bench

Bought it 8 yrs ago it is now in place in a smaller room in my workshop so I can effectively heat this area. Happy note the winter is thawing,next month spring and I turn 88.From Chaos,the 32 mm bench is bolted to my previous steel working bench was an awful experience the steel plated top was...

Progress so far on me bench fot me new midi lathe sold me small lathe and me big lathe is going on Tuesday just got to box the sides in and make two doors

Any one after a new lathe? Saw this on another site. Comes with bench grinder.

Hi All, I was reading the thread about disabled turning. After finally managing to sort lathe out, I realised that the bench was too high. I do need to sit you want to build new bench / stand so I can sit. The normal advice I believe is for spindle centre at height of elbow. Would this still...

Had a clean up in one of my shed yesterday, I come across these from when I converted my bench drill press in a floor drill press. Later as the shed shrunk I converted it back into a bench drill press, put it on a set of drawers on wheels. What Can I use these for? I did find a heap of...

What are you guys n girls using to cut blocks? Im using a band saw but find it melts the acrylic at hi speed, but wont cut at low. It struggles to cut wood blocks even tho its a quality 1600 saw. So was thinking a bench mitre saw. but with a fine blade? Thoughts ideas more than welcome SVP

My Hercus 9 Restoration has finally started. Finally got a nice cool day for a change, only 41°C. :whistling: So I thought I would start cleaning up my Hercus 9 and try and keep the missus happy. You might remember my thread about this lathe I saw advertised in Alice Springs at a recycling...

Help me make a portable bench, I have one of these, the plan is to make a top for it so I can do a lot of the messy jobs out side like routing, sawing etc. I am looking for ideas and tips on how to make the top. https://www.discounttrader.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/MW105-CWB.jpg

Thought I would see what others are up too. Mine is still the same. Jenga anyone? :rolling: Can't up-loads pics:thinks:

Hi I have just purchased a lathe and now I need a power saw. I cannot make my mind up which type of saw to buy. It will have to fit on a bench and be fairly compact. I do not know if I would be better getting a bench saw, band saw or a mitre saw. I already have a scroll saw which does not...

I gave a 1000 dollar bench saw to a smallish mens shed,a beaut 5 feet cylinder compressor,a special micrometer set up for a router bench, A solid bearing press etc. Four guys came over and did the heavy lifting. I had taken off the 3 phase motor on the saw, They found a single phase and...

Gents, I know this topic has been covered before, and everyone has their own preference, but I am after some specific advice. I currently use my lathe for drilling my blanks and other than the faf of moving the tail stock every few cm, it does a reasonably good job, but on sizes above 10mm, I...

Lidl are selling Digital calipers and angle finder today I have had both for a couple of years and found them both useful and accurate there are other stuff for the workshop too although I don't think the bench saw would be up to much :- POWERFIX Digital Caliper or Angle Finder - Thursday...

What can I use this for? A part from drilling holes that is. I have a big drill press and a mill inside. It was given to me and been sitting on my out side bench for the last couple of years, got rained on the last the last couple of time, the rain has never came that way before. I need the...

Started making a bench for my Jet 1221 vs