Inside the Boleyn 2026
Welcome to Inside the Boleyn 2026 and another riveting year of classic machinery and my own maroon rabid ramblings.  January came and went with zero attendance mainly due to the weather and recovering from an eight week virus induced complete lack of motivation.  However I soon perked up when the enquiries began to arrive in my inbox and regenerated some interest. It doesn't take much to be honest.  Manuals for the Major and Elf from Derek Pyatts old stock have been sent off to various parts of the UK and I have been looking into reprints from his master copies which he kindly sent to me when he decided to cease supplying them himself.  I also spent a weekend sifting through his kindly donated archive of Coronet and Record Power literature and what a weekend it was.  My family was as good as dead to me as I pored through the workshop manuals, brochures, price lists and correspondence that he had collected from the glory days of the 50s 60s 70s  and early 80s.  In fact most of the second half of the 20th century. OK I'll admit every day is a glory day for a Coronet owner. I finally found a use for the box files that were an impulse buy off of fb marketplace (another guilty pleasure) and sorted the collection into six parts.  Manuals, brochures and catalogues, attachments, price lists and correspondence, miscellaneous  and lastly the Record Power which sort of feels like a dirty secret that the family don't speak about.  I added my own collection to the archive at the same time though it seemed a measly contribution compared to Derek's.  
Other enquiries have been about bearings for a Coronet Home Cabinetmaker, drive belts and bearings for various machines and a very interesting enquiry about the height positioning of the tee bar on a Major when turning.  The owner had been taught turning by a "turner" who had advised him to set it above the centre of the work so the chisel was pointing down on to the work.  My advice would be to not just accept the advice of a well meaning acquaintance but to check out one or two manuals written by an expert.  Advice that I could have done with myself accepting when starting out if I'm honest.  I was very fortunate to have been advised by Derek himself on many matters over the phone while standing over the machine I was working on.  
I was asked to supply some roller bearings and guide blocks for an Imp owner which I assured him I had in stock but to my great shame my workshop is currently such a tip that I simply could not find them.  I know they're in there somewhere, sound familiar?
I was contacted by a multiple machine owner Julian with who I've had correspondence before in the past.  He has a large collection of machines of various models and various attachments which he is sorting through with the intent of putting up for sale, retaining a selected few for himself.  They will eventually be listed up on my For Sale page with his contact details for perusal at leisure.  We had a very enjoyable chat about Coronet machines and his lorry.
Keep looking in for updates and in the meantime keep it Coronet!

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