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Hi Kev, welcome aboard !

Yes that's it David, think theirs would cost a bit more than mine did though. I paid £100 for a new old stock ABB 3 phase motor and was given the VFD for free. I made the rollers from some ally I already had and bought steel offcuts from our local supplier, maybe had £45 in it for the thick wall box, the plates for the tables and the adjustable locking handles.

Hi Kenny, lang may your lum reek, with thin blue smoke !

Been gonna build an industrial style belt grinder, beloved on some of the knife making forums you find on youtube for some time now and eventually got it finished thanks to the lockdown ! It's primary use is just as a general workshop tool, it shifts metal faster than an angle or bench grinder, but I also wanted to use it for resharpening the knives on our Jensen Woodchipper, so I made it so it tilts horizontally and with the angle table, I can quickly grind a new edge on them. The finest grit belt i have at the moment is 320 grit,, too coarse for a kitchen knife, but good for reprofiling a skanky blade.

Never mind the aprons, there's a few of us could do with these, me included !

Really sorry for the late reply, I would cut it 20% thicker than you need. As for paint type, oil, latex or bitumin paints seem to be best for this.

Sorry to have missed this one, life (mechanical breakdown) got in the way. If it's any consolation, we had our own monsoon experience too !

It's always difficult getting a ring to dry evenly without splitting, try cutting it thicker than you need then paint the cut surfaces to stop the moisture migrating out too quickly and store it outside, but under cover for a year at least. Here's a bit of walnut we cut with the Lucas Mill last month, the client wanted a "live edged" chopping board from it, you can see a big slab of sweet chestnut in the background that they are gonna use for a rustic outside table. The other pic is a of a one and a half ton piece of oak with a great burr grain. Cherry is probably my favourite smoking wood, it imparts a lovely colour too..

When I brought the mini Kamado home the other week, Val said "Oh no, not another bloody bbq !" but she soon changed her tune when presented with a few spicy chicken wings. 😆

I imagine it would do quite well if you advertised it sufficiently. Too far South for me I'm afraid.

Thanks for that Ice, I got the last two 10kg boxes of BBQ Buddy lumpwood, it looks to be decent stuff, just gonna start a beef short rib roast in the kamada to try it out, I hope Val's not in too much of a hurry for her tea !

Don't get me started on "a Cup of" or a "stick of butter", I mean, who measures fluids by a bra size and dairy products by a dog's plaything ? 🤔 I slice my bacon in "thous" (roughly 40 to the mm), buy wood and steel "by the metre", but cut it up into feet and inches.

Something cheap cos I cocked up the first go with mine, and something fatty to get a good patina going on the inside ! I'm not a fan of chicken drumsticks (much prefer wings) but they're always a good place to start with a new bbq.

Welcome aboard Stringman, I bet you'll be good for a yarn ? 😃

What happened to the side order of falcon ? 😁