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New Hand wheel. I have had this large hand wheel for a long time now and it had become one of those things i probably wouldn't use but kept it anyway. Glad I did. I needed to reduce the diameter of the rising/lowering threaded shaft to fit the new hand wheel. Luckily I have access to my works...

Undercoating thicknesser table wings. These will be black. I used Hammerite Hammered Dark Green finish previously on my Watkin AGS 12 rebuild. I liked it and plus I had 2L left over and wanted to keep the cost down as much as possible. Also decided to paint the motor black as it now looked...

Further dismantling: I decide to strip some of the parts of the old paint. A: to remove the old paint B: to remove some of the stubborn great and prepare it for painting. Although not ideal due the the water I use pressure washer to clean all the parts and to remove the soft paint after I...

In-feed and the outfield roller time. As you can see these are in a loverly state. Pulling off the cogs. Polishing the cogs, Luckily they had the same diameter bore that fit onto the motor. So i spun it up on there and held i wire brush to it. Worked great. Same as the cutter head really...

................UPDATE................ I have transferred all the photos from photo bucket to Flickr and placed them back in the original post. Also added a post covering diy digital read out and extraction port on page 2. ................UPDATE................ Hi, I quite enjoy looking at...

Finished the base for a glass cake display unit today. Made of 2 pieces of oak which were book matched and joined in the middle.

Thanks for the tips on phosphoric acid, I had brought jenolite, but at 150 grams it does not go far.

Hi First time poster long time browser… I have finally got around to sorting out my workshop and I am now in need of getting the place powered. I have had a quote from my electrician and he has quoted £750 (£100 Labour & £650 Materials) I just wanting to know if this seems about right. The...