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Contrary to all those people building new workshops etc., I’m downsizing my workspace, and selling my trusty Poolewood 28-40; it’s old, built like a tank, relatively noisy but does the job. One owner since new in 1991, new bearings, drive belt and capacitor fitted in mid-2021. Lathe capacity...

Afternoon all, Following up on various other threads about replacing bearings etc on a Poolewood 28-40, I have now completed the rebuild on my lathe. I have replaced the capacitor, drive belt and all three spindle bearings using the advice previously published on this forum. Good news is that...

Afternoon all. My first post here, so be gentle please. I have a teak dining table, bought from a Danish furniture company back in 1981. So far as I can tell from looking at the underneath and the edges of centre panels, this appears to be solid teak around 19mm thick, but I don't know for...

Afternoon all. I'm looking for some advice on repairing an old (early 90's) Poolewood 1603N bandsaw. This has a 16" throat and 9" depth of cut, cast iron frame and table, 1HP motor and generally been a good machine for my needs. Unfortunately, the cheapo cast blade tensioner and tracking unit...

I can see loads of discussions on these forums about buying/upgrading bandsaws - does anyone have any information or opinion on Hammer N4300? It looks to have the sort of specification I'm looking for and I've seen one at a fairly knockdown price. Thanks for any advice.