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ANDREW good progress and good to see you posting again.

yes velux windows can be fitted from inside but you will need to go on the roof to get the tiles off

thanks for the compliments lads. nigel, an interesting project you have there. i have a thee phase motor wired up to an inverter but slowing it down to 100rpm would leave me with no torque. the other option would be two sets of pulleys, there are very good pulley calculators on the net which you type in the sizes of pulleys which you have or can get and it tells you the final speed of your set up. i want to keep the flat pulley on the drill and here is what i need. 65mm pulley on the motor 230mm on a countershaft a 70mm flat pulley on the other end of the shaft which will drive the original 280mm flat pulley on the drill! i think this gives a speed of 98 rpm the easiest way to assemble this is bolted to the floor but this means i would have to slip the belt off when changing from using the slip on vice to the round table. there are no ball bearings or bronze bushes on the drill so you are correct about the speeds. there is a very interesting self down feed which i will show when i get it running. it came with two handles one for winding up the table and one for turning the drill! think i would need to eat plenty of porridge to try that carry on.

finished restoring the old drill and now working out the best way to drive it

well done jason looking forward to following this.

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thanks michael and paul that was quick! paul the number is sizepb1 number1766 do i write or email the company ffor information gary

got this old french drill today, does anyone have any information on it

Edited By SillyOldDuffer on 27/06/2023 21:07:22

in order to save a large vintage drill i had to take this, does anyone know what it is and is it worth restoring. it is stuck solid and came with a large motor also stuck. there is a plate with size pb1 no 1766 stamped on it.

thanks for the replies guys, gary

is it ok to mount the ignition magnet direct to a steel cam gear or do i need to fix it to a plastic disc first. gary

nothing wrong with building on a slope. done very often when needed.

ha ha no i dont know and miss googles images page doesnt either

jason is it the base for a horizontal steam engine

good idea adam

hopper, what parts would be zinc plated on a bike that age.

i built one and found no problems. i do remember having to ease all the linkages to get it to run though. good luck gary

hi michael tomorrow i am going to try some tantric parting off, will let you know if its pleasurable. gary

as said above a blade type grinder is no use for a fine grind. i use a mallita mollino which can be adjusted to suit and has grinding wheels. it is about six years old and still working great. when i started looking for a good grinder i got a shock at the cost of some of them. good luck michael.