Recent content by turnerbc

Hi Wizer, Cant get my head around posting photos on this forum even after reading the instructions so if you send me your email address I will send you some. It is basically a Proxxon BFB 2000 mill/drill unit with a Proxxon KT150 compound table on which I have mounted a Groz machine vice (...

I have been using a Kress router motor mounted in a Proxxon drill stand as an overhead router for about 3 years and it is solid,powerful and reliable. Several years ago they used to supply a line of power tools to Wickes and a number of these are still made by Kress . If you get a Kress...

Thanks for the links Alf. Its given me food for thought. I may well save up for a Clifton No3. Regards, Barry.

Hi all, I have just made a big mistake and bought a Dakota No3 from Rutlands. Seemed a bargain - £20 off. Looked at Workshop Heaven's chinese planes and at Wood River planes and Toolmans . Comparing photos they looked virtually identical. My No3 Dakota is on its way back to Rutlands one hour...

Hi , As a former HSE inspector in the Yorkshire Region I can tell you its all load of amusing garbage. HSE gets blamed for all sorts of things but having checked with former colleagues the HSE NEVER made a ruling about mortar board etc .Just another over zealous safety officer covering his...

don't try to log on the Hegner UK website ( Hegner Lathes and Multitstar chucks) at the moment as it has been hacked and linked to a virus which will come up as a very plausible Antivirus 360 website which seems to be offering you trial protection for your computer from viruses. I made the...

Brian, I have a Record CL3 which I converted to variable speed drive about 3 years ago using a kit from Speed Genie ( Haydock Convertors) which included a phase invertor,control box with forward and reverse and 1hp 3phase motor. Whilst it was not cheap it was less than buying the same kit from...

Hi, I bought a GKF 600 because Bosch's website indicated it would take an 8mm collet,important to me as I have a lot of 8mm shank cutters.I even ordered the 8 mm collet when I bought it but Bosch are being 'economical with the truth'. There are 2 model of the GKF600. The UK model has a motor...

Hi Mark, Makita seem to think no one has a long memory but this router is not new , as they pretend. My dad had an identical one 40 years ago and I remember using it. I found that the fence, being attached to the router by a single bar always had a slight flexing action . When edge moulding you...

pooka / Aled, Thanks for your replies and links. I looked at the Bosch but in the end decided to bid for a Durofix 10.8v impact driver on Ebay. I found out a bit about the Taiwanese manufacture ( mobiletron Electronics Ltd) from Google and sites in the USA and from Concept Distribution ( the UK...

Hi, Has anyone any experience of these tools? I am looking to buy a compact lightweight impact driver as my existing Bosch Impact driver is too cumbersone for working in tight spaces. I have seen these 2 advertised on ebay / Google but haven't found any reviews or , relatively unbiased comments...

Hi all, I bought one 2 weeks ago for £399 form Snainton's near Scarborough.I was going to buy a Scheppach Basato 4 but on examining the BS350S I could see that it was of better build quality, better wheeled base and had a much larger ( and better machined ) table.Whilst the Scheppach had...

I have had a selbix chuck for many years but they never made 'cole type' jaws and having tried 'Axminster ' jaws they don't fit. I have recently e-mailed Selbix about their lathes and have had no reply. I suspect they may have stopped selling lathes and chucks. Toolpost now sell a chuck which...

Has any one any experience of using this lathe or do they know any one who has one and can give an honest opinion of its quality? I am torn between buying this or a small Jet lathe as a second machine for precision turning of small items.

Brimarc now have the agency for Kreg jigs and their prices are much much lower than Caroll's. They also supply the full range of Kreg screws - course and fine thread.