Inside the Boleyn 2024
Here we have the old Major resting quietly after completing a big order from a 4 year old farmer in North Dorset. He had requested a load of railway sleepers and planks for his toy farm. The job's a good'un and now this 75yr old beauty is enjoying the peace and quiet of The Boleyn Workshop.
Another good source for complete machines and spare parts is Edmund who sells on ebay as Ed the Wood.
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September 1st 2024
Below are pics of the 9" sanding disc and adjustable table fitted on the Major. I found sanding discs that reflect the maroon experience of the machine thinking that blue or yellow ones just wouldn't look right and might actually be insulting. This attachment was used to finish the toy railway sleepers and planks requested by my grandsons after being cut on the table saw for a toy farm. The planks not the children that is. This disc is a 180 grit. For my granddaughters a traditional flower press and knickknack boxes are in the pipeline, 100% made on the Major.
Keep it Coronet people!
November 2nd 2024
It's time to strip the Classic 10 down to it's bare cast iron casing so that the welding job can be done on it.
The saw table had already been kindly removed by the electric motor that fell on it last year so that was one less job to do. It's an ill wind and all that. Fortunately the table itself and the tilting mechanism were completely undamaged. A workshop mate of mine had kindly volunteered to do the welding repairs so it was up to me to strip the bandsaw down entirely into its two casings and remove all bits and pieces from it. I had intended to photo the different stages but forgot to take my phone up the workshop for the first session so I'll have to catalogue it going back together.
First jobs were to remove the guide and bearing assembly and then the tension/tilting apparatus from the top of the rear casing. So far so good and fairly similar to process on a Coronet Imp. The next step is to remove the front casing by locating the grubscrews on the hinge and removing the two pins.
November 29th
The bandsaw was duly delivered down to my mates in order for the welding to be done but as I informed him it was cast iron casing instead of cast aluminium (which I really should have remembered having a website dedicated to Coronet machinery) there is going to be a short delay while the correct welding rods were procured. However it wasn't a wasted trip as I ended up bringing the Heimag A5 Tischbohrmaschine home with me as the new owner. Although it's not Coronet it is an intriguing design with some interesting history and I am looking forward to cleaning it up and getting it back to working condition. There is little to be done on it apart from a good clean and de-rust, a rewire and mounting on a mobile trolley.
In Coronet news a thicknesser/planer is currently winging its way up to Livingstone in Scotland to be become part of a Minor setup and I finally got a query about the Consort that had been on offer as free to taker in Ireland for over eighteen months. However when I contacted the owner he advised me that earlier this year he had donated it to a Workaid/TFSR type charity in Belfast who had sent it out to Africa where it will be no doubt earning a living for someone before long. I was pleased to hear this as I know how much use a Coronet Minor setup was valued by its owner and user, Zak Muchina who lives in Embu Kenya and whose workshop is twinned with the Boleyn Workshop and features here. Sorry about the small link I can't make it bigger and apparently size doesn't matter.
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