If anyone's interested, in the end I bought 2 Varma V400 infrared heaters from Sunswitch: http://www.sunswitch.net/workshop_heaters.html
Benefits: Immediate heat, direct it where you want by turning the heater on it's bracket (wall mounted), and added bonis is they are amazing for making...
Thanks Stenis, I have emailed Ejca and found them helpful. They say they do have limited spare parts. The machine has no braking mechanism though and this would be hard to retrofit - so I wonder if it will be too much of a liability as I will be taking on more staff.
Hello All, I came across this thread because I am considering buying a Luna W57. Seems to be in good condition and including accessories. Do you think £1000 is a good price (seems it to me) and what other advice can you give me about buying this machine? Many thanks!
I was all set to get a woodburning stove, until I realised we're in a smoke free zone and a clean burning stove plus correct type of flue installed to regs would cost near £2000.
So I am looking at Infrared heaters. It seems they are quite cost effective actually...
Now my IM50 drive blade is seriously jammed. I've done the full service clean, and oiled inside the piston cylinder. It's the whole piston/blade assembly that's jammed. It was jammed rock solid, I managed to budge it back up again after oiling it, but as soon as I fired the first nail it's...
Reuben sensibly decided to make a simple lattice, then make the jerusalem cross separately and route channels in the back to fit over the lattice. Making all the components as per my design would have been a bit of a nightmare...
Update - the job is going ahead! I have subcontracted a cabinet maker friend of mine to make the lattice panels, then I will install them in the bedhead I wil be making along with the other bits and pieces. Picture of the first test piece is attached, but you can see more at my friend's blog...
For anyone interested, here are some more drawings. As you can see I've gone to a lot of effort detailing the jerusalem cross lattice - however to save costs, we may have to stick the cross feature onto a simple lattice. I hope not as it would be a shame! The coloured dimensioned parts are...
OK, so here's the design. I've gone for 21mm square stock for the parts making up the cross, and 14mm square for the general lattice work. My thinking was to reduce machine setup, to keep router cuts to the same depth (7mm) as much as possible for the half lap joints and the reduction of the...