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    Help required with Cooksley 12 inch planer/thicknesser restoration

    Just so this question is answered for anyone else coming to this Forum with the same question - the beds can be removed by winding them all the way up. I had to use pair of plumber's pliers and some oil to get this to happen. They are really a two man lift so beware. How I have overcome the...
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    Help required with Cooksley 12 inch planer/thicknesser restoration

    I'm doing pretty well on this so far in that I have the motors and drive belt/chain running but have suddenly realised that there is clearly a special tool for setting the bed height which didn't come with the machine. But more seriously, and what I do now need some help with, is that I cannot...
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    Single to 3 Phase inverter delaying start

    ChaiLatte I think the point is that on a cold day the current may be just be that little bit higher that trips the VFD. I would go with Sideways suggestion - and thank him for it - as it would be better if the margin isn't tight. That is better on the frustration front of not having to do the...
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    Phase convertor

    I'm not in the same postion as HPPS, in that I take it he is working professionally, plus I have the advantage of being an electronics engineer so the terminology is in my zone. The difficulty with single to 3 phase conversion is doing it at a reasonable cost, which includes the headache that...
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    Single to 3 Phase inverter delaying start

    Well that is one of those embarrassing moments that you just cannot explain!!! Yesterday I had gone through all the parameters noting them down against the applicable row in the manual - and had written 0 against PN16. I can only blame that as a brain fart as when I went back into look again...
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    Single to 3 Phase inverter delaying start

    Thanks ChaiLatte - That's the handbook I have. My records from today's work show that PN16 is at 0, but it might be worthwhile trying to change that to see if it effects what I am finding. Tomorrow's experiment!! Rob
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    Single to 3 Phase inverter delaying start

    I'll start by saying that I am reasonably comfortable about these inverters, having a wood lathe and an old Fobco Star drill running off them. I am restoring a Cooksley 12" planer/ thicknesser and have a single to 3 phase 240v inverter made by a Chinese company called Isacon Power Control Tech...
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    A very slow Fobco Star refurbishment

    It's a wee while since I have been here such that I had a need to go through some of the posts to see where I should make my query, which is not about my Fobco Star, but seeing the post I read it through to get a feeling of what I too might have to face. Fortunately mine seems to be in adequate...
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    1.5 x 5mm slot in wood - how

    Many thanks guys for helping. I'm sorry if I didn't make my problem totally clear. The use of a saw is the obvious solution but as the slot has been made with a small circular saw type blade I think, it hasn't been taken right through the end - ie it is stopped and the radius of the stop...
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    1.5 x 5mm slot in wood - how

    My daughter has given me a nice challenge to replace a drawer divider in a pre-owned piece of furniture that is a missing a drawer divider. All very simple - 300 x 60 x 7mm until you come to the mount which is steel pins in the drawer carcase that you slide the divider onto, with a stopped...
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    Mysterious hammer object

    Thanks, Sachakins - I like that idea, and will pass it on to the finder. He's spoken to the lamdowner who couldn't offer an idea but that suggestion would explain the long pin, and has the possibility of a bit of historical connection to it. Rob
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    Mysterious hammer object

    Sorry for not having got back sooner. I've now actually seen the item 'in the flesh' and was surprised how small it is - (on my screen the 20p piece is near enough double size) - and also how good is the detailing of the hammer head. I should have taken some measurements of the object but on...
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    Mysterious hammer object

    Anyone any ideas? Found near Kirkaldy
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    Please can someone help me purchase a scroll saw please?

    As an afterthought - have a look at Steve Good's website "Scrollsaw Worlshop". He is a professional and would advise all of the expensive machines, but within this last year somewhere on his webpages he did a review of one of the inexpensive Chinese machines. I didn't read it but that might...
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    Please can someone help me purchase a scroll saw please?

    Pigeonface - I am going to go in the opposite direction and suggest that the muliple Chinese badged machines are wihin your budget and are really not as bad as so many people make out. The trouble is defining how much you are going to use the saw and at what level - all the advise you are...
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    Replacing vintage electrical back box

    Many thanks guys for your help - I prefer to have the option of being able to screw the back box in so will go with the No Nails route and a block of wood to screw into. That's my reasoning but then I don't have any old plaster either !! Rob
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    Replacing vintage electrical back box

    I am justifying this as Woodwork as wood is going to be involved somewhere in this :rolleyes: I'm rewiring a 1930's bungalow which must have had some re-wirng in the 1960's/70's (?). There's a mortared-in somewhat massive backbox for a 13A double socket, which took half a morning to extract as...
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    Drill and impact driver combo kit recommendations

    My brother is a professional and is very much in favour of Milwaukee. One word of warning from him is that he is of the opinion that deals from the likes of Screwfix are made down to a price with plastic bits instead of metal and possibly plastic bushes instead of proper bearings.. Rob
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    Anybody got a Cooksley BPJ 12 x 9 inch P/T?

    Sorry for taking time to get back Fitz - been away enjoying the great summer we here in Scotland are having!! Many thanks for replying. The answer is yes and yes, and no. And further I got so close to the problem I did forget to say it is 3 phase, My concern is that although the rotor in...
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    3 phase wiring advice

    Further agreement on the competence of the OP, and correspondingly those giving advice. This is not an area to go wandering into without experience and knowledge. The additional problem is that most sparkies will have a working knowledge of domestic wiring but it requires someone from the...
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