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I still have some old Marples chisels with the split-proof handles, including a 5/16"mortice chisel and a 1" with the "rhubarb" completely rubbed off, And they are definitely in a different league. I've also had several boxed sets of the new ones over the years. The finish on the blades, of...

There must have been a transition period before rebranding as I I have an Elu biscuit-jointer from the period when it was owned by Black and Decker And this is definitely in the Elu livery. Perhaps the same for their routers, for a time, before they moved production facilities ? There used to...

£ 2.87 ???? economy delivery as well. :giggle:

The machine I'm working on, is what could be called scratch built, hence there is no manual. :giggle: One face of each bearing is completely obscured by the geometry of the shaft. The other by a bronze, ring plate screwed in place. No greasing or oiling point in sight

Hopefully this is a simple enough question. Should I apply grease to the pair of tapered roller bearings that I am soon to be fastening to my lathe? I've seen videos of folk holding them in rubber -gloved hands, and packing them with copious amounts of grease. However, the ones removed from the...

Funnily enough I had a similar problem, a few years ago when rebuilding a Walnut armoire, The amount of Walnut needed far exceeded in cost, the value of the finished piece. So I used Cherry instead. This, when stained is a pretty convincing match.

Now here's a thought ............... when I stated earlier, in this thread that I thought the knocking on my lathe was coming from bearings. others suggested that this would happen relative to each revolution of the spindle. This to me appears quite logical. And from this it would then seem...

This is certainly something I would have sorted out earlier, but, sadly I don't have a hollow spindle So, I'm just going to have to work alongside the limitations of my lathe.☹️

Thanks, I take on board your observations regarding the accuracy of the tubing, The stuff I'm using for the collars has 3mm thick walls - so quite barrel like- and it's so much cheaper to buy this, than turn from solid bar, where most would end up as swarf. :) Having said that - I do...

My sloppy terminology........... by "between centres" I mean - held in the ER32 collet chuck and supported using a live centre in the tailstock as well. This prevents the Morse taper from falling out as there is no provision inside the spindle of my lathe for anchoring the ER32 chuck with its...

@bourbon is correct in assuming that I do not have a 3-jaw chuck. I do, however; have an ER32 chuck with a selection of collets. This is only really useful when turning between centres, as I have no way of holding it back in the Morse taper. Out of interest, I was wondering how the 5C collet...

I vaguely remember that "Inca" used to make a thicknessing attachment for some of their planers . Theirs had a cradle - like yours - holding a plate above the bed, but theirs also had a strip of metal with ( if I am remembering correctly) the profile of a WW1 tank. I believe this nestled into...

Yes, more details could well help home in on what is actually happening and also what I should be doing better.:) The tube being turned was being held in a 4-jaw chuck - one of those with the independently adjustable jaws, hence my using a dial gauge to get it bang on centre. The tube in...

I have a Sedgwick morticer, which, over the years, I have been very pleased with . Funnily enough, I did hanker after a Multico which had a lot easier system for lifting the motor and bit up, to give clearance for larger sections of wood. If I remember correctly you just adjust the arm to do...

I think you might well be right, the number is a challenge to read and the final decision was based on a multi-person, consensus. :) I will pop out to workshop and check the size of the lathe shaft................ Bingo! it all tallies with the L 44649. and I've just ordered a pair. Many...

Ah, Yes......... I appear to have scrambled my brain ploughing through Timken's catalogue.:)

Thanks for the replies folks, your input is much appreciated............ I think that tracking these down might prove a lot more difficult than I thought. I look to have read the identification codes correctly. And I've been able to confirm that the outer part ( L 44610 ) is available. I've also...

I'm hoping that someone out there, can lighten up my darkness :giggle: I've just taken two bearings from my lathe, so that I can replace them. They are tapered roller bearings by Timken, but I can't quite get my head around what size they are meant to be. Metric comes out at O/D 50.3. I/D 26.83...

I'm relatively new to working with a metal-lathe, And apart from distant memories from schooldays, I've had little opportunity, until recently, to get hands on experience. Yesterday, I tried to carry out , what should have been a simple operation. Which was to take a whisker off the inside of...

The problem is, the 3/4" diameter of the hole You can easily drill holes on the wood lathe having first turned the item in question, I do it all the time for tool handles You just use a centre bit in a Jacobs chuck in the tailstock end to get started and then possibly a stub bit if you are...