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dont rely on the ratchet straps for hight adjustment, it will only give a few inches even on a 5 tonner..... having done this sorta thing over the years...... I have a couple of friends over and off we trot to get said machine...... the wives turn up later depending on distance..... whilst the...

MikeK funny that I find it easier to buy tough enamals from the tractor supply shop....since forever....

depends on what size rivets.... for the small ones I'm still using my American made rivet gun that I bought 50years ago..... the big ones I use a no brand Chinese canterlever ....not quite as old, both have worked v/hard..... the Stanley will just be a rebadged Chinese cheapo.....as u have found...

stig those turnings are just great....... being smart they kinda ruin the look of those boxes.....

Inspector, in all my years have never seen that in the UK or anywhere else for that matter...... obv your more envoir friendly that us.....

Clematis *early and lates, flowers most of the time* for the fence and more rocks and Alpines for the slope..... both will need little maintainence once etsblished....

Stig, no real gold.....!!!!!! lol.... it's almost as cheap as Oak now..... Theboy67..... My step daughter was just the same with her clothes n shoes...... I just picked em up and tossed them out the window when it was raining...... Once she realised that there were NO clean clothes for her to...

unless there's a broken casting everythng is repairable..... If u go to see this or any other machine...... take some wood with u and give it a try.....a decent owner wont mind..... Unless they have already installed a new machine it may be not poss to try it out..... so just wait a while...

A very nice job but up there should it not be bigger living up there...?.....lol....... mines an absolute disgrace but hold around 3.5 tons of pre cut wood..... and we only use the wood boiler about 20 days per year.... I also like the idea of young'uns helping out...... only last week I got...

Can't help with Esta set up...... it's a shame not to go used......decent machines are almost indestructable...... U need to find a friend close by with planer/thicknesser experience..... u would be able to try out my two to gain confidence..... I'd gladly help if I lived closer....... PS, I...

Just seen this.....will watch the vids tonight..... If NASA made rockets out of wood.....YOU'D be the man to do it..... very classy......

had a deadish preserved tree next to my house...... it was just falling to bits..... asked the council to view it and tell me what their plans were...... they said it would be OK and didn't need any work..... I sent a recorded delivery letter explaing any damage to my property and or the...

I wear gloves is when I'm electric welding--sometimes..... I always avoid getting mud/dirt on my hands so if I get brow beaten into helping in the garden and dirt is invold the gloves come out..... or when dying the wife's hair......hahaha.....ps, getting good at it now...... it's over €100 to...

in the old days I had an hours plus commute into London..... Wanted a Pan European but they were too new a model for anything secondhand.. So bought a 1100 K series LT brick... I was a bit of a hooligan on it....got sick of buying new mirror heads..u clip em they fall off... so modified em with...

I finally got my 17th cent water mill finished just before I left France.....17 years.....total rebuild...... Dont plan to much as everything takes longer there...... we happened to live in a very anti Brit community.....although we had some brilliant French friends...... would I do it again...

Rob, r they both Stanley 9.1/2's.....? I often wonder if two are the same off the production line.....? I bought a used one here and it's rubbish outta the box..... My little old Stanley hasn't seen daylight in 4 years.....hoping soon tho....

1,25HP seems a bit small....... To the best of knowl, if it has a single capacitor it's used just for start up........ A two capacitor motor norm has 1 to run and 1 to start..... If the machine is sound and has a fairly stiff frame just double the HP of the motor..... might mean a little...

Sorry for ur loss...... I aquired literaly tons of the old Whit spanners etc...even AF and metric......over the years........ I kept the best as Spectric describes the rest I gave away....what was left went for scrap..... I have some modern made Whit spanners etc as I work on a lot of antique...

mmmm, treadmill......... conveyer belt material for home made thickness sander.........plus vari speed motor...... just an idea....

I bought a load of fancy plywood direct from a wholesaler......saved about 50% and they delivered for free........