Recent content by ndbrown

I have received 2 Hammer machines from Milton Keynes to my home. Both delivered incredibly well packaged and delivered by a lorry on a tail lift and in both cases right into my workshop. I expect this is going to depend on how far your workshop is from the nearest access, ground conditions/path...

I have one, bought new in 2019, absolutely love it and you wont regret buying it, especially at this price

I am also a Nova Viking owner and just wanted to say that I used to have an Elliot 2GS and also a Herbert Type B and thought hard about changing them but after 11 months of Viking ownership I have no regrets and the machine has performed faultlessly. I had a question when I first got it and...

Hi, I am happy to let you try mine, although it is a 260mm wide Hammer A3 it will let you see a machine for yourself. I am “down the road” in Fife. PM me if you like to arrange anything. Nigel

This is the slightly longer table version of the one I covered the rebuild of in another thread. I also covered building an extraction hood as well in another thread as my one was missing. The one significant change I would make to the comments I made in my rebuild thread is relating to 3 phase...

Very nice boards, I got into making chess boards completely by accident last year. On my third commission right now in Sycamore and Mahogany salvaged from a very old writing desk that was otherwise scrap. I made the first one in Maple an American Black Walnut and the second in Sycamore and Black...

I have bought from Doug at cutting solutions the correct sized blades for my Startrite TA145. Both blades are German manufacture and of high quality one rip, one fine Hope this helps Nigel

I Bought my Nova Viking from Machinery4Wood based in St Austell and also a Jet drum sander from them last year. They might be able to help with looking at both of the machines. Don’t know how close they are to you but hope this helps. They were very helpful and good to deal with in my...

I am in the same boat regarding the Jet, I have never owned or used it so it would be unfair to comment on the Jet. I can compare the Nova Viking with the Elliot 2GS I owned for 4 years. Having originally been given the Elliot for free. I had to spend a lot of time and even more money repacing...

I would look out for a secondhand Meddings or similar. Its hard to justify this sort of spend on a drill, Having said that a new Meddings is 3x this price. If you are dead set on a new drill. I bought a Nova Viking which is a few hundred more than the Jet, very well built, no play in the quill...

Hi Martin, check that the saw spindle and motor spin freely and dont feel rough when you turn them. If the motor feels fine, then maybe get it checked out by a local motor specialist. Startrite were a good company and would have specified everything in the original machine for the stated...

And I forgot to say, capped off the motor grease tubes as they are no longer required. Spindle was also rebuilt with SKF Imperial bearings. Whole machine runs really smoothly. Motor and spindle are easy strip downs.

Hi Martin, just to be clear, I have exactly the same motor as you, also in single phase. As I said, my motor bearings were shot and had an external grease nipple. I replaced them with the same size of bearing but sealed SKF, I seem to remember type, but "RS". Motor has been fine now for 8...

Hi Martin, I have the same model as you have. It was not in great condition and missing a fence. I rebuilt it, replaced motor and spindle bearings and belts, plus sourced alternative missing parts. Although I rarely saw softwood, I find it will rip and crosscut to capacity in Iroko and Hard...

I am a part time furniture maker, I would struggle to fit a 310 in my particular workshop but have been using a spiral block Hammer A3-26 for four years and a similar sized Sedgwick before that. Build quality exactly the same on the Hammer A3 range. I have table extensions for occasional planing...