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I buy hand taps when I see them second hand. I only buy industrial HSS hand taps. I use these for thread repair more than cutting threads. I have spiral taps and machine taps which I prefer for...

I wish my Chipmaster was that quiet. He has a nice machine there. I think my mill, lathe, bandsaw, drill press and tool grinder combined would weigh less than his lathe.

Paul.

Great job mate. I am still scratching my head trying to figure out how to sort out the dust collection. Our models are a bit old so no dust port on the guard.

What is your impression of the saw so...

G'day Scott. Here are some pictures. Let me know if you need more detail.

Albert - I did pick it up. It's an older model and lacks a dust port but for $350, I can't complain. Pictures to follow once I get home.

Paul.

I left the owner alone at the final price of $350 and she just rang me today asking if I was still interested so I will be picking it up this weekend. It has a makeshift stand which I will be...

Thanks for the info. I was considering making some guides for the bottom as I think blocks of wood are a dodgy option. This appears to be an older saw but given it's stability, it should still do ok....

Hello Arron,

my guess is that there is a spring in the blade fixture assembly of the top arm. This provides tension on the blade and the motion is provided by a wheel under the table to which the...

Phil - I don't think R.K would rag on the Renz as he seems to be pretty pragmatic about the power scrapers. It seems like Darpa / Biax are backed by Metabo as the electrics are from Metabo, while the...

Hello Albert - you are right when you say gravity should be respected. I have a set of wheels and a dolly handle with wheels that were used with my Elektra Beckum planer thicknesser. I sold the...

I owned a Hegner Multicut 1 for a while and although a lovely saw, It lacked the table size for many projects I wanted to undertake. Since I live in Scandinavia now, I figured I would start scouring...

Wonderful work gents. You guys didn't get a go on a Biax by any chance? I bought a used one thinking I might use it one day and after the scraping course I attended here in Norway. After having a go...

The owner renegged on the price and wants $520. I am not willing to pay so much even though it is in great shape. I have some really nice machines that I would rather use the space for rather than...

Thanks for the feedback Mal. I have a nice Makita sliding compound mitre saw but it is only ever used for carpetry - not really for wood projects or furniture. The way I see it is that the RAS boom /...

I have the chance to pick up an OMGA RN 450 radial arm saw for $350:

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I have checked it out and it is in extremely good condition - just a little dusty. Everything is tight, no play and...

Thanks bosox and Albert :U

No room at the moment for the saw as I have sold a jointer thicknesser that I need to deliver this Saturday before I pick up the bandsaw on Sunday. I have a Wadkin BGS...

Well after purchasing my Centauro 500 CO, I stumbled onto
a Wadkin BZB 500 with a 2 HP motor. It needs to have some rust removed and needs some parts for the lower guide which I will machine. Here...

G'day Phil,

Thanks, we did what any decent person would do and took care of a bloke in a terrible situation. I am ex-firefighter so I am no stranger to tragedy. Jan Sverre - the gent who organized...

I have picked up the saw and gone over it with a fine toothed comb. I was under the impression that I would add after-market blade guides to the machine so I am not worried about the replacement...

You're a good man Albert. Very much appreciated and this will help me out a lot. I am going to pick it up tonight so I will read up on this today.

Paul.

Albert, I will be welding up a rolling base with castors. I can get my high lift pallet jack under the machine and then get some cribbing under it so theat the legs are free. This will allow me to...

I have not seen that kind of morticer - I'll have to check out youtube and educate myself.

Yep, a long drive but I have found that if you are willing to drive, you can get very nice machines for...

Or get your hands on a rotary phase converter. VFD's are good but it means you need one for each machine. If you wire in an RPC then you can run quite a few machines with quite a small overhead cost....

I have heard that the steel welded frames don't seem to handle the tension like the old cast frames. I don't if this is true as I have alwas had cast bansaws which didn't seem to flex at all.
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I completed the 1300 km round trip to pick up the machine and it is safely in my garage now. It poured rain the whole way back but luckily I had coated the machine in some rust prevention spray by...

I like the look of that machine Albert. Is that a mortiser with a small chainsaw type blade? If so I have seen a few around here but they are more scarce and are reserved for the serious workshops...

I buy bandsaws in bulk from these guys:

http://www.bandsawbladesdirect.com/

ignore their shipping prices and ring them directly. I spoke to one of the chaps and he found me a cheap freight...

Hegner are excellent. I had one and only sold it because I no longer did as much scroll saw work. You are limited in choice because of your location as in other parts of the world you can find little...

I left Australia 7 years ago and when I visit, I can't believe how fats things are going down hill. In Norway, if you injure yourself doing somthing stupid, its YOUR fault. No judge would even allow...

I make my own concotion of white spirits, bees wax and mineral engine oil (the type isn't important). I melt these together in a double boiler making sure that it's still fuid at room temperature. I...

That is a problem with the tennoning attachments on most combi machines. The one I am picking up has it on the other side of the buzzer's fence and therfore should not be such a pain. I am still not...

I don't have any project going on right now which is why it is clean. Mine has looked worse than yours in the past, especially when I have had more machines than I really needed. It seems like I...

Its fantastic to see that there are scraping classes available in Oz. I just finished attending one here in Oslo and we had to fly the instructor in from USA at considerable cost. We ran a 3 day...

Thanks again sir. Am I right in the assumption that the CO was replaced by the P suffix? I have read elsewhere that the CO was discontinued or changed in name only while the machine remained the...

Not unless I want it to burn down...

I have an ash vacuum that collects the chips and swarf from my machines. I try to seperate the shop with my metal work on one side and the woodwork on the...

5th try at posting... the site keeps failing to upload posts.

I will pick up the machine this weekend and I will post some better pictures and thoughts.

Alan: thanks for the reply. Yes, it...

Thanks for the info Albert. I could have purchased a Centauro 800 CO cheaper than the 500 but it's sheer size meant that it would cause issues in my meagre 2 car garage.

What model do you own? Is...

I have a bandsaw made in the 60's by Lini in Sweden. It's a great little saw with 400mm wheels but a little spartan and underpowered at 1HP. It is a 3 phase machine and goes well but I wanted...

Beautiful mill. I talked a friend into buying a CVA lathe which is a wonderful piece of gear. Heavy and accurate and no expense was spared in making it price.

Paul.

I have used Sutton, P&N and Dormer plus a bunch of German brands. My set of P&N bits I brought with me from Oz were missing bits that broke and I needed to replace them. I bought a set of the new...

The variator does need occasional adjustment to ensure there is no slippage under high torque conditions. It sounds to me like you have to adjust the swash plates a bit to eliminate this.

I can...

Wow, pretty quiet here. I am an Aussie but since moving to Norway I have seen some unique and nice machinery which I have bought whenever the opportunity has presented itself. This machine is quite...

As it happens that is my blog :)

Good to see people getting use from the uploaded manual.

Did you get the machine up and running? Don't toss the variator if it's working. It works as a torque...

I have really been struggling for room in my double garage workshop. It is a split between metal workshop and wood so it is a tight squeeze. I have an Elektra Beckum spindle moulder which I have just...

Nice job. I have a Wadkin AGS 10 with a sliding table that I will be restoring. Rather than buying a new fence I will be milling out some extruded aluminium to replace the pressed steel fence. All...

Bob, if you post some pictures of it I'll see if there are any other similar machines that the manual may transfer across to yours. No guarantees but many of these machines borrowed from different...

Sorry mate, I did a search in Swedish, Norwegian and Italian and came up with nada. Combi machines are much more popular here in Europe so I figured the chances were better but still no luck.

Paul.

Don't run chains dry. Metal on metal is never good and although you may think wood dust is not abrasive, it contains silica, iron and other impurities that will wear the chain and sprocket. Also,...

You can purchase dry lubricants for applications in dusty environments. A PTFE lubricant like Dry Lube would do the trick and would not pick up dust.

Hello all, here is my dilemma...

I have sold off my old Inca woodworking equipment in order to upgrade. I did ok on the resale and this has given me play money to iinvest in some heavier duty...