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That's interesting KH. Had heard of the Dominie (indeed, a tawse-armed Scottish schoolmaster!) but for some reason was confusing it with the Anson, a totally different beast from a different company.

Look out for a secondhand robot of a decent make. Think what you could be doing with the time you save!

Would love to be able to justify an inverter jobby, but my Oxford will outlive me by many years. Just spent a happy few hours trying not to blow holes in some 1mm steel........

If the legs are cast iron. be very careful to ensure that those at the headstock end aren't in any way stuck down to the floor. Even moving the tailstock end 6 inches could crack the headstock legs if they can't move to compensate. Don't ask me how I know this.

Wonder what happened to the 1/72 scale models I made from plans in "Aeromodeller" back in the dear dead days of the 1950s? Left them at parents' house when I went to University and didn't have time after that to revisit such activities. My favourite (and it was quite a good model, tho' I say...

Dare I mention the Startrite 352? And gentle slap on the wrist to ALZ for perpetuating the myth of Aberdonian thriftiness! I was a mean old b***** long before moving here.

Too far for you, but I've got a sliding door mech that would probably fit the bill and is going begging!

Probably 50 years since I had one, but from memory, taking out the mainshaft was a doddle.

At the risk of sending this thread off on another wild goose chase, it was probably not JUST management of "British" companies that led to the loss of manufacturing. Legally, companies are REQUIRED to make money for their shareholders, without reference to timescale, so management, particularly...

If we are going down memory lane, don't forget the old round-headed Villiers 2-strokes from the 1930s! Our lawnmower had one "when I were a lad" and it had a super kick start, which it needed because when the engine was hot it was a son-of-an-unmarried-mother to start. Anyone know why...

Looks like you have a nice T25! Those Inca machines were beautifully made, so you should end up with a nice universal.

Yes, engineers vices(!) can be broken as I discovered when trying to press a bearing into the steering idler of my old Volvo! But that also welded up and Son in law is still using it. Alignment for welding isn't actually that difficult if it's a clean single break, as the broken surfaces give...

My Parkinson cost me 25 shillings from an auction in Morecambe 50+ years ago. Only when I got it home did I realise (doh!) that both rails, which are a one piece casting with the front jaw, had snapped completely through where they grow out of the jaw. Fortunately, the fractures were clean, so...

Off at a tangent, but until last Saturday we had a wonderful "old school" petrol station in the village, that also did bicycles, plumbing supplies, garden supplies, electric fencing, and, if it was not obvious in the shop, "There might be one in the basement". Today, they were digging out one...

Bit of progress. Discovered the problem was mechanical, not electronic (a tiny bit of broken plastic) so should now be possible to clone it to an appropriate device. But which one out of the thousands on Ebay??

Sounds a bit complex for an elderly duffer!!

Be interesting to see what prices are like now after all the disruption. Got a few good lots from there 20 years back, but it's now a bit far from Aberdeen to collect!

Any electronics whizzes out there who can help with a dead remote for our garage door? It's got a Marantec opener (door is too heavy for an oldie to open!) and one of the remotes died several years ago. It was obsolete then, and like a twerp, I didn't get one of the programmable ones to pair...

I'm told that less scrupulous users of red diesel use the same technique to take out the colour, so it can be used on the road. NOT recommending this, of course!

Well done to you. From our experience, all too many employers used to be inclined to find any excuse not to employ anyone with a disability, relevant or otherwise. As in your case, many of the engineers with whom my wife worked were better at their jobs than fully able peers, once they had the...