Recent content by Tortion-Stephen

Would like to add my name to list (including the above postage quote) if it doesn’t sell please.

I have used an alpine butterfly in the past, great to see what people with more experience use. Always learn a lot here.

I have a Freud dado set with a 5/8” bore. I used in three times and have now sold the saw it fitted on, it was pretty useful but that was an 8” set.

I might be alone in this but I think a well brazed repair could look quite cool- it’s part of the plane’s history/function

As above, Myfordman is the absolute guru. I'm restoring a Startrite 275DS with a 3hp motor using an inverter. Depending on type you can use the inverter with a suitable add-on for DC injection braking. If you're not using the saw many times in a row the actual "ramp" down speed can be...

Lovely! thanks for posting.

As touched on above you can actually blunt off the edge slightly will stop it grabbing so aggressively. (in case the drill tip geometry is more suited to metalworking (jobber etc) The spur drill above is the best choice for oak etc as it will score it's way in to hide the density differences

I live in Frodsham and I'm sitting here cackling away at that description, many a true word! The so-called 'Golden Triangle' is quite a sight.

I'm still chuckling at the Felder Zester Mk1. Definitely need one of those on my Christmas list. Completely agree about the gadgets FWIW, in my experience, the Lardons can be strips, it's just fatty bacon. you can brown it but it's 'job' is to render down in the slow cooker adding...

So what you're saying is I need to get to Devon with a big van? *vulture mode off* No I'm kidding, I would really rather the tools be used by generations of new wannabe craftsmen, engineers and machinists.. We are painfully short of them, and don't seem to be taking any steps to solve it. It's...

Freud do an 8" dado with a 5/8 bore and the 'Diablo' red coated blades, I have one for my small Xcalibur saw and it gives a fantastic cut.

Thanks for the link, I'm dipping a toe back into Metalworking. your books also look very interesting, I'll order some. Thanks. Stephen

As above, my experience of brad point is that they are usually spot on. For ordinary twist drills, split point ones usually wander less and drill straighter as you don't have essentially a static point in the middle that needs to compress to clear the hole. That said, if you're using a drill...

Beautiful job. Some people keep posh cutlery in less salubrious surroundings! Stephen

Watching this with interest! Love these old machines.