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Projects – Bench drill base – Part 4

Posted on 05/01/2013 by John

Following on from Part 3 Despite the cold weather the glue seems to have set, so I’ve taken the myriad clamps and weights off and tidied up the glue squeeze-out with a chisel and a few rough bits on the … Continue reading →

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Projects – Bench drill base – Part 3

Posted on 01/01/2013 by John

Happy New Year! Today I’ve made my first miniscule progress of 2013 and glued together the two pieces of 18mm birch plywood that I cut to size in Part 2 I’ve been putting it off for a while, as the … Continue reading →

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Review – Axminster AWBRD550 Bench Radial Drill – First impressions

Posted on 17/05/2012 by John

On Tuesday I took delivery of my second piece of machinery for the workshop, an Axminster AWBRD550 bench radial drill. It arrived inside two nested cardboard boxes (one inside the other like Russian dolls), strapped atop a small wooden pallet. … Continue reading →

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Second machinery ordered

Posted on 13/05/2012 by John

I’ve been thinking about buying a pillar drill for ages, in fact one of the two machines I abortively tried to buy first of all was a Record Power DP58B benchtop pillar drill (the other being a Record Power BS250 benchtop … Continue reading →

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First machinery – back to the drawing board

Posted on 19/03/2012 by John

After my initial but aborted attempt at buying machinery I have had a bit of a rethink about the order and the manufacturers of the machinery I want to add to my workshop. I had slight buyers remorse about ordering … Continue reading →

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First (and second!) machinery ordered

Posted on 13/03/2012 by John

After even more reading and some good advice from Olly I have now ordered my first machinery. In the end it came down to a 3 way fight between the Axminster AWHBS310N at about £380, the Axminster AWHBS350N at about … Continue reading →

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