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More reshuffling

Posted on 19/05/2013 by John

After finishing off the drill press stand, I tucked the power tool table behind it, the folding workbenches beside it, rearranged the contents of its shelves and cleared off the top of the chest of drawers so it can hold … Continue reading →

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Finishing off the bench drill stand

Posted on 19/05/2013 by John

This morning I reconfigured the base of the drill press stand, moving the castored wheels to the back. Instead of rotating all the corner sections round 90 degrees, I only moved the castored ones round, left one of the fixed … Continue reading →

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Another lack of progress update …

Posted on 28/04/2013 by John

We’ve spent the weekend decluttering and tidying the study, which we’re slowly turning into a playroom for the girls. We sold and gave away some bits and pieces, threw some other stuff out and put the rest in the loft. … Continue reading →

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Projects – Tool storage – Part 1

Posted on 17/01/2013 by John

As I mentioned last week, I don’t think I’ll ever have space to array all my tools on the walls of my workshop. That said I think there’s definitely scope for a few frequently used ones to live on the … Continue reading →

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Bandsaw delivery

Posted on 08/09/2012 by John

Yesterday I took delivery of my latest toy, a Charnwood W730 bandsaw from Homewood Ltd in Worthing. Mobile base I was given the dimensions of the base of the saw in advance, so I was able to prepare one of … 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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