Fergie 307

If you can afford it, get a Mitutoyo caliper. They appear to be damp proof. The batteries last for ages, and there's no auto off. I've...

When I was little, my nan, ( from Cheshire ), used to say to me what sounded like " aaiaye oooop choook". It took me ages to work out...

A vfd will not do this. If you did buy a single to single phase vfd (there is one, it will cost £ a few hundred) when you dial your...

The discs sold for stainless steel are very good and last longer than other types.

Doing it today, one of these might be a good candidate to replace the existing motor...

I'm with Pete, small ones just aren't worth the bother. I keep a set of good ones in tapping sizes, and for accurate stuff, and loads of...

The problem is that a wood saw is just far too fast, you need to aim for a blade speed somewhere in the region of 200 ft/min for steel...

Yesterday morning I bought two six packs of beer on sale at the liquor store. I placed them on the front seat of the car and headed...

Pretty sure from memory mine is MT2 head and MT1 tail.

Get one of the small Chinese machines by Warco, Amadeal, sealey etc. they come up regularly on sites like E Bay, FB etc. Pretty good if...

I wouldn't have thought bronze would be strong enough to be honest. Steel, even bright mild, would be much stronger. Sorry to be a...

During my time of touring Europe by motorhome, I would bring a couple or so crates of German beer home, then return the empties the...

I used to paint glass for a living years ago. There's a paint which is easily available made by a company called Pebeo vitrea 160. You...

Another quick check, assuming the taper is in good condition and you have a suitable MT to go in it, a centre or even a drill. Does that...

Well worth getting a dial gauge on it to try and work out exactly what is going on. If you are lucky it might just be that the...