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I am trying to find out what morse taper one of the older blue record CL2 lathes uses on the tailstock. I have the instructions but doesn't state it there. Does anyone know this off hand?

Dear uk workshop friends, I am seeking some advice on getting my saw up and running. Its a TA450 Sedgwick 3 phase saw which was seen working before purchase. After transport, it has sat in the workshop for a few months awaiting rewiring of the old 3 phase wiring (which needed replaced as it was...

So I am a relatively beginner hobby woodworker in the little spare time from full time work and family with 2 kids, and up until the summer I was only able to do things in the house with hand tools, moving from room to room as and when dust escaped and provoked marital stress. Since the autumn...

OK. So video after video of jig making and DIY solutions to avoid buying tools seem to be made by people with never supplies of rather nice looking Birch ply. Where are they getting this that doesn't cost a bomb?! Any advice appreciated!!

Hi All. I struggle with knife marking. I have been using the Narex double sided knife for the last couple if years and I find it jumps out alot when I keep the blade quite flat, or if I lift the blade it gets blunt against my rule. This difficulty is particularly on the awkward side for my...

Dear all. I am finding it hard to navigate the world of old tools. And also the issue that many of the tools the come up are in England, for collection, but I'm in Scotland, and there is understandable resistance to putting things on pallets. I'm finding that drills up here are often 1/3hp...

Thanks for accepting me to your workshop site. 8yrs after moving into our family house, I have finally cleared the years of rubbish from the large garage I am very lucky to have - literally tons of warped MDF, offcuts of kitchen cabinets, worktops, doors, windows, lengths of wood, variably damp ...