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I'm just caching up on this thread after it got out of my bookmarks page somehow :(. Thank you for going to so much trouble to explain what you do, this thread is more educational than a lot of courses I have attended and paid for!! :shocking: I also follow a UK forum called RetroRides and...

:shocking: I knew I had left off reading your thread a while but man -- I had to go back as far as you buying the lathe to start :shocking: You asked a question about why carbide bits don't work well with your lathe and I think no-one answered you; smaller lathes can twist and cause chatter a...

Was it a gent called Thomas? There is a massive thread here somewhere about this man buying an old garage and restoring it. He is an airline pilot so there was 747 in his user name Sent from my G3121 using Tapatalk

Would you consider using something like Stanley sort master boxes? You can clip them together when your going out on a job https://m.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2056088.m4084.l1311.R1.TR2.TRC1.A0.H0.XStanley+sort.TRS0&_nkw=stanley+sortmaster&_sacat=0 The insides can be moved...

I've seen people use blue whiteboard markers or even blue permanent markers as layout blue. It's a handy trick to gt-er-done (might give you a hint where i saw the trick??) And most importantly - hudos for preserving a beautiful piece of art!

In some (Irish) installations the hot supply has to have a thermostatic valve fitted to prevent excessively hot water in the tap. Think of the mixing valve in a shower. I've seen these fail in the "full cold supply" setting. Normally the hot water is cool enough that no or a small amount of...

I don't know if it helps but there is a crowd near me in Limerick that install CHP (Combined Heat and Power ) plants that run on the waste poultry litter to produce heat and electricity. Bhsl are their name. I think they they've installed demonstration plants in the USA somewhere as well...

Hi Dennis, I haven't been on the site in months and as this is one of my favourite threads I was happily catching up. It's a mad coincidence but I ordered one of these saws last week and had agonised over Makita DeWalt (have their router already) Bosch (real heavy duty professional tools and...

It looks like the main vertical frame is welded to the existing base so you can't directly clamp a wood base to the alu as the caster bolts sticking through won't allow a flat joint. Can you make a new base in wood and put spacer blocks between the wood and alu bases with the spacers being...

If the compressor hasn't been ran for 15yrs there could be internal rust which you can't see and it causes a weak spot. The worst case scenario is a tank rupture which you do not want to be anywhere near at all. Can you open the tank anywhere and get a good look inside. I know what I'm posting...

xtremek - I'm very sorry for the first reply above, I don't know why it's so huge and dragging the shape of the thread sideways - do you want me to delete the photo out of it?

I don't know if this is of any use to you but I've seen trailers like that where the drawbar is extended back to, and welded onto, a hinge point on the nearly middle point of the body. The body of the trailer is then attached onto the axle solidly and a locking pin holds the front of the...

That's called a 9-hole bar over here in Ireland. They were common with the tractors from the 30's-60's, think ford Major, fordson dexta, MF 35 style where they had no pickup hitch fitted, only the 3-point linkage.

I wouldn't agree as I've the totally opposite experience I'm using a 12" sliding compund saw from Ryobi for 7-8 yrs now. Not at a professional level but say heavy end DIY'er. The main jobs I can remember carrying out with this saw are 2 attic conversions and a minor remodel on my mom's house...

I don't know if this is of any help in your area but sometimes (with a lot of stupid dumb luck!!!) I've been able to replace electrical parts by finding a serial number on them and just googling. The same motor might be in a different machine at a lot cheaper price That motor might have a common...