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Hi Adrian Thanks for the feedback, I'd not considered the fact that once excavated, my bench will probably stand a foot higher than its current part buried table height which improves long stick access. That video would make a nice desktop, not sure if you'd twigged that Frick bench was being driven...

Thats a nicely put together bench Adrian and whilst a bit smaller and a lot lighter than the one I've got, is set up more or less how I started out (and if the shaft drive from side pulley idea doesn't work out, probably where I'll end up - although the tyre friction drive above is an interesting id...

2 points you dont want a solid drive and the need to step up the speed some thing iv seen is to drive with an ordinary ag pto shaft to a car wheel hub to which is attached an ag pto stub shaft which are readily available put a wheel and tire on it fixed against your pulley this gives an overdrive a...

I hope this is OK here rather than the implements pages, if not a newbies apologies and perhaps an admin can move it over, I'm looking to the collective wisdom of the forum for a thumbs up or down on an idea. One of the main duties of our old gal has been belt driving an ancient Reynolds circular sa...

Hi Brian & all The rain continues, but not as much as in the West Country, their and our local drainage boards scrapped the steam plants too soon :( Here follows the best I've been able to decipher from the castings, however, on wiping decades of oily sawdust off the bulkhead I find the old girl has...

Your build date is April 1958. Have a look on the Fordson Wiki on this site, you will need "fordsontractorpages" and "dotty" to get in. There is an article with pictures on identifying your Major. Check and post the date codes and we can confirm your month and day of production of all the parts wit...

Hi folks First posting from Bogside-on-Bure, have a 1958 E1A diesel Major s/n 1470163 which has been the family tractor since the early '60s, replacing a p/p E27N which had replaced a Standard - (still have one cast front and 2 rear steel spud wheels from this). Its about as original as can other th...