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I’ve completed the diamond plate set and thought it was time to put them in a frame for ease;

Thanks for your kind words. It’s an honour and a pleasure.

I don’t know stoma, but I have also got the Vaunt double-sided ones from ITS and have been using them a couple of years. They are absolutely brilliant. So good in fact, that I’ve bought two of the single sided ones today so I can mount them all, as I’ve found that I don’t use my water stones any...

I can’t thank everyone enough. One of the holders has arrived from a DL postcode, so Thankyou to whoever that was. I’m sure the others will land shortly and they will be gratefully received by the team. I hope everyone is staying well in this very strange time we are living through.

Thanks Jeli. I am pretty handy, but I’m not massively keen on drilling a machine that works well, in case I make it worse :roll: It cost me very little and owes me nothing and I suppose I just need to fettle the existing blocks and see if I can make the mechanism work more effectively. Thanks...

Interesting thread, thanks all. I have the 613 with wooden blocks and a rear thrust bearing and I’ve wanted to upgrade to side bearings for a while, as the wood (LV) wears fairly quickly and I then get movement in the blade. I’m not convinced the brackets holding them are working well enough...

A beautiful piece of bespoke furniture with little or no cost. Well done mate, you should be proud =D>

Dave, that’s very kind, thankyou. Just the black circular pre-filter holder on the far left would be brilliant. I’ll PM you and thanks again.

Thankyou so much David, I will do.

Thankyou for the thought, but there are liability issues around what we can use. We have to use what they give us basically.

Thanks both, I’ll have a look.

Wallace, thankyou so much, I will PM you. Unfortunately, all PPE stocks everywhere are zero and there appears to be no imports for about 2 months. I’ve spoken to the people suggested above to look at 3D printing and they were positive, but have come back and said it is too expensive to to it...

Lofty, that would be amazing, thankyou. As per usual, we’ve got loads of the filters, but are short on the holders :) I’ll PM you my details and thanks again.

Thanks Lofty. I thought the same thing, but the pointy-heads have come up with guidance about PPE which we have to stick to.

The company that Alpha Dave put me in touch with are sounding promising in terms of 3D printing, so I’ll see where that goes. We considered tape or glue, but I’m not happy that it would work effectively, or (as importantly) that my real would feel confident that it was working properly.

Rorschach - cheers. We discussed this and were told that the guidance has been worked out by boffins and that the pre-filters were essential for the respirator to function at the level it needs to. I think that the filters are not to stop virus passing through, but rather the aerosol droplets...

Hi Marcros. Thanks for your reply. I’m sure that it could, but I have zero understanding of 3D printers, nor do I know anyone who has one who I could approach. In the normal run of things, I’d go to a company who does that...but then if this was normal I wouldn’t need the holder I suppose!

Apologies if this is in the wrong forum. I am a police Sergeant on a specialist team, dealing with CV-19 deaths and disorder, so obviously fairly high-risk at the moment. We have got hold of a load of Sundstrom respirators, filters and pre-filters, which are fantastic for what we are doing...

Great WIP and I’m enjoying starting to work through the videos. It’s brilliant to see you back in the workshop making instructional vids again Steve =D>

Well, the disc and belt sander is aggressive and removes wood (and skin) too quickly. The ROS is useful to sand flat things, but not otherwise. The bobbin sander is great for curves and is genteel in its speed, but only offers sanding on one plane. It may just be my poor technique, but when I...