• Hi all and welcome to TheWoodHaven2 brought into the 21st Century, kicking and screaming! We all have Alasdair to thank for the vast bulk of the heavy lifting to get us here, no more so than me because he's taken away a huge burden of responsibility from my shoulders and brought us to this new shiny home, with all your previous content (hopefully) still intact! Please peruse and feed back. There is still plenty to do, like changing the colour scheme, adding the banner graphic, tweaking the odd setting here and there so I have added a new thread in the 'Technical Issues, Bugs and Feature Requests' forum for you to add any issues you find, any missing settings or just anything you'd like to see added/removed from the feature set that Xenforo offers. We will get to everything over the coming weeks so please be patient, but add anything at all to the thread I mention above and we promise to get to them over the next few days/weeks/months. In the meantime, please enjoy!

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    Denbigh Drill Press (not - Meddings pillar drill 3ph to 1ph conversion)

    The drill's in place, and we managed to find a spot that didn't involve shifting other stuff around. And it's working nicely... But - for some reason, the spindle, when spinning but not cutting, can gradually slip down its housing I've searched the net and can't find any manual/ drawing of...
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    UK winter storm

    16 degrees and it's been raining by yer in South Wales.
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    Denbigh Drill Press (not - Meddings pillar drill 3ph to 1ph conversion)

    Thanks both. I did wonder about the lack of a guard, but looking at lathes.co.uk (starting here: https://lathes.co.uk/denbigh-drills/ ) belts do look exposed on some, cages on the floor-standing versions. That said, I think the lad will make up an ally cover, just to be sure. And yes, it doesn't...
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    Denbigh Drill Press (not - Meddings pillar drill 3ph to 1ph conversion)

    Well, that didn't work out as planned - a light-ish, fairly easily moved drill press? We picked up this Denbigh this morning, together with a heavy/ solid stand. It cost an extra £50 over the Meddings, but we think it's beautiful! Single phase, the motor is really smooth and very quiet, all runs...
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    Denbigh Drill Press (not - Meddings pillar drill 3ph to 1ph conversion)

    Out of interest, are ones from this era (I'm assuming it's a fair bit later) considered as good?
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    Denbigh Drill Press (not - Meddings pillar drill 3ph to 1ph conversion)

    Hm. Yes, I saw that one while reading around, it does look good, albeit recently painted - plus, it's single phase. And the one we're looking at can't be tested (no 3 phase), so no idea about the possible issues you mention. Thanks for that - we're not in a hurry, we have a bench-top mill...
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    Denbigh Drill Press (not - Meddings pillar drill 3ph to 1ph conversion)

    Yes, they're not a lot more on ebay from the UK, I think you're right.
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    Denbigh Drill Press (not - Meddings pillar drill 3ph to 1ph conversion)

    Would this do the job? Seems incredibly cheap (the £20.97 one - it won't link directly)...
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    Denbigh Drill Press (not - Meddings pillar drill 3ph to 1ph conversion)

    OK, thanks both. I think the way forward is for us to get the drill (it's a fair drive, but family nearby - I'm overdue a visit to them) and go from there. Maybe we can test the motor on the vfd we have for the lathe (tho that's 2.2kw, from memory) - that'd determine if a vfd is a viable option...
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    Denbigh Drill Press (not - Meddings pillar drill 3ph to 1ph conversion)

    Thanks all. OK, vfd back on the possibles. I've seen those vfds on Aliexpress, Wallace - the smallest cheap one I can find seems to be .75kw, would that work on a .25kw motor? Here's the plate:
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    Denbigh Drill Press (not - Meddings pillar drill 3ph to 1ph conversion)

    I can buy the attached drill for £70, but it's 3ph, which we don't have. I wouldn't want to attach a vfd as it'll probably be moved around the workshop from time to time. A 1ph .25kw tec motor will cost about £100 (at the moment there's a 1/3hp motor on it). Total cost about £170. Is it worth...
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    Who likes photos of projects & workshops?

    As a punter who's used your site, Al, I'd say that's an excellent idea - no idea how it works but if it feels safe to use it, I'd have more than happily bought you a coffee after your help fitting the digital readout to our milling machine, for example. I read the donations message but thought...
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    Uk garden fork.

    I found this - does it look the same(ish)? Handle's a different design though. https://www.retonthenet.co.uk/vintage-gardening-yardley--co-stourbridge-t-handle-4-tine-garden-fork-42-1957-broad-arrow-mark-9186-p.asp
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    Who likes photos of projects & workshops?

    Looks great Al, and a pleasure to browse through. One question - what's the function of the 'What's New' page? Do you think of it as being like a blog, a chronologically ordered version of the Site Menu/ Index? I find it the only page tricky to read through, but could well be just me.
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    How to use files - film

    We went for 3 x 250mm Vallorbe in the end, about £40 from Axminster in Cardiff. Collected yesterday and we've not used them yet, and won't be able to review as we have so little experience to compare with anything else. But they look and feel lovely! EDIT - I didn't notice til I looked at the...
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    Fish Dishes?

    Just had my first delivery from Ashton's in Cardiff - fresh in and prepared this morning, delivery 15 miles for no extra charge. And they seem lovely people to deal with, really helpful, I told them to just put in whatever is fairly mainstream and freshest. I've packed it all up in freezer bags...
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    13A Plasma Cutter

    Quick update - a couple of weeks ago we bought the Parkside plasma cutter (the one without compressor built-in) and it works a treat for what we need. After a quick practice, the lad used it to remove a damaged chassis component that couldn't easily be accessed with a grinder or saw. A fairly...
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    How to use files - film

    This is the link: There's also a Part 1 that shows the setup being made, I quite enjoyed watching it. I've made a decision on files - rather than start looking for new old stock, I think first we need to get used to three new ones (flat files - bastard, 2nd cut and smooth) to see how they...
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    How to use files - film

    OK, we'll park the idea of a bag of old ones and search for NOS - I'm surprised how many there are listed, it hadn't occurred to me. Thanks both.
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    How to use files - film

    We're learning to use files (hence my initial interest in the film) and I've been looking online (ebay) at old ones for sale. Some bundles are very cheap (£50 for 50 old files etc). Anyone who's experienced in such things - what percentage of any bundle might you expect to be in decent...
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