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Here`s a mini thickness sander I made using my Carbatec Mini lathe. I made this to thickness musical instrument sides, ( guitars, mandolins etc. ), and to make overlay veneers for the machine heads of stringed instruments. I have a variable speed control for this machine, and you can see some...

Here`s a photo of one of a set of four cabriole legs I`ve bandsawn saturday evening. They were cut on an Elektra Bekum 250G the baby of the Elektra range. I purchased this machine not too long ago to replace my Burgess bandsaw which I had for 20 odd years. I think someone descibed on this forum...

I use a table saw moulding block for a very specialized task when making my archtop mandolins. I use the block to make the neck dovetail that fits to the mandolin body. This joint could be made by hand, but it would take hours to make and would`nt be as good as this machined joint. I reground...

Hello Paul My Elu 3401 bandsaw is still for sale. It`s the same as the Dewalt 738, and I`m selling it for £120. It`s in excellent condition as in the photo below. I`ve upgraded to a larger machine and it`s in the way. Got to get it sold as soon as possible. Comes with seven blades five of which...

Hello Michel, I`ve just recently finished making a cupboard stand for my mitre saw. It`s built around a steel stand purchased from Rutlands and clad in birch plywood. I`ve also fitted the Kreg flipstop system. See photos. The stand is also mobile on four swivel and lock quality ballrace wheels...

Hello Steve, I was of the same mind about the wasted space under my mitre saw. I do`nt have time to make a really nice one so I clad a steel router table stand in birch plywood for speed of construction. The stand was purchased from Rutlands and as you can see in the photos, I`ve fitted the...

I`ve resharpened my disposable blades for the Elektra Beckum planer using the Rexon horizontal whet stone planer blade sharpening machine. I can get them sharpened as good as new with this tool. You can get about three sharpenings before you ding the blades. I also bought the resharpenable...

Set the machine up yesterday afternoon. Aligned the fence square to the table front. The fence was slightly out of square in relation to the front of the table to the left. Adjustment can be made to the fence bar by extending the right fence bar fixing bolt. This pulled the fence dead square...

Hello all My new Record 350-X bandsaw arrived yesterday afternoon and I spent several hours assembling it. I must say I`m impressed with the build quality. I paid £498 inc VAT and £19.95 carriage. I have`nt got it setup yet, I`ll spend some time later this morning to read the manual and get it...

I`m selling my Elu 3401 bandsaw because I`m upgrading to a Record 350-X. If anyone is interested I`ll let it go for £160. It comes with metel leg stand made into a storage cabinet, 3 new unused 5/8"x3tpi blades, 1 parcially used 1/2"x7tpi, 1 unused 3/8"x5tpi and 1 unused 3/16" fine scroll blade...

I`ve just finished slapping some on my main workshop, an 8`x16` shed, and my woodturning sh, err I mean my woodturning studio. It might be substitute, but it still pongs to high heaven. I done them both Wednesday afternoon and I absolutely reaked of the stuff. Went indoors, clothes in the wash...

Thank you for all the nice comments lads. Yes, I`m well pleased wih how it came out myself. I just broke up the old clock today that was made from some crappy wild grained mahogany type wood. Before I had at it with a lump hammer, I stood back and had a long look at how well I did`nt construct...

Here are photos of my finished clock. The clock was finished with Colron Antique Oil. I am very impressed with this finishing product, it allowed me to achieve a very professional result. I added Colron Medium Oak spirit stain to the oil finish itself. It enabled me to get a nice even stain to...

Some more clock building photos folks. The large an small curved mouldings have been glued and this photo shows a brain wave I had when gluing the large side mouldings. I used offcuts of the same moulding as cauls. Worked a treat. Gluing the small side moulding. Next I set to work on the clock...

Don`t do any thing to the boards at this moment. Decide what your going to make with them, make out a cutting list and saw the boards up to your cutting list. Sharpen up your jack plane blade and hand plane the twist out of the sawn components testing with a pair of winding strips. Once you`ve...

Getting near the finishing line on this one now. All the woodwork construction is nearly finished, I`m surprised how quickly it went. Here goes some more photos. Thought I`d employ my new Kreg mini pocket hole jig for jointing the hood base. Here I`m routing the 1/4" grooves to recieve the...

More progress on the clock. Fast approaching the construction of the hood, looking forward to making a start on that. The first photo shows me sanding the edge joints of the base front panel. As I want to rout a central incised decoration on this panel, I will not be using biscuits, so I want...

OK J, here we go. We`ll stay with the example in the photos previous. What was required was a pitch to the twist of 100mm and a double barley twist. First, divide the spindle horizontally into eight divisions. I used an indexing plate and the tool rest as a guide to draw the pencil lines across...

I`ve made a Paul Reed Smith copy myself. I even inlaid the mother of pearl bird inlays as well. I don`t have the instrument anymore, it`s gone to a good home. I finished mine with Rustins Plastic Coating applied with a brush. About six or seven coats, allowed to harden for two weeks and then...

Hey Philly, did you make the guitar ? Here`s what I use to burnish my instruments. Bought this from Stewart Macdonalds Guitar Shop Supply in the states.