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Sort of looks like a new build as well. Stickers on that (Landing?) window, and another building with scaff in the background. It all...

Those "flat spring" type shields are available as an aftermarket thing for most lathes I think. Just brushing the leadscrew down after...

Any gunk on the leadscrew will not come from the carriage. It will be swarf falling onto the leadscrew from above where you are cutting...

As ChaiLatte says, it sounds more like either a problem with muck on the leadscrew itself, or with the saddle movement sticking...

Yeah, but the person at the council was getting paid for it. . .

I usually clamp them lightly in soft jaws, and file them. Don't see any objection to how you do it really, sand or file. They're pretty...

It is, as always in a private setting, up to the individual what PPE they choose to wear. I remember someone writing to (I think) "The...

I've just been looking. TBH, it looks more as if it's a "220V motor", which makes me think it runs at about whatever the (rectified)...

Been a while since I used it, but I don't remember Cascamite having a particularly long open time. Also you need to wear gloves when...

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Trouble is with stainless is it's hard to work. However you do it is going to be a pain. As suggested a step drill or cone drill might...

Sounds like it is for anti=tamper seals, probably a disk of lead to squeeze around a loop of wire holding whatever shut (here eg eletric...

Simon's Cat is worth watching if you like cats. A lot of the "how to" content is over verbose, and is often irrelevant in the UK anyway...

Google the name and it says they're security seal makers. So they're security seal pliers.

I must say that living in a damp part of the country, I'm not keen on any storage made from organic materials, not matter how nice it...