Recent content by mjh

Well done guys graduate_owner can straight go to the top of the class! It's amazing what a bit of sunshine and some spit and polish can do to years of accumulated gunk. See attached P1000475.png Careful inspection of the motor label revealed as per you suggestion that it is indeed the amps that...

Can anyone confirm the electric motor power for a ml8 lathe? I note that the lathe was originally supplied with a 0.75hp single phase 1425 rpm motor. I have bought a ml8, off Gumtree, and upon stripping down find it has a very old (1938???) Brook motor which the plate suggests it is 6.25hp...

Thanks for this Rob (mind_the_goat). Wow! Suddenly the 21st Century smacks you straight in the face. What a good idea and can you imagine 362 people chipping in £210k in the UK for an idea like this? I think not. This is really an approach that never occurred to me. Anything that entails the...

Thanks for the response , Custard. I was beginning to think that no one else had this type of problem. Yes,well done for mentioning Meddings. David Charlesworth has one (pillar drill) in his workshop and they are very fine pieces of kit. Have you noticed the Spanish Ibarmin range of...

Apologies for being such an infrequent visitor. I have a feeling this subject has been flogged to death several times already although I note one of the jigs I refer to was last mentioned in 2004. I was making multiple lace bobbin boxes for family and was trying to get the Brusso hinges...

Hello Benchwayze Thanks for this John. It is exactly what I meant mjh

Hi guys Anybody remember seeing a router cutter that cuts a conventional countersink that can then be progressed sideways to cut a sausage slot (to compensate for seasonal movement in tabletops etc) ?? I thought I saw one in the Axminster catalogue once?

Same problem as you. Lack of space. Try Jet JWBS-12, it's well made and should see you out! Fit a decent blade and keep an eye on the guides. Don't get too ambitious with re-sawing anything too large. Good for machine cut dovetails if you make a suitable jig as you can get the machine up at eye...

Has anybody purchased an Axminster digital bevel box? ( You know the little cube device that has a magnetic base and looks just right for setting up the table saw to cut mitres at exactly 45°0') Any other suggestions, apart from trial and error, as to how to set the blade angle to achieve...

The Veritas bevel up smoother duly arrived from Axminster (who incidentally give exceptional service). I also ordered the 25° iron as well as the "standard" 38° iron. I figured the former for end grain the latter for long grain. How did I get on, I hear you say? Well, guys you forgot to tell...

Thanks guys. I am really quite impressed by the response to my first post on UKW. Keep up the good work all of you. Anyway on the basis that we all have to learn by our mistakes (or this was a really good decision) I have ordered a LV BU smoother. I agree with the comments about the quality...

Thanks Woodbloke. I dug out the above mentioned comprhensive reviews of both the LV LA smoother and the LV BU smoother. Seems to be Alf favoured the latter, as you yourself do. By the way, why do you refer to Alf as "long departed". His site/blog seems to be up and running or am I not getting...

Hello Mike Garnham You wrote "I'm not too interested in the plane...........but I am interested in what you are making! Lets see some pictures!!"" I will do my best sir. Just finished gluing up the lid, the chest is next. There is lots of clever stuff to come though. What's the easiest way to...

Apologies if this topic has been aired before, but as you say. I'm a newbie (where did that expression come from?) and I need to know before spending serious money. How good are low angle/bevel up smoothing planes? Both LN and LV offer them. I seem to recall that the famous "Alf" rates them...