Recent content by OldWood

Just so this question is answered for anyone else coming to this Forum with the same question - the beds can be removed by winding them all the way up. I had to use pair of plumber's pliers and some oil to get this to happen. They are really a two man lift so beware. How I have overcome the...

I'm doing pretty well on this so far in that I have the motors and drive belt/chain running but have suddenly realised that there is clearly a special tool for setting the bed height which didn't come with the machine. But more seriously, and what I do now need some help with, is that I cannot...

ChaiLatte I think the point is that on a cold day the current may be just be that little bit higher that trips the VFD. I would go with Sideways suggestion - and thank him for it - as it would be better if the margin isn't tight. That is better on the frustration front of not having to do the...

I'm not in the same postion as HPPS, in that I take it he is working professionally, plus I have the advantage of being an electronics engineer so the terminology is in my zone. The difficulty with single to 3 phase conversion is doing it at a reasonable cost, which includes the headache that...

Well that is one of those embarrassing moments that you just cannot explain!!! Yesterday I had gone through all the parameters noting them down against the applicable row in the manual - and had written 0 against PN16. I can only blame that as a brain fart as when I went back into look again...

Thanks ChaiLatte - That's the handbook I have. My records from today's work show that PN16 is at 0, but it might be worthwhile trying to change that to see if it effects what I am finding. Tomorrow's experiment!! Rob

I'll start by saying that I am reasonably comfortable about these inverters, having a wood lathe and an old Fobco Star drill running off them. I am restoring a Cooksley 12" planer/ thicknesser and have a single to 3 phase 240v inverter made by a Chinese company called Isacon Power Control Tech...

It's a wee while since I have been here such that I had a need to go through some of the posts to see where I should make my query, which is not about my Fobco Star, but seeing the post I read it through to get a feeling of what I too might have to face. Fortunately mine seems to be in adequate...

Many thanks guys for helping. I'm sorry if I didn't make my problem totally clear. The use of a saw is the obvious solution but as the slot has been made with a small circular saw type blade I think, it hasn't been taken right through the end - ie it is stopped and the radius of the stop...

My daughter has given me a nice challenge to replace a drawer divider in a pre-owned piece of furniture that is a missing a drawer divider. All very simple - 300 x 60 x 7mm until you come to the mount which is steel pins in the drawer carcase that you slide the divider onto, with a stopped...

Thanks, Sachakins - I like that idea, and will pass it on to the finder. He's spoken to the lamdowner who couldn't offer an idea but that suggestion would explain the long pin, and has the possibility of a bit of historical connection to it. Rob

Sorry for not having got back sooner. I've now actually seen the item 'in the flesh' and was surprised how small it is - (on my screen the 20p piece is near enough double size) - and also how good is the detailing of the hammer head. I should have taken some measurements of the object but on...

Anyone any ideas? Found near Kirkaldy

As an afterthought - have a look at Steve Good's website "Scrollsaw Worlshop". He is a professional and would advise all of the expensive machines, but within this last year somewhere on his webpages he did a review of one of the inexpensive Chinese machines. I didn't read it but that might...

Pigeonface - I am going to go in the opposite direction and suggest that the muliple Chinese badged machines are wihin your budget and are really not as bad as so many people make out. The trouble is defining how much you are going to use the saw and at what level - all the advise you are...