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Thanks to you all. I will just have to wait until the adaptors come :cry: until then I'll sit and look at my new pride and joy.

Hi all I've just got a second hand Nova DVR XP lathe. It has an 1 1/4" spindle and all my chucks are 33mm. I've sent away for some adaptors, but have noticed that the 33mm chucks will screw onto the 1 1/4" spindle. My question is:- Is it safe to use the 33mm chucks on a 1 1/4" spindle as a...

Thanks Delboy I think your suggestion might be the direction I should go. I looked at a Nova ring but they are so much more than any other.

Hi all. I have a Nova 2 chuck and would like to use an Axminster faceplate ring on it. The problem is that their rings are made with three different dovetails A B & C. Dose anyone know which will fit best? I have Axminster but they don't know.

I have been looking for a supplier of more unusual woods such as Zebrano, Wenge and such like, but living in the North all the good suppliers appeared to be in the Midlands or down South. Until someone suggested RH Chappelow in York. What a place, never seen so much and such a variety of woods...

Hi All Sortied the problem. Rang Record Power. They told me that the problem was I had tightened the 10mm bolt too much. It should be left loose enough for the blade guard arm to be pulled out of the stud so allowing the arm to be rotated out of the way. To me this does not appear very...

Thanks Cedarwood. Your solution is what I thought should be done, but I can't lift the arm that holds the blade guard. It is held by a large bolt and a large round stud that locates into a hole in the arm. This stud stops the arm from rotating up and out of the way of the fence so it can be...

Hi All Just got myself a new toy, a Record 107 Planer thicknesser. Put it together and onto wheels as I'm short of space. However, there appears to be a bit of a problem. To move from surface planing to thicknessing you have to fold up the cast iron beds up through 90 degrees and to do this...

Thanks All I will try your suggestions and let you know how I get along. Might take a bit of time as I'm away for the next 10 day. Thanks again Paul

Hi Everyone I have a bit of a problem. The tyre on my 12" SIP band saw (01486) has broken. The saw is out of production and spares are unavailable does anyone know of a substitute. The wheel is 315mm Dia. and the the tyre is 20mm wide.

Thanks Ian but the 2p has a significance. At school my woodwork teacher said he wouldn't give two pence for my woodworking skills. So I in-bed a 2p into each thing I make. That way everything I make is worth at least 2p. :D

Here are few more photos:- all the cross banding has a black and boxwood line between the mahogany and satinwood. Normally I use a 1.8mm boxwood and 1mm black line. Looking at this I think it would have looked better if I had stuck to that rather than having both 1.8mm. The top is veneered...

My allergy is to south American mahogany and satinwood. It started when I turned some satinwood and didn't realize how toxic it is. I now have to take antihistamine tablets for a week before starting work and while doing the work. I also wear gloves and an airshield. This project was using...

Finally managed to get this finished. Took a bit of time because I developed an allergy to the wood. The door, sides and top are veneered MDF.

Hi All I’m making a cupboard and the top will be veneered I would like to inset a marquetry fan motif into it. I will purchase the round fan. I'm wondered if anyone can give me some advice. Can I safely inlay the fan into the background veneer and then give both a pre-finishing sand? Or...

Yes Terry, I do have to screw them down each time. I did intend to weld a washer into the slot in the head of the machine screw to make it easier to screw in by hand but never got round to it. The machine screw stops lateral movement but also counters the downward pressure on the extended...

Hi Discostu Have you had a look at my post in Feb 2007 entitled 'Space Saving Machine Slides' on the Design forum. I had the problem you might be experiencing, where your machines are stored next to each other, but too close to use. I got fed up of moving them, so came up with the machine...

The post is on Projects forum, TRITON - Hall Cupboard.

The man's a genius...................Not me - Mike. Following his advice, look what I got :P No bleeding through, perfectly flat and all stuck down. Thanks Mike

Taken Mikes advice and improved the press. I've added another bar and placed three boards of 18mm chipboard and 15mm MDF as pressure boards. I also used a roller to lay down the glue, much less is applied by this method than my way. I used a layer of thin plastic to prevent the veneer...