Recent content by P.j.Ofurey

It’s a show plate that sometimes gets forgotten ….

Cheers, the clutter is due to the roof having leaked, ( and a tiny amount of hoarding ) . I am spending as much time as possible getting this space sorted. D666 GOD is a modified plate …. next project is making solid brass balls

Seven bird roast

1956 wooden garage, 1972 concrete pre cast garage, 6x8m cladded workshop.

I,ll just fly tip it in wales ….

Started in the 1956 wooden garage about 30 years ago.then built a concrete garage on the back of that.then built a 6mx8m shed on the back,of that.mainly metal work, but I now have a bull beef barn to store a lot of my bigger vehicles in. I have a few woodworking machines to rebuild, inc a lathe...

hi thanks for reply, yes , the head moves to angles, about 45’ each way, the saw can be flipped @nd used as a bench saw too.beautifully built and robust, I look forwards to getting time to weld the table , although it looks to be galvanised, so that will cause issues.

1986

Very nice . Vintage machine tools are deserved of our time and efforts

Beautiful job on the two mozzies.as a kid our neighbours ( aunty kitty and uncle bill ) worked in the factory building mosquitos for the war, it’s where they met. They all got given an aluminium mozzie , bill glover gave his one to me , I was about six years old and still have it. Cast...

So, after deciding the ELU had earned it’s place, I fitted new bearings to the drive motor, and blade carrier. I did all these jobs a while ago, and the arrival of a batch of festering old motorcycles from America meant I had to lob a few of my lesser used power/machine tools into storage,as you...

I pulled this out of a skip having watched the chippy lob it in there about seven years ago, he was clearing out his ( bombsite) van And I was right place right time. I was happy to find I could get a limited amount of spares on line ,so I got it running by fitting a new drive belt, a new plug...

Thank you all, nice to be welcomed in .I had had “issues” with a new puppy we adopted,so no workshop time as yet, possibly tomorrow.

I have been working with my Aussie mate , “gida” = giddy = good day= hello . Pesky antipodeans 😎

Enjoying the threads, mainly a metalworker, but I have several woodworking machines to restore as time, and space allow. I build old motorcycles and a few turbocharged machines too. Almost managed to pack up racing, but never say never. Hope to post some pictures of my shed when I can work out...