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I used to have a Pattern-Maker's rule. It was my granddad's (he was a pattern-maker) and it had four different 24" scales on it. One was a true 24", the others were used when making moulds for cast iron, or bronze or aluminium. They were all bigger than 24", but if you made the pattern to size...

That looks very similar indeed to the first TS I had, c1991. Different colour (Axi green, at the time), but very similar design. Round fence bars. There is a rod that runs the length of the fence and hooks over the back. It helps to lock the fence in place. Which particular place is debatable...

Don't bother with a set. The cheap ones are not great and you won't use most of them. Buy a tap wrench and an M6 tap. Buy decent quality, rather than a bigger set. Then you can add taps as you need them. It's a better use of your money.

If I can do it, anyone can, I am no metalman, I can assure you. As marcross says, make it adjustable and you are away. If I were to make it again, the only thing I would change is the section dimensions of the main fence itself. I used 50mm wide x 25mm high. Next time I would use 50mm wide x...

Your existing fence does not sit square BECAUSE it clamps at fore and aft. It is a recipe for disaster, as you have found out. A good fence uses the 3-point system, like the Beismeyer and the Xcalibur (I have the latter rather than the former - sadly no longer available). When I filmed my...

Off Mike!

The blower bit is something of a problem. I use it to clean out the gears of my TS tilt and rise & fall mechanisms, but I have been told that that is no longer approved by the HSE (I did always use a full-face respirator when doing so, but that doesn't justify breaking the law, I know). Today I...

FWIW, I have a Meddings Pacera called Lulu (she was built the same year as Shout!, though in hindsight I should have called her Cilla the Pilla Drilla from the same era...). I think she is very similar, and though she is a lovely machine in many, many ways, the pulley assembly is absolute...

That sounds very encouraging, Pete. Good luck. S

How does that work, Phil? I would expect the alcohol to kill off the yeast?

And there was me thinking you'd been given a paint scraper... Excellent.

I meant the clip! I'm going to edit the post to make it sound funnier. Would you like to edit yours to match? :)

It's not hard to find :shock:

At least it's not as bad as having my flies open for an entire scene...

Part 6 - The one about assembling the carcases: 4nhhskKKPB4

The plinth is arguably the most involved part of the build, hence the length of this video. Designed to appeal to insomniacs... Part 5 - The one about building the plinth: reI7hyvy7bs Edit - replacement file due to some very weird behaviour!

Part 4 - The one about attaching all that lipping: xWPEAZ0HaP8

Part 3 - The one about cutting all those panels to size. TkaQVencYoI

Part 2 - The one about making lots of solid lipping: g_fdMkX8nPg The rest will have to wait a while.

Thank you Rob, much appreciated. There will be 10 episodes in total, they are not all ready for publication yet. But here is Part 1 - The one about planning the project. 2sIrLtijyYQ Enjoy!