This is my favourite workshop item. I have been at night school for a year learning to TIG weld. I bought this welding machine new at an end-of-year sale. It was about $1500, if my memory serves me correctly, and the subsequent purchase of a genuine foot control was about $250. I talked to our …
Hare and Forbes HM45 Bench Mill
Just to give you an idea what sort of gear is at my disposal, I picked up a HM45 bench mill from eBay. This is a Rong Fu or clone. Who knows? There are lots of good resources for this mill on-line, which is another reason it was desirable.All the machinery suppliers in Australia have a version …
Waldown Drilling Machine
I acquired this fine piece of Australian quality machinery from a guy I worked for once who trained as a machinist. He wanted to gift it to me but I had to give him some money.As you might be able to tell, there is no plastic on this machine....well, the knobs on the quill handles are some sort of …