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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

    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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    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

    Anyone any ideas? Found near Kirkaldy
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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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    Anybody got a Cooksley BPJ 12 x 9 inch P/T?

    I bought one of these some 9 months ago and totally unrelated to the effort in moving it, I ended up with a slipped disc and the refurbishment task went to the back burner. There's a problem with the thicknesser feed motor which involved dismantling the motor and unfortunately I didn't at the...
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    Varnish for electric motor repair

    This is for a planer, so is a wood working project !!! I'm converting the 3 phase motor from star to delta to run on an inverter. I've had to cut and replace a number of the cord bindings for the windings and am wondering whether I should paint them over with a varnish and is so what sort...
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    Oil for P/T gearbox

    On the basis that there is not a section of the Forum for this query, I have fallen back on "General Woodworking". Apologies as this is the mucky end of wood working!!! I have a Cooksley P/T which has a separate motor and associated gearbox for the thicknesser rollers. This integrated unit...
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    Horological forum or is there someone here?

    Some years back I obtained the clock mechanism, weights and pendulum from a Vienna style clock. Sadly like many projects one particular element stalled me and it got set aside - I would like to be polite and admit to that as a personal weakness but suspect that I am not that unique! The...
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    Older chair repair

    The chair shown is suffering from loose rear joints, just loose front joints, a sagging bottom and a tiring cover. So if it was of any value it would be a complete dismantle, re-glue, re-cover, etc. It is really not worth the effort! Somewhere I have come across a glue that is aimed at...
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    Realy OT - query on Jaguar Car Company WW2 history

    In the 1950's/early 60's my Dad had a van that was based on the late 1930's/40's Standard 12, and I took it on in ~1961. A guy that I was working with gave me a damaged engine that was based on the Standard 12 side valve but had been converted to push rod ohv. His line was that it was an...
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    What was this small hammer used for

    The couple of discussions on hammers recently encouraged me to take a photo of a hammer I rescued from a skip some years back. The local builder then was doing house clearances and I had a field day one time when a noticeable number of tools appeared. The hammer is basically a minature claw...
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    Recycle of breakfast table top

    A neighbour phoned me recently to ask if I wanted a coffee table top - as I was assured it was old and dark I guessed mahogony. Anyhow it's now been delivered and I fortunately have a brother in the trade as it left me puzzled. Tri-pod folding legs, 32 inches in diameter so 'huge' for a coffee...
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    'Rotten' window - painting?

    I was resigning myself to having to replace a 1990's DG window and went to measure it up only to realise that it hadn't really rotted at all and all that I was looking at was flaking paint and 'black' wood - OK that latter is the first stage of rot but the wood is perfectly firm - just...
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    Wrong length bandsaw blades for disposal

    In my excitement a number of years back of getting my first bandsaw and then discovering Tuffblades, I misordered 3 blades to 2240mm instead of 2440mm. I came across three blades the other day in their original packing - tried again to convince myself they were the right ones and realised I'd...
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    Three phase motor onto inverter

    I have an interesting challenge and would appreciate anything anyone can add. I recently bought an elderly (late 1960's possibly) Cooksley P/T. The main motor is no problem as it is just a change of jumpers star to delta. The problem i've found (once I got it home!) is that it uses a...
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    Big elm burr

    Poking around in a workshop sale recently I found a large elm burr in perfect condition - possible 50+ kg and over a metre long. So 'huge' might be a better classification. I now have it home and am realising that "eyes are bigger than stomach" - and how do I handle it? Literally with two...
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    Cooksley 12 x 9 planer / thicknesser

    I've just bought one of these - possibly a 1970's machine. I haven't worked out yet if the bolts are imperial or metric, but interestiungly the drive belt/chain cover is fibreglass. I don't know if this helps with the identification - no type number is available - it has a 3 blade head. It's...
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    New sliding mitre saw cutting off square

    Having recently used my brother's professional grade sliding saw, I decided to take the plunge and buy a Ferrex badged one from Aldis. Today was the first time I have used this to cut a couple wider boards - that is 200mm (I see in fact it can cut up to 350mm) and found that this greater width...
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    My achilles heel - finishes

    I love the turning part, and am reasonably good at it, but finishing is something I do not look forward to. I suspect I just get confused by all the finishes there are, and it would possibly help if I had a regime to work to. One of the areas that has triggered this lack of confidence is...
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