Recent content by morgansk

I must say I'm not a fan of silvered wood outside - to me it seems a shame to let the beauty of the wood drain away over time. But hey, each to their own. I've ordered 1L of the Sikkens product as that looks like it'll do the job nicely. Thanks for the help chaps! Morgan

OK, this may be a bit of a stupid question, but I'd like some suggestions for places in the North West where I can buy decent hardwoods. Ideally I'd like somewhere I can walk in, have a good root around & select boards myself as that way I can see what I'm getting. My local shops don't really...

Thanks for the suggestion Roger & HC. This will have to wait a few days now as, rather stupidly, I did a partial "Paul Daniels" yesterday afternoon and am now sporting a slot in my index finger where one shouldn't be, courtesy of my table saw. Oops! Luckily it's not too bad so I should be back...

Hello, After many, many years of my wife asking for one I've finally built her an Adirondack chair as a surprise anniversary present. Now however I need to finish it and would like some suggestions as to what to use. The chair will most likely spend all of it's life (which I'd like to be a long...

Thanks everyone, that gives me some options. Morgan

I've been documenting my adventures in refurbishing my lathe online, and it's at the point now where there's enough useful stuff up there to let you folks know about it. So, if you're interested please pop over to http://mylathe.blogspot.com and have a look. Cheers, Morgan

Hello, I've been reading some articles on the web and this one about making a tool interested me - http://www.aroundthewoods.com/three.shtml. So, I'd like to make a tool similar to this myself, and was wondering where I could purchase HSS tool blanks from in the UK. I've tried Machine Mart but...

Miles, Very interesting. I'm off to Warrington tomorrow to take my motor to the same company (Newton Tesla) to see if they can re-wire it to work with a 240v inverter. Great minds think alike. I was also thinking about manufacturing a new spindle - and having the same thread on both sides...

Miles & Mark - thanks so much for your comments on this thread. I'm glad I'm not alone! The next job is having the motor modified to run off 240v three phase. There's a very helpful company in Warrington which isn't far from me who can do this - the plan is I can then buy an inverter and have...

Hello, I've just bought a Union Jubilee lathe and would like to overhaul it before I put it to work. As part of that overhaul I would like to remove and replace the headstock bearings but as I'm without a manual I can only guess how to do this. Could someone let me know how to remove the...