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You need to careful about such generalisations to a beginner. It's true that there are a lot of dirt cheap generic Chinese lathes with...

The Mystro has a good reputation. I was referring to those Clarke, Vevor, Lumberjack etc etc lathes with flimsy square tubes for a bed...

Why? Ma wee lassie married a muckle second-row Sootherner frae Lanark, an' ma ball an' chain has'nae given me a moments peace since...

I'm on the other side. I work as an assistant at a large tool retailer in the UK. so many people come in for advice that they just can't...

Exactly. I particularly hate all these premeasured dose thingumibobs -- like washing machine , and coffee pods and even teabags. Ok -...

True that if mitigating measures had been put in place then the effects of climate change would be mitigated. This is known a "naive...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/10/the-guardian-view-on-the-la-fires-donald-trumps-denial-and-division-fuel-climate-in...

It's true of course that a wooden building will burn easier, or a forest with accumulated wood waste , etc etc But then the whole issue...

The point is - efforts to mitigate CC effects are being overwhelmed, LA and elsewhere around the globe. Including the UK - insignificant...

Remember Putin's 'rationale' for invading Ukraine? Neo-Nazis and all that? A series of untruths, a re-writing of history that led to...

You can say what you like but I don’t have to listen. This worked well when it was relatively difficult to espouse one’s views widely or...

Reliance on US tech and social media has been very damaging to the UK. The former is a major contributor to the UK's productivity...

+1 for what Rhossyd says. Mine comprises a suitable nut welded into a tube salvaged from a 1938 Atco mower, topped with the knob used to...

Cut to length, split, dry, burn. Slainte.

NeiljohnUK said "the battery trim routers are upright only and that suits me just fine, whatever you do watch lots of users/video's and...