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Thanks for your replies. :) The 2 driving centres are 5/8" & 1", the 1/8" is a mistake! Chronos are selling the same set for £31 +postage, so it must be ok quality. The set from Banggood is in stock in their UK warehouse so I can get it in a few days & no worries about any extra fees. I think...

Our Mens Shed was donated a non running Hegner wood lathe & I took on the task of getting it working. I've replaced a broken vfd and manufactured a tool rest which was completely missing! It is now nearly operational and it's time to think about accessories. It has been tested with borrowed...

Our men in sheds was given a hegner wood lathe. It is a later model one with 3 phase 1 hp motor & 3 speed pulleys. The first time it was tried out it was blowing fuses. I looked at it last week & it was working ok but with a noise from the motor. Then it suddenly stopped working & hasn't worked...

An piece of thick steel wire bent into a triangle shape with a tail to go into a cordless drill is all I ever use to mix paint. I use tig welding rod but an old wire coat hanger would work too. Another alternative is beaters from a scrap food mixer but they are harder to clean.

They were all bought at a local weekly auction. The carver was in a big steel toolbox of kango chisels, I kept the box & clamp, put the chisels back into the auction & got my money back!

Thanks for the replies, some useful advice there. =D> I was going to try meths & wire wool or a scotch pad but soap & water could work too. I have a pumice based hand cleaner which might get the oil off without doing any harm. Whatever I do I'll try to preserve as much patina as I can & take...

I bought this pine trunk today with the intention of refurbishing it to sell on. It's really nicely made with dovetail joints & iron binding on the edges. It has been living in a garage serving as a tool box & there are signs of oil stains on the lid. The base smells a bit of waste oil &...

I bought some blackfriars Danish oil today (it's not cheap!) and I plan to do some tests using all the finishes I have to see what I like the best.

Even though this mix has graphite it doesn't dirty your hands - in fact it leaves them very clean & soft, must be the oils in it. 8) Best method to apply it is to heat the metal & polish with a heat gun, apply with a toothbrush or cloth, heat again to get the polish to flow into the metal...

Thank for the complements! =D> I use a 200l plastic barrel for my electrolysis so I am able to do a 36" clamp in one go! 8) I collect bench vices & the shade of record blue seems to vary a bit. It is supposed to be Roundel Blue but I tried it and it was totally wrong! I had one vice with...

Thanks for the replies, a good mix of opinions. =D> The 'Hard Wax Oil' is from Lidl & I've only use it on the wooden handles of hammers I've restored. It is easy to apply & it leaves a nice grippy finish on the wood (I didn't sand down the wood after oiling) but it's also easy to clean - my...

Next up is a Carver f clamp. This had a thick coating of paint overspray & dirt, most of which was removed in the electrolysis tank. By the time it was clean most of the original paint was gone. I decided I liked the bare metal look so I stripped the remaining paint off with rotary wire...

Next up is a heavy duty Eclipse 10" g clamp. The threaded part was cleaned with a 6" wire brush on a bench grinder & the blue was repainted, again finished with wax.

Thought I'd post some pics of some clamps I restored recently. First up a record 135 sash clamp which had a good coating of surface rust which I removed with electrolysis. Then the bare metal was polished up with wd40 & a green scotch pad and the blue bits repainted. It was finished with a...

I bought this nest of pine tables last week. I'm guessing they came from a closed down factory as the wood hasn't had its final sanding and there is no finish on the wood. Plan is to sand them smooth then apply a finish but I'm not sure what to use. I have these at my disposal plus some...