). I've managed to remove 3 from one blade...