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I believe Myford did a Mk1 and Mk2 Mystro. The early Mk1 ones were a bit less robust and had a flaky banjo (as did the early Mk2s). The...

I paid £350 for mine but no tooling came with it. The new motor and VFD were about £400. It is a pretty capable lathe though. If I get...

I've got a Mystro Mk2 as well. The motor died earlier this year so I replaced with a Newton Tesla 2hp 3ph with Mitsubishi VFD. Works...

I've had loads of mechanics tools over the years and they have a fairly hard life for a DIYer. The best I've found are the Halford...

Not the usual sort of thing that comes out of the aircraftery. It's a 'for me' build that been going for a while and often relegated to...

Interesting yesterday, I was coming back down the A1 from the BTCC meeting at Croft. Set the cruise at 72 (dead on 70 by GPS). I only...

How does one prevent a knife or a chainsaw or any number of things with potential to do harm being used inappropriately? Trust me, a...

About 20 years ago my friend's nine year old son was killed by a cyclist riding on the pavement. I've stopped reading newspapers.

Pedestrians have been killed by collisions with bicycles. Do you propose banning those as well? You're just as dead at 10mph as 100mph...

Exactly the point I was going to make. The excessive nanny state regulation is why we have instructions on bottles of bleach saying 'do...

You've obviously not been on the M62 when the Ouse bridge was closed, roughly 110 miles round trip diversion depending on the south bank...

I've got an Einhell one that's been really good as well. Got a few of their tools and they're holding up pretty well and not...

My friend had seven properties in the Telford area and has now sold everyone because he just says it's not worth the aggro any longer...

I don't agree with this statement therefore it's a lie. Quod erat demonstrandum. Why do you think this isn't insulting?

In a democracy we wouldn't be governed by a government elected by one person in five.