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CC!! Slap your wrists right now!! :D That's not wot I said! Sam

Dohh!! :D Thank you for the correction! Sam

Sorry, mis-phasing on my part. Sled to bed stair spindle on, with a 'lead off' block into which spindle locates. Depth of 'socket' in lead-off block is distance to chamfer. Cutter bearing rides on spindle face up to lead-off, then transitions onto block. I have seen this somewhere, probably FWW...

Sorry, mis-phasing on my part. Sled to bed stair spindle on, with a 'lead off' block into which spindle locates. Depth of 'socket' in lead-off block is distance to chamfer. Cutter bearing rides on spindle face up to lead-off, then transitions onto block. I have seen this somewhere, probably FWW...

Yup. 'E were a rural vicar or curate, BUT...his natural history recorded notes were on a par with, say, Sir Peter Scott. For Cobett's time period, that is remarkable. I like appropriate words accurately used and in a minimalist context for clear transmission of information. I'm also fond of...

Mike, do you want the surface of the end-chamfer flat or curved? I have done straights a la Bob Wearing: markup, clamp on jig, several careful pushes, knife off fibres. Fairly quick on the four spindles I replaced, but possibly time consumptive on your scale. Curved ones without obvious...

Jacob, I dont know the last three authors you mention, sorry. My three were lumped together simply because they were notable for observing and recording - in some detail - the world around them. I reckoned David W had emulated them. Sam

Guide dog. Now. Sam

And therein lies the rub. David, I echo Graham Haydon. You have provided a great deal of information and pointed out how two empirical studies parallel your observations. I, for one, applaud your efforts and will benefit from your interpretations. I have a strong understanding of 95% C.L...

I'm interested, as the knife I was using was a bit floppy (Oh! Er! Missus!) but my saw has been in storage for 18 months. Will try to get access and check for suitability, then report back. Sam

I'm a general-, not a micro-, biologist Mike, so I cannot answer that definitively; but I doubt "almost every single disease" is animal-originated. I suspect Bill may be over-emphasising a theory about the origin of HIV from FIV and SIV and then lumping in the bacterial and fungal diseases that...

I agree with MikeG, we need to see this virus in proportion, in context. From a biological viewpoint, the fact that it has jumped species at least once, possibly twice, is of far more import than the raw casualty figures. This illustrates a genetic versatility that is much more (potentially)...

Pour vous. Sam

May I please register my grateful thanks to Mark both for the machine and for giving up his time to break it down to car-friendly chunks. This lovely old relic of proper British engineering has now migrated north. It was good to see you Mucker, just sorry domestic emergency prevented a longer...

Absolutely Mike. Garrett Hack does it this way too. I was simply answering in the context of the O.P.'s query and subsequent posts. My arthritis makes chiselling difficult for me, so I have to limit it and I DO have a shoulder plane. Deceasing cats with concentrated milk fat, ne c'est pas? Sam.

Drat, you are quite right, Troll. 1. Cutting (saws) 2. Dimensioning to line (planes) 3. Finishing (waxes, solvents). I equated "finishing" in my earlier post as 'finishing to the guage line'. Sophistry rules? Sam

Absolutely. Sharp blade = sharp shoulders. Just take care in the setup. Sam

Dear Deity, first rounded bevels, then sharpening in general, now this sophistry....Jebus wept.... The clue is the word "finishing". "Cutting" the shoulders can of course be done on either saw. "Finishing" needs a nice heavy shoulder plane, Record 73, 74 or similar. Sam

Thanks Musicman, I was unaware of different grades of cast iron. Marineboy, another casual (read: slow and dopey) thought: if Musicman is right, whole different kettle of fish compared to the cast I'm used to, but...in model engineering, it is not unusual to encounter a harder 'crust' on...

Just a casual thought: the drill rotation is clockwise as you view it? You haven't - by accident - got it in reverse? Sam