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I just bought this for the little 'uns bench I've removed the loose paint, most of the rust and the splashes of white paint, just deciding whether to stick it in the sand blast cabinet and remove all the paint and repaint it, or just give it a wipe with boiled linseed oil then wax it and go...

Hi Mini Yes, definitely 1/4hp, we were surprised too as its a big lump. We did get a very bad photo of the plate on an iphone and we thought it said 3/4hp and I guess we went along with it, it wasn't until I had to unbolt the base and managed to get a decent camera in there that I found out for...

Having slept on this and after looking on the new contactor/overload specifications and what other turners use I am going to forget the VFD option, at least for now, and get a 1hp single phase motor. Manual speed changes are easy enough on the Viceroy and for my limited use spending best part of...

Well the lathe is making a struggle of it but it is now wired up. We had an intermittent fault that turned out to be a faulty crimp on the motor cable but the correct overload is now fitted so it is now working as originally designed. To get to the motor cabling to sort out the fault, the end...

The bits arrived for the contactor and thermal overload, wired it up, off it went lovely, then stopped after a minute or so. It turns out the supplier sent the right thermal overload box but the contents were for a lower rating, correct one now on its way! Been busy on the roubo bench and still...

Thanks Keith. Remembering the good times, keeping busy in the workshop, family and home brewed stout is the remedy that softens the blow. Cheers Andy

I haven't thought about drilling holes too much yet, however I have a nice small throw brace that may be a good bet. The left hand one of these three. I found a nice small ball pein hammer, and a small claw hammer, I also have some nice small wooden handle screwdrivers so slowly getting...

Shell Ensis DW1255 and DW6055 are good for medium/long term protection of metal but the smallest quantities you can buy is typically 20 litres which makes it a bit dear for hobbyists. They leave waxy deposits, better for big machines you don't use very often than everyday tools.

It's been hard going for the last couple of days, my pa died about 10 days ago and it only really hit me the end of last week, I think it was selecting poems for the service with the kids and writing a few words for his eulogy that set me off. However I have tried to keep busy tidying the...

I may be going OTT, but the for the bases of our kitchen I'm about to build, the base will be made of welded 25mm box section. I will build the base complete with adjustable leveling feet and welded captive nuts to fix the plinth to and get it all nice and level and equidistant from the wall for...

Thanks JJ Now I've discovered the workshop floor I just have to do tidy the barn, brewery, store room, office and outbuildings. I may be a while.......

Thanks AES My third is an old Warco mill/drill. Only fit for occasional milling but the x/y table makes it a superb pillar drill. Its a bench top model so ideal for the smallerr workshop.;) The kids enjoy getting the magnetic swarf wand out and cleaning it for me. ;) Cheers Andy

My younger daughter (8) is showing an interest in woodwork, we've already built a few wooden kits of medieval siege weapons etc. and we are currently making a roman gladius. I have some Douglas Fir left over from making my roubo bench so we will probably make a bench for her together, maybe not...

Thanks Memzey, the images aren't visible to others, only yourself, at least not to me, even if i click on them. There's probably a photoshop cookie on your PC so Photobucket knows it's your account so lets you view them. Nothing much done today on the bench, still tidying the workshop but made...

Thanks GO The fabrication part of it is easy, finding the time is the problem :) We have a small holding, we did have pigs and chickens but stopped when the kids came along, we are restarting next year when we will get pigs, chickens and probably some ducks and geese. We grow veggies using...

Thanks for the tip memzey :) I guess I could drill larger holes underneath the bench, say 1" diameter 1" deep so from a holdfast perspective the 3/4" hole is only 3-1/2" deep. I have both the hammer down and screw down holdfasts ready to go, requested many moons ago for various...

Thanks GO, I never thought about height, I was too focused on getting it fixed :) I have some 50mm box in stock ready to make a stand for my big fly press, I bought plenty so will be enough for a stand for the lathe. Cheers Andy

I've got one, I use it very occasionally, the screw does need changing, from memory I think a few 16mm M4 high tensile cap head screws were about 2 quid for 50 + and that fixed it. For the money it's way ahead of the clones about 30 quid cheaper than the Proxxon, but it is still quite cheap so...

A neighbour ran me and the bench tops down to our local woodworking shop yesterday, and we picked them up this afternoon. They couldn't stick them through the sander or cut them to length but the hard work of planing and thicknessing has been done. The tops need a couple of inches taking off...

The spark has just left, I had one wire out of place due to the Denford diagram having an omission and having no contactor diagram, I kind of suspected as much but the contactor coil is 400v so although it tried to pull the coil in, 240v isn't enough. If you give the coil core a push it works...