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Hi Woody I collected somewhere a tool that is somewhat similar - BUT -- the wooden handle had been epoxied on and came off. Now thinking about it, and your comments further on in the thread, you have just glued on a couple of hardwood strips either side with the steel therefore going right...

Having eliminated Tasmaniandevil because he looks like everyone else, how do we find you ? I'll be there with 2 buddies along with I hope most of the club members from Broxburn. Rob

Hi Elaine A couple of opposite views !! If you are going to be in the workshop for any length of time, then warmth is essential. You just cannot handle metal based tools where the metal is at 5 deg C, and so on. Starting on the floor, as suggested rubber interlocking mats. From Costco and...

I was just about the ask the same question ! I've got the handbook for BZL 6 if that is any help. It includes all the part numbers etc. including the bearings which if I remember rightly when I looked them up also were used in the front wheels of one of Ford's models. Out of interest how did...

The 125v indicates that this is a modern 'chinese' motor (actually the 'chinese' part may not be totally accurate but I've met a couple like this recently from that source!) with a tapped stator winding rather than a secondary start winding. The characteristic I've noted is that these motors...

One thing to think about is where you position it. This came up recently in our club where it was realised that the the workshop had a number of Microclenes and that they were all in positions that drew the dirty air across the operator - clearly if you are working with it running, then it...

Thanks guys - the bowls are only rough turned at the moment so will need to dry out completely and be turned to a finish, so this was more a case of seeing what was possible in the long term. Rob

Chas' advice is the bit I forgot - but if you are anything like me you will find a long length of wire, a non flammable floor and a socket switch you know will operate quickly. I've got an temperature adjustable hot air gun that had to have its electronics rebuilt and I found I hadn't taken...

Hi - Clicked on this thread as I have some fruit wood (almond) part turned blanks that have cracked and the only recovery action is to fill the crack(s). Designer firewood is an option but I would like to try filling first. As they are cracks rather than deliberate recesses, would I be best to...

There are only two points of contact ! The joining points of A1 to Z1 and A2 to Z2 by the brass plates linking those leads; A1 and A2 are the run winding, and Z1 and Z2 to start winding. On the BrookCompton site the run winding is U1 and U2, the modern designation. From the fact the leads are...

I was at a 'Finishing' evening at the wood club yesterday evening and a recommendation came up for this Skydd oil from Ikea as being just as good as other finishing oils but noticeably cheaper. It's target seems to be wooden kitchen worktops. Looking at it this morning on the Ikea web page I...

Interesting that four months after this matter was discussed, someone from outside - and further someone from another country - in reviewing the thread makes the assessment that "Chris1965" was unreasonably handled by the moderators. I believe that there is another UK based forum that parallels...

I was up in Skye recently and went to see a friend of a friend - met this guy several times over the years - who suffered a stroke 10 years ago and is effectively paralysed down the right hand side. He was a joiner and is very active still in the flat world, and has recently re-done the family...

Toby - re. cutting off the lid section where the grain matching is important , the small Japanese pull saws have the thinnest cut I know (0.5mm) and I use them quite a bit for flat wood work. I do use them on occasions when I get fed up with parting off. The trick would be to create an equally...

Kym - many thanks indeed for replying so fully. I guess I'm going in the right direction even if it is slow - I do suspect that you are heating to a little warmer than I and might experiment a bit more with going up a few degrees at a time. I like the idea of the warm cupboard - I have...

Hi Kym - many thanks for that; I appreciate your advice. Interesting that you've suffered splits even with care. Going back to my initial enquiry, have you ever measured the wood temperature just after 'cooking' it ? And carrying on with the questions - are you heating something that is down...

You're absolutely right Eugene; but, on the basis that chemical processes (yes I know this is more physics than chemistry, but the same should apply!) do in general double in speed for every 10C, then if someone said that they found success running the wood to say 35C it would just about halve...

Sorry guys - I know this one has been done to death, but I have a large amount of large wet wood (wych elm, cherry and oak) and I've found that the wych elm in particular has a stunning contrast between the white sapwood and the brown mature wood as long as it is not allowed to sit wet for too...

Hey, hey John - you'll be getting the ladies here excited by that last line ! Many thanks - I'll need to wait until my bank balance recovers from having to supply my errant son with yet another car. He is at least in good gainful employment at the moment and has set up a standing order to...

Hi John; thanks - I take it that apart from being a good designed gripping jaw, you can change the jaw size without having to take the jaw holders out ? Rob