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All done on risk data (as mentioned by Amplidyne). I had a weird situation many years ago where I was looking at getting an "M...

Agree - but it can't be too much of a stretch to imagine a scenario in which they can differentiate between different kinds of mods...

Far as I can see power tools are an overkill for this. Nice to have if you have the money / room / use for them, but not essential. A...

INSURANCE, n. An ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitted to enjoy the comfortable conviction that he is beating...

The thing is that insurance has nothing to do with common sense. It just goes with the risks. They know that a certain type of car is...

My father used to run two Riley Monacos, a 1929 and a 1931, I believe. By the time the compulsory MOT was introduced (1961?) he had...

Fancy that! A 4WD SUV that can actually ford a river. The "emergency flotation" should be interesting for people who try to cross too...

And all the fish that are now electrified :p

Of course you could just measure the AF of the nut, and work from there. . .

https://www.samstagsales.com/whitworth_table.htm#table

If you have a metal turning lathe, what's stopping you making an extension for whatever bits? Personally when I needed to put a larger...

Probably need an 8" machine or bigger. A machine with a belt on one end would also possibly resolve the problem. Don't remove the guard...

Always done this with the odd dowel I've wanted. Bought standard sized dowels in. They're cheap enough. A visit to most engineering type...

On the grounds that wood tends to be softer than steel I use normal black steel drill the hole to the size of dowel I need to make and...