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Whats this Zikan wood that the vase that recently sold for a large sum was made of? dont seem to be able to find any info about the wood Ian http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop ... -150k.html

The parts I was looking at ( quick change tool holders) are probably heavy and the basket I made up was in total £50 more than arc euro trade And then theres the possibility of duty charged Ian

I've just had a look at CTC and shipping seems a lot 100 euros of stuff and 85 euros shipping Ian

Or on second thoughts maybe the quill is a little sticky so the spring can't overcome the stiction squirt some wd40 down it and then oil Ian

Presumably the quill stays up and doesn't come down by itself as it stands So the spring is working but just needs another turn or so so it self returns. release the spring cap and turn it tighter Ian

You do need control gear for it which if you dont have it will cost you more than a induction motor new It would make a nice motor for a small lathe ( wood or metal) or an application where a fairly powerfull motor and variable speed is needed in a small form factor Ian

I have a celler/basement workshop and have a 750 kg lathe 400 kg planer thicknesser 300 kg bandsaw and loads of lesser weight tools All I stripped down to make lighter and went down a straight flight of stairs on a sack barrow easily the large startrite bandsaw was the most difficult because of...

Well thats just under a third of a cubic foot I have paid £50 a cube plus vat so it should be about £20 ish if you can find 4.8 m length Ian

I have the Stanley fat max one it's a 5 in one tool and feels comfortable in use and it's easy to adjust and convert without tools As with all cutting tools best quality blades make a huge difference Ian

How big are you wanting to cut? full 8'x4' sheets? do robocutters make one that big? Mine has a working area of 400 x 250mm x 200mm z Changing bits is timeconsuming unless you have a toolchanger ( i wouldnt want to do 50 sheets with 2 changes per sheet) How accurate does your work need to...

A while ago ( 2 years) I posted wanting some in board form in jan this year a chap in nottingham contacted me saying he was in the process of importing 400 tonnes of it It will be another month or so before its ready I'll keep you all posted Ian

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Just out of interest this is a graduate spindle and one of my sorby chucks at the side of the aldi spindle and record chuck

Heres the spindle and chuck and modified drive centre and faceplate

Received chuck and spindle safely today Ian

I dont think thats expensive for that type of machine Jets a more quality brand I wouldnt like to make one for that

I made some oak ones to match an outdoor project in oak It wasn't too bad I made about 10 metres of 8 mm size and cut them to 50 mm Big big saving on buying the sipo ones Ian

If you don't want to invest in the chisels from kendal tools as cheshire chappie linked to I can make you a bush Ian

Theres a few ways to go You can make an adapter but it needs to be at least 20mm longer than the length of your spindle thread ( 18x2.5) so it may end up being 40-50 mm longer than needed I can do you that but i would need your spindle and chuck to do it ( £25 ) The other and best option is...

I cant imagine any circumstances that the tyres could cause the blade to break if they look in reasonable condition i.e no bits missing Blades breaking could be down to too high tension or poorly welded. Or abusing the blade during a cut...pushing work in too fast and overloading the blade Are...