Recent content by richo132

Fantastic project and I greatly admire your persistence and determination. When I first started following your project, I was expecting to see that the exterior would be mostly exposed concrete. I live in a bush fire prone country (Australia) and concrete walls seemed like a pretty good idea for...

Just curious - is the Datsun only for show or do you plan to drive it ? It looks like there's so little ground clearance you could only drive it on a billiard table :) Anyway, admire the low budget - high imagination approach to your shed. Look forward to seeing the finished job.

Unusual vise but not sure how useful it would be for cutting, drilling etc as the job would be held over the workbench instead of in front of it - nowhere for lengthy protusions to hang down. Also looks like a piece is broken out of the sliding jaw - bottom right corner of pic. This could...

The belt tensioner works a treat - I should have made it years ago :) 1" inch bit is probably max capacity and the chuck did slip slightly on the 1/2" shank - although I was making quite a heavy cut and a larger pilot hole would have reduced the load. However the drill and radial arm columns...

Hi all, I have recently refurbished a Waldown radial arm bench drill and added a couple of features - variable speed, table lift and drive belt tensioner. The drill is very old but made here in Australia and a high quality item - much better than current Chinese machines. The radial arm design...