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I remember in my schooldays so early 60's, visiting the Ford factory at Dagenham since a school colleagues dad was a manager there and I...

That's pretty similar in principle to the technique I was referring to, albeit that method used some cord to pull the last bit on, I...

Not a spoonerism, but always brings a smile to my face - Is that a full bottle in front of me or a full frontal lobotomy?

Agree with advice above but would add - Cleanliness is paramount to getting solder to flow nicely, scrupulous cleaning to ensure there...

That you back into your drive, look up and see a B17 and a Lancaster fly over together. (For those interested, the B17 is based at IWM...

I didn't have a 612 but did a 613. I think the manual you have has been written upon in what looks like blue biro.. also in the cross...

For sure the upper guides were a bit of a pain to set correctly and I found the thread locks on them difficult to lock by hand, but as...

I had my 613 from new so >30y ago I can't remember the precise year I bought it from local shop Isaac Lords in High Wycombe. I agree wrt...

At my local men's shed we had an Axminster floor standing pillar drill that had truly appalling runout due to the rise and fall...

My Kity 613 was set up as per diagram 3 above- it even had a sticker on the throat illustrating the top blade position with the teeth...

Wow, this thread has gone awry pretty quickly, a bit like that bizarre guy the other weekend - given the geographical disparity it can't...

Whilst clearing my loft I came across these memory boards from a DEC Vax 6000 computer circa 1992, and architecturally the max supported...

I'd concur with others comments wrt you needing more space and machines to handle planing, thicknessing, likely a spindle moulder and...

That's my goto plane for all the same reasons as you!! It used to be a Stanley model with an adjustable throat and I persevered with it...

Kazuo Ishiguro - It seems to me that in this past year, we’ve reached the peak of two opposing ways of approaching truth. On the one...