Category Archives: Workshop

Time to setup the saw motor with a V-belt to drive the first wheel for wood turning and cutting a crown on the circumference. The V-groove drive ring is screwed on, now to mount the wheel on the jig shaft.

Cut out the middle using a new ALDI Workzone jigsaw with awful results. Hmmm…should have used a jigsaw ‘scroll saw’ blade to follow the cut line.

Yesterday…after fitting the V-groove pulley (doughnut) so the wheel can be spun up from the motor, I turned the first wheel for run-out and also cut the 5 crown on the rim – this will become the upper wheel. For … Continue reading →

Finished mounting the bearing flanges on the second wheel. Last one for final glue and screw.

Setting up a router jig to make the V-groove pulley. The first wheel becomes the upper wheel. After this the pulley is removed and screwed to the second wheel and the process is repeated. The pulley remains on the second … Continue reading →

We can now mount the second flange, the clamps here go through onto the one I did this morning. We can now mount the second flange, the clamps here go through onto the one I did this morning.

Continuing on from the previous session a week ago, Crikey got side tracked with tech stuff like phones, tablets and the Windows 10 Creator Update…we will continue with mounting the bearing flanges on the bandsaw wheels. Yes…this early stage is … Continue reading →

Continued with the wheels today in two sessions posted here in one post. Lost of hole cores for making smaller knobs. Having two bench drills saves a lot of time stuffing around changing bits and related drill accessories. I use … Continue reading →

After cutting the Melamine wheels the next job is to make the flanges to mount the bearings. The bearing flange (four of them) looks like this, the 6205 2RS bearing has a OD of 52 mm so I need a … Continue reading →

This is the motor I will be using, a 1200W unit from a ALDI Gardenline water pump. Last time I made my our wooden pulley which never ran as true as I would have liked so this time I bought … Continue reading →