Recent content by Howey65

Hi, I’ll give it another go. The oak doesn’t contain heartwood. I may just have a bad batch with flaws that I couldn’t see.

The wood is fairly dry and acclimatized to my workshop. It’s the difference between using a series of forstner bits or bowl gouge that seems to make a difference? I’ve put it down to different stress on the wood, maybe the heat and moisture created by the forstner bits helps stop the cracking -...

Hi, I make small beakers out of oak and have recently started to get a problem with splitting. Initially I “drilled” the centre out with a series of festnor bits gradually getting bigger. To speed things up and as I’ve got more confident, I’ve started to hollow out with my bowl gouge and...

Hi, just to let you know it's all up and running. The advice on size was a good steer, I decided to replace the back box for a larger one to accommodate the new capacitor. I got the new one from RF Potts in Derby. Thought if I needed any extra bits I could pop in. They were very helpful and I...

Thanks both. It’s good to get pointers for the best direction. I’ll post an update once fitted.

Hi, I have just inherited an Axminster dust extractor. The one capacitor is blown but I need help identifying the right replacement. There seems to be a start capacitor (grey) and what I assume is a run capacitor (black). The run capacitor is the one that’s blown?