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Workshop Security

It saddens me to say that on the night of Tuesday 16th June my garage/workshop was broken into. It looks like the burglar initially attempted to attack one of the garage door locks with a screwdriver. Then when that failed tried pushing on the top corner of the door in an attempt to bend it…

The Lathe is Alive!

To date I have not had my Mellor lathe running under power, the motor works and I could turn the lathe by hand, however I was missing a suitable belt to connect the motor to the lay shaft. I have plenty of ‘fan belts’ unfortunately they are all of a similar length, of around 850-950mm,…