I thought that it would be best to put the Fowler to one side since I had achieved more than I thought I would and concentrate on finishing the Saw table. So the experiment of revolving 3 projects didn’t work for me. Although I have not had very many workshop sessions since deciding to trial the 3 project system it is obvious to me I don’t like the system.

So the time I spent this morning was to concentrate on finishing the belt tensioning part of the saw table project. I was looking for a scrap piece to thread for the studding to pass through and saw just the thing which even had the right size slot cut in it! All I had to do is drill then thread the piece. I marked out the position for the threaded hole by sanding the end of the studding to a point. Assembling the parts it was a simple case of tapping the position then followed up with the optical centre tool.

 

 

After cleaning up the slot in the piece all was assembled and the studding threaded through. Before I can cut the studding to size I need to make the handle so after using several different Myford gears to get to a size I like that would fit within the space available (and stock material) a start was made on turning and it was nice to use the lathe again!

The next session should see the tensioning system completed including the rear holding requirement to lock up the pulley. A short but sweet session………