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Hello! Thanks for the follow up. I'm in the UK, not all that far from Axminster, who sold me the PT. I've found .pdf paperwork from Switzerland for both HSS and Spiral 310. Now have my manual to hand, which came with the PT, will compare that to the newer machines part Nos., and then sound out...

Thanks, no idea. Having blown up the parts pix to A3, it looks as if Jet now fit 2 separate pulleys on the motor shaft, not a double as on mine. There may well be other differences between my older PT and the current HSS model. Time to dig out my paper manual. Presumably easier mfr-ing for the...

Thanks for your thoughts! Hello SunnyBob, its on a Fercel 1.5HP bag system, which has 6" inlet plumbed in with 150mm soil pipe to 4" flex close to machine. Don't see any significent waste on the thicknesser table, and stuff without a ripple looks good. Trevenion, didn't realise you could get...

In modest sizes, Famag. Being HSS they won't die if they get hot (small diam, high rpm), and are available in 0.5mm steps. Won't be easy to sharpen. If entry not a problem Guhring do a 4facet (& it's cobalt too) HSS, not quite as a spur, but the 4 facet point does not wander like a standard...

The Jet has only one motor, so the drive pulley carries 2 belts, on different diameters - cutterhead, and feed drive. Until I realised the spiral model had 1/2 speed feed, being handy mechanically, was considering fitting a second small motor for the feed drive. A pulley swap is simples! Some...

We've the de walts with a chunky shaft, look more substantial, but still have to go down to the standard hex at the drill end. Difficult to find bits in larger diams good for hardwoods. Even old jennings pattern auger bits often have a coarse entry spiral for softwood and sieze up in hardwood...

We've had the HSS version of this PT for some years. Despite fiddling with backbevels it still tends to tear out ripply grain, especially when thicknessing. The cutting geometry and feed speed (7M.min) seem designed for softwood. Some TC helical blocks hold the inserts so they still cut at 90deg...

I wonder if anyone has one of these, probably from the mid '80's, in Old Ax bluey green? New to turning, I recently aquired one with the usual boxes of bits and no manual. It's a gap bed of 1m, split pulley speed changes, on a stand with cupbords under the headstock, linked by 2 shelves to the...

Re rust removal; you need to get things clean for any chemical to reach the rust. Use hot water/detergent after gunk. Derusters like Jennolite use phosphoric acid, and sell it to you rather weak. Phosphoric acid is realatively benign (it's an ingredient in Coke! Why??). Look in yellow pages or...

Suggesting WD40 - which I've been using - is just to prevent the edges of the "polishing plate" (which look unplated, just cut) from rusting. Previously always used water on diamond, as don't see any benefit other than corrosion protection with WD40. Paraffin or white spirit would do, but not...

Last month a slim package arrived from China; a selection of diamond sharpening stones ranging from 400 to 3000 grit. You can find these on ebay, and they are around £2.50 each, about the same a sheet of lapping film. No typo, they're about 3 x 6 1/2" (74x170mm). The reason for the low price...

Now retired, there's more time to hand tool, so I dug out a Stanley brace bought in 196* and hardly used since. First job was to fit a mortice lock to a solid oak front door. Whilst brace and bitting out the waste I could not help noticing the chuck was wobbling in a circular fashion. I rolled...

Some years ago I posted observations of thin iron chatter, which can be seen as dial guage flutter during a planing stroke. The blade lifts from the frog. The effect is mimiced by putting a flexible 12" rule over the edge of the bench at the 1" mark, attempting to hold the 11" down with 2...

Fine WW* featured a home made hearth some years back in its black and white days. Used water barrel to make a twyere topped by a multi holed piece of ms plate. I think the furnace was made in a dustbin lid, with air entering from centre/below, the lid lined with refractory, holey plate level...

Just received an Mafell Aerofix track from Germany - delivery was a bit expensive - I gather German Post etc charges are much higher than ours - arrived in 2 days, well packed and nevertheless considerably cheaper than UK delivered price. Only drawback is you may have to send to Germany if g'tee...

Just upgraded to this pillar drill, made in 1969, according to the maker, who have sent me 2 exploded parts diagrams (called a parts manual). Has anyone got a user manual / service manual for this they could scan for me please? This is a "round head" style Meddings, with 5 belt speeds and a 2...

The rot set in when they employed a "Marketing Manager", presumably to cover his salary! Service still seems good and you can sometimes get a deal of bundled accessories if you call into the shop. But my Ax 5300 bandsaw now costs about £1200 more, a rise of ~150% over handful of years. Whilst...

Bearingboys.co.uk Quick and reliable, 1/2 the price of local factor for major brands, used them quite a bit. They also do a "bargain range", but I didn't use these. My first attempt to improve things - cogged V belts, new chuck/adaptor. Slight reduction in run out but still a serious problem...

I was under the impression that it was the Japanese chap who showed that a cap iron must be set very close or it doesn't work. My grandfather, a cabinet maker, insisted on "a hair's breadth" for difficult grain. A 55deg bed and a close cap iron reproduce the cutting geometry of a scraper plane...

Apparently RH of under 70% is necessary to keep rust at bay. Our dehumidifier keeps the workshop between 50 and 60% RH maximum, and we are rust free. The machine actually runs mainly in spring and autumn, although it is left on all the time. Today RH is ~45% so it's not running, but standing by...