Search results

You can find the shows here:- http://www.recordpower.co.uk/shows You could also phone up and ask about ex-demo models/returns. Record sometimes clear machinery on e-bay [I have seen there lathes available], but I could not see any at present . Colin

I used the record cramp heads with timber bars for many years at home. 2" deep timber for my 3 foot cramps and 3" deep timber for my 5 foot cramps. I found them far lighter and easier to use than the steel bar record I used at work. I then saw the light and changed to pipe cramps. I have 10 Pony...

I bought a 2nd hand Hegner many years ago and gave it heavy use for a few years. We bought them new for use at [Secondary] school where I taught and nothing else came near them for quality or longevity. We had a couple that were still going strong after 25yrs of daily use . I would not buy...

I have used a 1/2" collet Elu router under a table for 20+ years and this has dealt with the majority of keen DIY use, along with a handful of commissions per year for bespoke joinery and cabinet work. This has been supplemented with a small Elektra-Beckum TF100 spindle moulder, that I have...

The bandsaw does not normally come assembled. You need to contact the supplier to find out the shipping size. I bought a new Startrite 352E about 5 years ago. It came crated in a plywood box. It was delivered on a pallet truck into my garage and weighed about 110kg from memory. Two of us carried...

You will always need more than one sander. You need to prioritise the greatest need. I have a 14" disc sander that I made 20+ yrs ago using a petrol pump motor. Great for mitres, fine tuning to length, toys etc. I use a Makita 4" hand held belt sander for cleaning up frames and a palm sander for...

Not sure if this will help. 18mm plywood construction with a Trespa [think thick formica] top and inserts. router-table-and-box-t57509.html Colin

Tim, the other alternative if the 301 is cheap and you are OK with electrics ,would be to fit a bigger motor. This may also have a knock on effect with switchgear though. Colin ps, another thought. It was the earlier Bandit derived 301's I used that had the smaller gutless motor. If the 301 is...

I would agree. On the one I used the motor was gutless [1/2hp I think], so we used the cheap 2 wheel Dewalt machines we had instead. The blade also ran on forever when the power was turned off. I think they made the band wheels heavy to try and get some momentum up to compensate for lack of...

How log do you want the saw to last/how much use is it going to get. Over 35 years teaching in secondary school workshops we went through lots of scroll saws, but only one stood the test of time. Over 25 years ago we bought some Hegners. They outlasted everything, and despite the abuse, 3 of...

If you want something small have you considered the small Bosch https://www.screwfix.com/p/bosch-gkf600 ... 0wodBwQNqg I have used an old 1/2" Elu under a table and 1/4" DeWalt for hand work for many years, but having bought the Bosch the DeWalt is seldom used. Colin

I used Meddings at work for 35 years, and they are very nice as a metalwork drill with slow speeds and wind up table. At home iI have a pre war [1st World War] Startrite. It was designed as a glaziers drill and has an aluminium table about 3 foot wide. I have never seen another and for woodwork...

Your budget has gone up! Colin

I have a boxed set of cheap bits to bail me out at odd times, but also a handful of bought for the job bits. These are Clico, Trend and Fisch. As mentioned above Wealden are also very good. I would go with whichever of these has the size/s you want at the best price. Colin

Mike, that's why I said "They have produced high volume bag extractors " Most that you see coming up are the fine dust metal cabinet units with the shake down cloth filters inside, but they also did the high volume, low pressure, bag types. Colin

El Barto, two names worth looking out for are PJ and Fercell. They have produced high volume bag extractors for many years and come up for sale second hand. They were well constructed and often found in professional workshops. Colin

For a planer thicknesser on a budget you should also consider a DeWalt DW1160/61. I had one many years ago an it was a nice small machine. It did eat rubber feed rollers that i had to replace every few years, but this was an easy job and from memory not prohibitive. You may also be able to find...

If you are looking for a machine, then a bandsaw. It cuts thick and thin stuff, curves, single and compound angles. It will not cut long stuff to length due to the throat, but cut timber a little over length first with a handsaw and then trim to length. Combine it with a small cordless circular...

Disc changing is a faff on any machine unless you use velcro. I have avoided these discs as I'm tight. To remove old disc I use a craft [stanley] knife and cut across centre line of disc. A 25mm chisel is then used to scrape the disc clean, taking about 5/10 minutes. I have never used a solvent...

I retired from teaching this summer. I had one in my school workshop for the last 3 or 4 years. I was unhappy with the location of the switch so blanked this off and had a switch to the left of the machine on the bench top. Table tilt, locking stability was good and the sander had enough power...