Recent content by sion.dovey

So, this pictures from phone thing turned out to be harder than I thought. There must be a less complicated way of uploading pics from a phone... I've started to build the saw head first, its a fairly simple shape with lots of angle grinder action to cut out the plates needed, I started with a...

After some 2 1/2 years I have made some progress. some while ago some Wadkin DR parts came up on ebay which looked ideal for my project (Thanks to Robin, Alba Timber!). Once I had them I started to work on some drawings which for a change I thought I would have a go at with 3d cad: That was...

Looking forward, not sure if i've got anything apt to bring, but I thought I might bring a couple of machinery catalogues from the likes of Whites, Wilson, Wadkin & Sagar in case anyone might like a gander at them.

Nice idea and a for a very good cause, just seen your email Nathan, and I will be there. Are jandals acceptable safety gear? Or, do I need to bring hi-vis too? Looking forward to see that beast of a tenoner working...

I think the strut should go a little further than halfway along the rail for good support, only halfway and the overhanging portion of the gate can still sag over the years. 5/8 to 3/4 of the way along the rail is more certain, and looks right too. A couple of drive gates. And a couple of...

As you have already cut the mortises in the stiles then a small piece of steel bar buried in the bottom of the mid rail and passing through the stiles will remove any doubts of the gate being spread by the strut. A nut threaded onto the end of the bar where it passes through the hinge stile...

The pin is of the tapered variety, my experience with those is get it right first time, carefully decide which way it has to go, select a nice fitting drift and a heavy hammer, once. The chuck is held on a tapered stub, (a jacobs taper?), no other fastening other than the self locking effect of...

I'm just gathering parts at the moment, my design is fairly finalised but yet to make the first metal cuts. I will post about it as the proect proceeds though. The Wilson wheels are about 2" wide, the additional castings are not too heavy; easily picked up and carried. It will be a mobile...

I am working on a project to build a new narrow band sawmill for myself, horizontal, along the lines of a wood mizer or norwood type machine, i have been intending to use a pair of wheels from a Wilson Bandsaw i have had for years that is in very poor condition, they are 26" diameter and ideally...

Just wondering if you had any luck with this? I am just trying to find the same item and have already drawn a few blanks!

Last summer there appeared on ebay an interesting spindle moulder described as being by Lent of Halifax, it interested me as it looked a fine machine and i had never heard of this manufacturer before. With some online research i have been able to discover almost nothing of this name, except for...

I may be a bit slow on the uptake here for you, but i have an example of the same machine here, though mine is a little later; a Sagar 'AGJ' Light High Speed Router. Have you been able to make use of it yet? I could provide dimensions of what seems to me like the correct collet that i have for...

I came across this listing for a circular saw bench by what i think is quite a rare maker. It is a very nice ripping bench of considerable construction: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CIRCULAR-SAW-BENCH-/121183266828?pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item1c3715e80c I know of only 2 other examples of...

Hello Nathan, You would be most welcome to come and visit, any time really, but i might suggest a bit nearer the end of the year, i'm having a bit of a re-arrange of things at the moment, and a number of items are just pushed into a couple of corners whilst a bit more room is created! Hopefully...

Nigel, i have just added a page to my website, with all the photographs i have at present of my Denbigh Drill: http://www.flat-belt.co.uk/Denbigh-Drill/Denbigh-Drill.htm If you need any pictures from different angles etc, or measurements then not a problem... I would be very interested to hear...