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Postal strike so the mail box is empty. 😊 All we usually get in a week are a copy of the local newspaper, a few store flyers, a fast food coupon sheet or two and the utility and credit card bills. Occasionally a package that SWMBO bought. Pete

It will be used in place of a 5" long ratchet to break the nut/bolt free. Once free you switch over to the ratchet. Small fasteners that have over time corroded a bit take more force to release than was used to tighten them in the first place. If you can only get your hand in the working area...

It is still called a breaker bar even though it is for 1/4" drive sockets. I have one in 1/4", 3/8" and 1/2" along with the T wrenches, ratchets and speed wrenches. Each one having a place in the tool box. The breaker bar being able to apply more force than a ratchet to save the teeth in the...

Probably but you are in a better position to search them out than I. I did find these sets of centres for cheap and there is a live (bearing) and ring centre (what I grew up knowing as a dead centre) that will cover both ends of the spindle. There must be other sources of similar products...

Around here our club praise safe drives for spindle turning. There are no teeth or spurs to tear out the end of the wood when there is a catch. Basically it is the old dead centres you would have used with some wax in the tailstock when turning spindles placed in the headstock. It's what I have...

One of the local High Schools where our woodworking and turning clubs meet replaced all their table saws (Wadkin Bursgreen, General and Unisaws) with SawStops a number of years ago. Even though the grade 10's get safety instruction for half a semester and have to pass to use each machine...

Spectric rather than ask a bunch of questions to a group of fellow woodworkers with as much knowledge as you have about the saw at this time, basically nil, why don't you go to the SawStop website, pick out one of the saws you might be interested in and then read the manual about it? I've linked...

Use a rope and your foot. Release in an instant to reposition and clamp again. A couple holes in a bench top, tabletop, sawhorse or picnic table, wherever and whatever you like to work on. https://www.instructables.com/Foot-Operated-Hold-Down-Tool/ Other examples on Pinterest...

Here is a guide to the light levels needed for various activities. https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/light-level-rooms-d_708.html Pete

For the most part bottle stoppers here all have integral machine screw, not a separate piece using a wood/metal thread. That makes it easy to use a regular bolt with a couple nuts locked as a mandrel if you don't want to buy a special stopper mandrel. It also means one less thing to come loose...

I have 6,000K baton light fixtures in my shop and they are closer to noon day sun. The only time I notice anything approaching blue is when there is snow on the ground and the light is reflecting off it at night. Pete

It is possible that due to the thin material under the head they have used one with a greater angle than usual. 110º rather than a more common angle of 90º for example. Check the one you pulled against ones you are looking to buy. Standard one won't seat properly in a hole with a shallower...

I had to look up what an AIO was and to my surprise it is a Windoze version of my iMac that I have had since 2009. 😊 Poor old girl is getting little long in the tooth. I'll save a little and get a Mac mini. I can use my existing mouse and keyboard (I think) and just have to add a monitor and it...

We have 2 uprights and recently bought a little chest type because the steer we bought cut and wrapped was too big for the uprights. I much prefer the upright because you can find what you need without having to empty everything to get the stuff at the bottom. I've run into people along the way...

Yorkieguy Phil has said what I was trying to get across. 👍 I have a couple of the Nova 3000s with the 8 step pulleys, the older one with the outboard rest. I don't mind the belt change but if it ever bugs me I have a 1 1/2hp and a 2hp three phase motors that I could fit up and add a VFD. The...

My apologies I felt that since the thread was about the Nova lathe and the tooling he got with it was pertinent. For all anyone knows Larry might have stamped his initial into the insert to keep it from growing legs. Looks like it didn't work. Going forward I'll refrain from commenting on...

The Nova lathes do not have provisions for outboard turning, the headstock swivels. The shaft is more or less flush on the outboard end of the headstock and has an internal thread for a small hand wheel (if mounted) that also serves as a connection for vacuum chucking. I can stick my index...

I have the same pickaroon but since moving here from the coast it doesn't get used. They aren't much good at moving grass and tumbleweeds. Pete

If you are around your farm all the time get a big dog. Put it in the shop every night to sleep in and let it out in the morning. Between the barking and beware of dog signs crooks won't bother. You get a companion to boot. More costly than an alarm and more effective. Pete

You could try the Commemorative Air Force in the US. https://commemorativeairforce.org I'm certain one of them would want it even if they don't have an aircraft or engine to put it on at the moment. They would also know of likely museums that would also want it if none of their member don't. Pete