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I've seen several of these advertised and wonder what they're like. Is it a noisy thing? Vibrations? Can you compare it to 'modern' saws in any way?

I appreciate all of the suggestions, which have been food for thought. The current design is intended to minimise the difficulty to achieve a desired outcome. I do recognise that the top and bottom could be liable to movement as they're solid boards and that it might be a risk to continue with...

Will that be a concern on a small box? 18cm x 18cm x 25cm or so. I did consider that the wood wouldn't be able to move much, but thought there wouldn't be much force generated at that size and the glue would probably hold it fine.

Thanks for the advice. I was planning on buying a brand new blade from tuffsaws specifically for the cut - something high tooth and fairly deep to keep it straight. I think I'd use the mitre guide to hold the angle. I will definitely give that some thought however. I'm not sure I can envisage...

Good evening. I'm planning to make a box for my father as a Christmas gift, to hold something dear to him. I've never made a box, and I don't do much woodwork, but if nothing else I feel ambitious. I own a mitre saw, bandsaw and router, amongst other tools - but no planer/thicknesser or table...

Looks good, be careful not to polish the column too much or the raising table slips easily!

There's really nothing to it - I've never done something like this before, but just approach it like a lego set. As long as you document everything when you take it apart, once you've cleaned everything up you just reverse the steps. As for things like bearing removal, there's plenty of videos...

Hi. Thanks for your message, I'm glad you're making good progress on your drill. Regarding the rewiring, I replaced the old cable with modern 1.5mm 3-core, but my knowledge of how to do so was just a case of taking plenty of photos prior to removing the previous wiring, then being careful to...

Thanks for this. I'll use the 1.5mm. I've already taken the old wiring out and have hopefully taken sufficient photos of where everything went! It worked before I disconnected it all anyway. I'll be careful of the column, but I think the way it runs on this one means it shouldn't get in the...

Finally got the motor apart today, and two new rubber sealed bearings ordered so they'll likely never be touched again! I'm curious as to how best to clean the internals. I'm leaning towards a wipe with some isopropyl alcohol or acetone or something. It doesn't seem that dirty. Even just a damp...

Thanks for the input. I've ordered a few bits to have a go. Might try that next week. Without trying to sound dismissive, I'll likely just try and fudge it and see how I get on. I definitely won't be doing any formulae! I'll get it through trial and error. I've made some good progress on the...

This is the chuck and chuck key on my drill. I think it's probably the original one. It's a 13mm (1/2') chuck. This table; https://www.zoro.com/resourcehub/jacobs-chuck-key-selection-guide/ Suggests this key; https://www.zoro.com/jacobs-k3-chuck-key-jcm13700p20/i/G2452554/ Which seems to...

Interesting. When you say a cheap variable voltage supply, do you mean something like this; https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363438572133?hash=item549ea08265:g:1WcAAOSwojpgzI2F I had seen people doing it with phone chargers. When you say to make sure that the rod is the same material - I'm a bit...

Funny you should mention, I’ve actually been watching a few videos on nickel plating. If I did it I’d do the home brew method with a DC phone charger or something. Do you have to be cautious nickel plating threaded parts, or is the coating sufficiently thin that it doesn’t really matter unless...

Thanks. I’d soaked the chuck in acetone then dried out and oiled, but after refitting the chuck on the spindle I was getting a bit of runout, so I thought I might as well do as you suggested. It came apart pretty easily and cleaned up well. I had a bit of a trial getting the jaws back in the...

And completely unrelated, but I went to a tool auction the other day. It's largely cheap stuff, but I saw this sitting outside looking very unloved, and despite it being 3-phase (which I don't have), I looked at the estimate and decided to bid a little on it. Regrettably a bidding war...

Painting progress. I hand painted the badge in modelling enamels. Starting with a primed badge, then filling the red, then picking out the white. I've done this before but it was quite tricky. The casting quality of the badge isn't brilliant (or perhaps someone has attacked it with sandpaper...

Getting the cast aluminium pulleys off the spindle; The top pulley is actually stacked on two big bearings - don’t find many built this well. I’ve cleaned, primed and painted the big items. The colour is more vibrant blue than I had expected, but it actually seems quite close to the...

So far it has gone fairly smoothly. - I will not rechrome the flaking chromed parts (handles). I don't see much value in what will be a home use drill, and good plating in the UK is expensive. I will sand off the remaining chrome back to bare steel, polish, then wax. - I'm undecided about the...

And then dismantled, laying out the parts;