Member postings for Ron Davis

Well done Sam for a great bowl and also for posting, amonth now since the last one

Ron

Go to Tuffsaws for the next blade, they will help you get the blade length right. Have you checked the tensioner? maybe some wear there

Ron

Go to Tuffsaws for the next blade, they will help you get the blade length right. Have you checked the tensioner? maybe some wear there

Ron

There are vaious things you can try, could you post a picture of the lathe so we can see the problem better

Ron

It is still alive, but only just, it needs more people to post!

Ron

Most bandsaws have the bladelength on the technical information label, in the UK we have several firms making blades to length. Try our old friend Google

Ron

Drill three quarters of the way through with your largest bit, and chop through with a small chisel, you should have a short piece of end grain t gothroug. Goo right through with the smaller bits.

Ron

Try Amazon for Jack Hills book of Country Cair Making

Ron

Start with a smaller bit, say 10 mm, use an engineering bit or a lip and spur. Widen the hole with bigger bit until you are near the edge of the original hole, then with a carpenters gouge chip the dowel until you are all the way round,

Ron

I find it hard to get any thing except metric dowels, one of the auction sites, they are readly available

Ron

I have the M950, now 21 years old, and I had exactly that problem with it, I took the head stock back to the suppliers and they replaced to head stock after it blew their fuse as well. Derek's idea is probably the best place to start, if you can manage the basic electricity skills, the why not buy a new switch? You should get the details from the old one and there are plenty on the various auction sites.

Andrew, you do not have a profile, so we do not have an idea of where you are. If you are in Suffolk PM me and perhaps we can help.

Ron

Learn to read the old fashioned vernier gauge ( which is what you have in your links) they are easy to read, stand a bit more knocking about and never run out of batteries, but then I am an old codger and a bit set in my ways

Ron

The link was about oxalic acid, I googled it hand found it was dangerous stuff. I cant open the link either, so I suggest you google it as well!

Ron

Good suggestion, carpet tape is amazingly strong and almost another tool in my kit

Ron

Try Googling SIP, you should be able to download a manual

Ron

Er, no! Try this link first Link

Ron

Edited By Ron Davis on 17/09/2019 19:27:03

You have given me some ideas there Sam. They look great.

Ron

Eucaliptus has reputation for cracking and splitting, the only piece I had the sap wood shrunk so much you could see daylight, looking along the grain

Ron

I have made a few chirs in the past and they are all till standing. Try Amazon for Jack Hill Country Chair Making, several desgns in there you can adapt to your needs

Ron