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Just taken delivery of a new dust extractor which unfortunately doesn’t work ! As we have not got to the bottom of why or who’s to blame I won’t throw the supplier under the bus as yet although the pictures may give the game away for those in the know  The extractor has a 3kW (4hp) motor which...

Have just secured this Union Graduate lathe (picking up next weekend) and am planing on at least a cosmetic restoration, if not a complete strip down and rebuild. It sounds like most people repaint them with Hammerite. Would that be the hammer finish type or the flat/gloss Hammerite ? And is it...

Hi all :D Can anyone identify what make this pillar drill is ? At a guess it's early 60's, maybe earlier. BTH motor. Thanks for any help :wink: Mark

I have to admit that this thread will for a while be after the fact as I'm actually finished with the external build but bear with me and we'll soon be up to date :D Ground zero in late April 2019 was this corner of the garden then occupied by an apple tree and various bushes. On it will stand...

I think I've got the Wadkin bug !!! Following on from my AGS-10 RESTORATION I've seen another one for sale and this time so cheap that I think I might just have to buy it :shock: Can anyone help me with some identification ? With my limited knowledge it looks like a AGS 12 to me. But...

Hi guys. I’ve been around here quite a bit before but not for some time now. Anyway I’m back and hope to pick the brains of the Wadkin experts amongst you – and I know there’s a few of you in here :D First, I live in Norway (but am a UK expat) where Wadkins of any kind are thin on the ground...

Can anyone enlighten me ? I think it's a Thomas White sliding table saw, maybe approx 1920s vintage, maybe newer. The guy's a long way away from me but if it's really, really good and very, very rare I might make the effort ! https://www.finn.no/bap/forsale/ad.html ... s=94944107 Mark

Axminster have several Jet items on sale at the moment. Am particularly interested in the two PTs; JPT-260 (reduced £231) and JPT-310 (reduced £779 !!). http://www.axminster.co.uk/jet-jpt-260-planer-thicknesser-600671 Anyone know why they're reduced so much ? Are Jet coming out with new models...

Perhaps foolishly I've agreed to make a hammock stand as a 50th birthday present for a friend. Not wanting to reinvent the wheel I've decided to go for this design http://www.woodmagazine.com/blogs/woodworking-blog/2012/06/05/happy-hammock-stand/. The problem I have is what material to use. I...

Yet another project in birch. This time a daybed and matching table for our conservatory. The drawers are painted MDF with stile/rail/panel fronts in birch. The faceframe is also birch and has a small beading with masons mitres similar to the built-in cupboards I posted earler. The matress is...

Previous to the side tables https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/side-tables-t84498.html I made these built-in cupboards and book shelves. The carcases are 16mm birch veneered MDF whilst the rest is solid birch. The faceframes have a small beading which necessitated masons mitre joints which I...

After 6 years and 450 posts it's maybe about time I admitted to building something :shock: Here's my latest project. Two fairly simple end tables in (not surprisingly) nordic birch. Finished with my first try at "wipe-on-poly". Mark

Can any of you vintage cast iron experts identify this saw ? It's currently for sale on the Norwegian equivalent to Gumtree. http://www.finn.no/finn/torget/annonse?finnkode=44756569 I've done a little google research and am fairly sure it's a Tauco (rebadged Delta I beleive) similar to this...

I wonder, does anyone have any experience with http://www.uni-max.co.uk/ ? Take a look at the parallel clamps they sell http://www.uni-max.co.uk/two-way-cramp-610/d/ £14 for a 60cm clamp is increadably cheap :o They've also got a panel clamp system along the same lines as Veritas's, but for...

I have a MOF001 permanently mounted in my router table. For a couple of weeks the height adjuster has been playing up a little; been stiff to adjust and difficult to adjust very finely. I've been meaning to take it out of the table and investigate but, you know .................... :oops: Now...

I'm about to build a table for my pillar drill but with a lot on the go at the moment am considering saving myself some time by using a ready made fence. This Axminster fence looks good but with only one picture taken from the front and few details in the information page I'm left with a lot...

I'm close to buying a second hand Morten RPH 330 planer thicknesser. Similar to this one...

Back in July we came home from 2 weeks holiday to this :shock: By the extent of the damage it had been going on for some time, maybe since the day we left. Purely by luck the fountain of water completely missed my TS but the rest of the TS/router table and the pillar drill bench, with all the...

Warning ! Long thread with many pictures. Please bear with me .................... After going through 4 shop vacs with all the inherent problems of blocked filters, reduced suction and small capacity I’ve finally got around to doing something permanent and proper with my dust extraction. I...

Thinking of buying a UB-802 extractor. This one http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-axminster-ub-802-extractor-prod837994/ or maybe the ADE2200 http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-axminster-ade2200-extractor-prod21168/, both with fine filter cartridges. Anyone have any feedback on either of...