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The correct question back from him was "Whitworth or AF?"

And still the ritual declaring that the right cheek to be better than the left cheek continues. . .

Very useful having a beam like that. I lifted the drill off a heavy wooden beam with a three pulley block I have. But that's the trouble...

Internal or external? Variable sized FB video

Very nice, but just a tad expensive for me I reckon.

I have an I beam across the middle of the main space in my big shed, and an old chain block running along it on rollers. Great for...

Me too Phil. I was taught Decimal, but spent 37 years teaching S.I. calculations: Litres, Angstroms, Microns and so forth, nae probs...

The thing is that as it's not a fractional horsepower motor (don't know what the regs say now, but IIRC it used to be that) for...

Sorry but at the moment it just looks like a mess. All the makes of starters are slightly different internally, and it looks like the...

And can you take a clear pic of the writing on the 'metal box' sitting on the timber- that appears to be your capacitor!!! and I haven't...

ETA I made a mistake and quoted myself. Meant to quote Spectric about getting a new starter. His idea is by far the best option IMO...

Do you want to keep it looking original ? If not then the best solution is to just buy a new direct online starter (DOL) and replace...

If the motor runs, you have a good start. (Pun not intended) The "stop" buttons, both the one on the starter itself (assuming it has...

A friend of mine works at a local fabricators, and has made all sorts of stuff for me. He is only about ten years younger but has no...

I never, never, ever do that. At least not more than three or four times a day. TBH, I'm usually on my own working, so I often just use...