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transatlantic, a lathe reference bar is, for example https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/153740653002 You have to get the correct Morse taper (probably MT1 or MT2) that fits directly in your headstock (clean it first). Then you know it is pointing directly along the spindle axis and you can align it to...

The process is 1. Check that your bed is flat and straight. An engineers' quality level (can usually find them secondhand) and straight edge. Check it doesn't have any funny bumps. 2. Mount a lathe reference bar in the headstock, on the Morse taper (nothing else will work). Check that it is...

Mick Many thanks. I shan't be greedy as someone else might like them but if they are still left when I pick mine up, I'll gladly take them. Pics appreciated but no hurry. Keith

I would appreciate having the Dewalt as I have a similar one, as long as you can wait until travel (from Warwick) is allowed again. Thanks, Keith

Yes I have the Veritas shooting plane and used the Veritas tracks to make both 90 deg and 45 deg boards. The fences are adjustable (a bolt at each and with the hole further from the plane bigger to allow wiggle) and I check the angle when needed. This has the advantage that if you make a frame...

Michal, It is not important at all to make the table shiny. Deep pocks or scratches are not important. Flatness is the important thing. After cleaning off the rust by whatever method (I usually just use wire wool and WD40 and avoid power sanders etc) then I use a scraper to get raised edges off...

Thanks for all the suggestions. I've ordered steel wool and expanding foam, and though I can't find any obvious external holes or air bricks I shall get the lower level of the house walls repointed (it is render above about 12" above the soil). There is no grass nearby but there is a fruit tree...

We are using humane traps and catch two or three every night. Probably not taking them far enough away. We do not want to use killer traps or poison. Thanks for all the suggestions. The wire wool+foam, and plaster bandages/pads look very practical. Keith

We did have cats, which is why this is a fairly recent problem. But at our stage of life (80+) we do't want to take on any more pets.

We are getting a lot of mice entering the house at night. I can't find where they get in from outside, but I can find a number of holes round radiator pipes etc in the rooms they enter. An ideal material to block these randomly-shaped gaps would be something cloth-like that could be stuffed...

Note that you can download the Holzapffel books online for free. Great reading!

I have a 733 and use a Camvac exclusively on it. It's best with a 4"/100 mm connection to the Camvac, in which it clears the chips very effectively. A smaller shop vac does not work at all on the thicknesser, gets clogged up fast. Mine is quite an old Camvac with a 2" port, with a 2" ro 4"...

OK I think that KingAether has the new style, in which the rise and fall rack is part 58, D1026M/15 Michal has the old style in which the part is part 39 which ia part 1026/15. They look very similar and my guess is they will not have changed it but someone who has rebuilt several AGS10s...

Oh and if it says 'do not post to' it sometimes means that you have to pay extra postage, ie negotiate with the seller. Another reason why you and KingAether should check is that I think his Wadkin is a later model than yours. This probably only affects the riving knife design (his is the one...

Do check with the parts diagram on the Wadkin Library. I think you want the rise and fall gear, not the canting (tilt) gear.

KingAether, I thought you didn't have the fence, or did I misremember? The pinion we are talking about is the fine adjuster on the fence. The part you could sell to Michal would be the rise and fall gear (technically a segment of a wheel) and this would save him much hassle. I think you should...

My wife and I (80+) have had both Pfizer jabs, the second one just after the policy change but before it was implemented. In Warwick the local GPs have grouped together and set up an extremely efficient centre at a local golf course. Well distanced, quick and no waiting.

Another pleasure to read. Harrison lathes are very good, but Hardinge are REALLY good. At Warwick Uni we used a Hardinge for precision machining research because of the quality of its bearings. Can't wait for the end of lockdown to come and drool over your machines, Tom!

I agree with Vann, you don't need much metal buildup and brazing rod will do. Michal, yes you need a new fine adjustment pinion. Mine isn't that bad but I could do with a new one. So when the Finance MInister signs off on the project, please make two and I'll buy one from you. I would say that...

The circled bit in yellow is the fine adjustment. This was an optional extra. You get the fence roughly right then clamp it on the fine adjustor knob, use the horizontal knurly bit to set the fence finely, then clamp on the main fence knob. This has really been a useful thread for people to...