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Okay, I suppose anyone who knows of a good supplier in London doesn’t want to divulge the whereabouts.

So that’s 120 quid a sheet for veneered birch ply?

Hi I live in Greenwich south London. I was wanting to know of suppliers who stock furniture grade veneered ply and mdf. I found one place; the mdf 19 mm 8x 4 sheets are 90 quid and the veneered birch ply was double that price ( all the main species, oak, black walnut, maple, ash etc are the same...

I absolutely get your point. I am extremely wary of the machines because I have found some really troubling things. However I think after 18 months of moaning they seem to be doing something about it. The risks are very real and an open access workshop is not the place to cut corners. I am not...

Thanks that does look like the previous incarnation. After the fiasco with the lower guides I don’t know if I will be continuing my involvement. I could email the link to the person who has taken over the job, they seem intent on bodging it though and they have installed decorative guides. Shiny...

Our bearing runs perpendicular to the blade, on the face not the rim.

Yes, I looked at their site. The upgrade kits are out of stock. They told me they do have a replacement bearing.

The side bearings could work if I could find some!

Okay, That’s annoying because the shaft on ours is 7mm. We do have metal worker’s. I wonder if we can turn the column down to 7 mm. Shouldn’t be too hard.

Noel has provided a picture.

Our outer casing was missing and I think it was being run directly on the bearing. I am assuming that the metal disc pushes onto the bearing and is 40 mm diameter on a bearing of 19 mm?

That looks to be the same. Can you tell me is the steel rod 7mm diameter?

I am sorry I don’t understand the point. I didn’t say it was sealed. Right I think I just twigged, someone else said something about rubber or sealed.

Right I just went to the workshop and forgot to photograph the bearing because I found someone else has been tinkering with the machine! Anyway to be crystal clear the thrust bearing is the bearing which sits at the rear of the blade, I have always called it the thrust bearing and it is called...

Okay I will post a picture as soon as possible with measurements too. The bandsaw is not where I live so please bear with me. I will try to get it done tomorrow.

Hi all, I have a Elektra Beckum/ Metabo BAS 500 bandsaw and I need a new lower thrust bearing. It’s a bearing on the end of a steel rod. I will check but I don’t think the bearing is detachable from the steel rod. It’s welded on. Anyway they no longer make spares and I have not been able to find...

The lathe comes with a box of bits and pieces. A couple of original rests the straight and the curved bowl rest and a massive banjo. I think I am going to buy it. The curved rest is 90 quid I think. I will need to buy a chucking system but I am not too worried as I intend to turn spindles first...

I can see the skills on show and I really like to see that.

Hi I posted a different thread so I could discern that I am being offered a record CL3. It’s got all the blue paint, not rusty, motor runs almost silently, straight rest, curved rest for bowls, drive centre with removable spigot, it’s complete and a few miscellaneous things. I am being asked...

Right, that makes perfect sense, I already know that it is 3/4 inch 16 tpi, I am sure I will get to know the nomenclature of the parts as I get to know the lathe.