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I will have to have a look tomorrow, I am going to give it a good clean and put some PTFE dry on it.

The shed looks this untidy as I'm still making cupboards and such like, hope to finish by February

Is this what you mean? it's under the handle of the banjo

Yes I have a top cover that seems to be ok

I was going to get some WD40 spray or some penetrating oil spray, I will look for your recommendation instead.

Thank you that has answered my main concern. Gary

Only allowed to post 10 images per reply The 6 chisels that came with it I do not know what type they are Again not sure what they are They all feel heavy and well made but that is coming from a complete novice. Again a different angle Tailstock (I think that's what it is...

Managed to get the chuck off, Clamped a strong, large, spanner in and gave it a light tap with a rubber mallet and that did the trick. It surprised me just how light a tap was needed. Thank you everyone for your help. Here are the photo's as promised but sadly they have in turn produced even...

Other than the colouring that is the lathe, mine is missing the tailstock wheel handle, I don't think that is anything to worry about though. Thank you for the link. Gary

The Lathe itself does run and it is very quiet, with no vibration that I can see, the bug bear is the chuck seems to not want to let go. It has grabbed hold of the lathe and refuses to be taken off it I will post some close up pics of the chuck tomorrow. Gary

I'm going someone pass me my coat please ........... :giggle:

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I got 6 chisels in total and they all have HSS on them and they are all different, I will post images tomorrow as it will save me having to make another post asking what they all are , when I was looking at the chuck earlier on it did all look like hex key attachments.

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No worries Chris it will be stored under the floorboards in the shed and I shall keep my respirator on as well (health and safety)

I've turned the tailstock the right way round as I'd noticed it on wrong yesterday ** cough..... thanks Phil ** I'm in bed now so will take some photo's tomorrow and post them here, I am so relieved it is an axminster thanks for your posts.

Hi, Last week I purchased this from Ebay for £125 (best offer) paying cash for it axminster wood lathe | eBay It included 6 chisels and some other stuff. I have turned the thing on the right hand side around to the correct way and noticed some very light surface rust, the plate covering the...

Glad I never ordered one, I suppose the dearer one's have much better build quality

Thanks Duncan.

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