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Here we go! On Friday I decided to get started with the refurbishment, First on the deck, the elephants foot and the tool rest, First job, get the tool rest out, this was tricky as the tool rest hadn't been removed from the holder in a VERY long time, it was genuinely stuck and after...

That's just LOL :D Nooottt really... I'm thinking of family heirlooms and a 2nd career, I've always had a passion for old machinery that I could understand and given the almighty Wadkin temple I thought I'd join the train and try and restore and preserve these wonderful pieces of history. As...

Anything and everything? From furniture, to doors, to carpentry items to joists? Quite frankly the lathe is for the Mrs to start making her bits :) Thank you for the heads up.

Sooooo... Anyone ever heard of that phrase when diving into something dive in head first? What did I do you may ask, I got not 1, not 2, but 4 pieces of Wadkin all of which I intend to strip and restore down to the last bolt and crank :) All whilst redoing my garage and building an outhouse...

Hi! Newbie woodworker hoping to grow skills and knowledge. First of all, thank you to all, the threads I've already read have given me really good direct on some the projects I'm about to be involved in. I'm also hoping to to create a mini Wadkin woodshop and in the process not only refurbish...