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Hi, after having the star for 10 years it’s finally forced me to do a refurb because some awful run out has started. I’ve got the motor pulley off but I cannot get the spindle pulley to budge. It’s soaking with penetrating oil and I’ve had a three prong gear puller on it cranked as hard as I...

I bought a used Clarke CS4-6D disk/belt sander today and I've found the machine vibrates quite significantly and I was wondering if this was normal or not and what I could do about it? Its enough that the machine travels across the bench by itself very slightly when its on and seems to be coming...

Im in the market to replace my ageing wicks bench grinder as its making some terrible and scary noises. I want to get something that will last and perform well and I was wondering if anyone had used the Axminster engineer series bench grinder...

Hi, I now have an old three phase Fobco star sitting in my garage and im looking to get it up and running. My options are to keep the 3ph motor and use an inverter or replace it with a 1ph motor but im not sure about the pros and cons of each one? Price wise its similar. If I were to get a 1ph...

Theres a Fobco Star bench drill in good rust free condition going locally on ebay which is tempting me. I was wondering if converting it to a floor standing pillar drill would be as easy as getting a new longer pillar made and how much that was likely to be (roughly)? Secondly I've read about...

After my failed attempt at buying a pillar drill new from Axminster I would like to go down the route of getting an old Meddings or Fobco style drill. Im checking eBay but I was wondering if anyone knew of any dealers of second hand tools in or very near Shropshire that I could also keep an...

Hi all, I picked up my first pillar drill this week in the Axminster sale. I got the Jet JDP-15 at a good price and I'm happy with how solid it seems overall. However I am having an issue that doesn't seem normal. Its quite noisy (noisier than my bandsaw when its on) and vibrates more than I...