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    Wooden boat repairs

    Upon request I will post some pictures of some wooden boat work I have going on. The boat I am currently working on is a Göteborgseka even called GKSSeka built in Kaskö in 1965. The gunwales had rotted and the rot had spread into the endgrain of both transoms and also into two plank ends further...
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    A wee bit windy in England today

    They say on the news that it is a wee bit windy in England and south Wales today. Up to 50 metres per second they say. Any news? Sounds like the perfect opportunity to have the dust cleaned out of the workshop. Tie down the Wadkins so they don't dance about in the draught and open a window to...
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    Cookies and information

    Apparently one has to refuse the sale to third party businesses of information gathered from one's computer. Not once but every time a new page is loaded from this site. It sounds like they want me to leave.
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    Five head planer

    A friend has died and his family wants to get rid of his old Waco five head planer. It is a flat belt driven machine from the early 50-ies. Apparently little used. He bought it secondhand in the late 70-ies intending to set up a planing business but it ended up becoming a house painting business...
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    I may need a new 610mm cutterhead

    I may or may not get the opportunity to buy a Dornburg 610mm thicknesser next summer. However the cutterhead is of the dreaded clamshell type and in rather bad condition on top of that. The rest of the machine looks to be in good condition and it may end up very very cheap. So.....any ideas for...
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    Strange spindle moulder usage on Youtube

    What do you say about this: To me it looks like an accident waiting to happen and judging by the headline he is attempting to teach it..........
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    Post-Brexit international tool shopping.

    I was in the midst of buying second hand cramp head sets off e-bay in the UK and having them sent to Finland just before the Brexit deadline. Still need a few more sets. Sash cramps of decent quality are awfully expensive in Finland and very hard to find secondhand. Importing secondhand English...
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    How do I sharpen the chain on a chain mortiser?

    I have now finished the rebuild of a very run down Haffner SL100 hinge and lock motiser which I got for free. Made quite a few new parts to replace broken or completely missing parts. Rewound the rotor and replaced the commutator of the burned out router motor. Repaired cracks in aluminium as...
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    Router table build

    I am building my first ever router table at the moment. It will become a compliment to my two full size spindle moulders. True to my habits I build heavily with the intention to build only once. The cast iron table and the "lift" are recykled from the sorry remnants of a no longer rebuildable...
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    Router motor for roter table? Are AUK-tools any good?

    This is the current situation: I am still on a long time sick leave but I still have some old savings to invest and rebuilding and building tools and machinery a few hours a day is a good form of therapy to stay sane. I am slowly recovering my health so the plan is that once I am healthy enough...
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    Roma stock feeder

    I have a lead on a secondhand Roma stock feeder. A rather small three wheel two speed variety. The entire pillar hinges back and forth and is spring loades as there is no independent pressure springs on the roller shafts. Would it be worth buying or should I look for something better? I intend...
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    British standard (whitworth) bolts and nuts

    Is there a good online dealer from whom I could order some Whitworth screws and bolts for my Solberga lathe....... and for other rebuilds later on? The local fastening suppliers here in Finland hardly have any Whitworth fasteners in stock anymore and quite a few are missing from the lathe. Any...
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    Lathe height?

    I got a Solberga SVT lathe for free from aquintance. An earlier model of this lathe: http://www.solbergatrasvarvar.se/Solbergatr%c3%a4svarv It is in pieces and needs a few repairs and new electrical wiring but all parts seem to be there except for a lot of missing Whitworth screws. As I am...
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    What is this turning tool intended for?

    I found this thing cheap at a secondhand shop. It is made in England by Marples. The width is 13mm. What is it intended for? The low bevel angle doesn't look like a scraper.
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    The current situation in Finland

    Last night the Finnish parlament approved the new hospital districts law as proposed by the government. To us Swedes in Österbotten this means that the biligual hospital Vasa Centralsjukhus will become nothing more than a health care center while all more demanding or complicated cases and all...
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    The requested self sufficiency or Bodgers Bonanza thread....

    I am not talking about the extremists who clam that they are self sufficient on everything...... usually either the word self or the word sufficient is an exaggeration well past the minimum requirements for being called a lie. I am talking about the everyday activity of making more or less...
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    Can someone identify this wee surface planer?

    I found this 25cm wide surface planer/mortiser/ saw bench combination in the heap to be mashed at a local scrapdealer. I already have my 600mm Stenberg planer/thicknesser so I have no need for this one but if I hadn't bought it it would surely be gone at the end of the week. I got it for scrap...
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    Stanley number 71 router plane new in box

    I found this English made and probably rather late Stanley n:o 71 at the great annual flea market in Nykarleby and got it for an affordable prize. Is this a collectors item or should I do as intended and just put it to use? I just want to check that I don't destroy any money by putting it to...
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    The old machinery conundrum

    Lately a certain ranted quite a lot about the "old wood working machine fan club" and our alleged preaches. Rather than turning his thread into a pub brawl I decided to leave him alone and create a new thread on the subject. From my point of wiew new and shiny is no virtue in the world of...
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    Source of replacement cutterhead?

    There is a Jonsered thicknesser with 60 cm capacity for sale locally. The design looks rather modern otherwise and it seems to have antikickback fingers and a fully enclosed drivetrain but the head is an old style square head. The price is a little above scrap value. Jonsered has a reputation on...
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