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30 in 6, 4th attempt. Quite good, I have only ever fired cap and ball revolver. Are we be recruited for something?

My thoughts are try and avoid gasless, and if you can the small gas cannisters. The big two industrial gas suppliers (you know who you are) will charge an arm and a leg, but you may have an independent weld gas supplier in your area who caters for the home/small welder, they can be quite...

About 10 years ago I was cleaning rust from the underside of my Moggy van with a 4 1/2" grinderette and a twisted wire cup brush when I hit part of the chassis and knocked the thing from my grasp. It fell down onto my bare right fore-arm between where the leather gauntlets ended and my shirt...

On the few occasions I have nipped the end of a finger with a griderette or sanding pad it reinforces my determination to work with the guard on, after all they can be adjusted out of the way whilst still protecting the hand. I guess in all American Chopper the grinders are all so weak they...

You need a proper metal dealer that supplies in stock lengths 2, 3, & 6m, and have 14m u/b's on their trucks. I can tell you who to use around the Solent area, but you are so far north I get nose bleeds thinking about it. Small specialist suppliers only buy from the bigger wholsalers and mark...

25 years in fabrication only ever used Metabo 4 1/2". Ours were used for at least two hours per day all year, we would expect two years before the brushes went, another 6 months before something, usually the switch arrangements gave up, then consigned to the spares pile. I have three built...

Try cleaning the comm of the blackening, and ensure the brushes slide up and down in their housings and are free from dust. Also ensure the disc spins freely by hand and the gearbox has not clogged. If that don't do it, a new grinderette may be on your shopping list. Soundfs as if it is...

I sort my rough clamps cold. Put the threaded end of the clamp in a vice with the clamp almost closed, and a piece of tube/bar through the loop of the clamp and gently push foot end towards the screw foot until it is back where it was should be. G

If you are going to put up instructional video's even the tube, they must be well produced. There would appear to far more American woodworkers willing to try and present their tips and ideas, some offer an excellent presentation, and others sadly no matter how good their ideas, loose it in the...

When I was a lad in my boat-yard half the joiners had either Spiers or Norris planes, some were hand-me downs from their Fathers who had worked in the yard before them. Boat builders seemed to favour Record and Stanley products, can't think if there was any reason for that. But with the once...

You have to be careful that the type of rivets used don't strip the teeth on the claws inside the machine, so if you are contemplating stainless rivets, think again, and always use the correct collet for the diameter of rivet used. Make sure the stub of the last rivet is clear and out of the...

They claim to have already sold 48 of the things

Thanks for that, I will try and get a close up of the name, and a pic of the little saw tomorrow when the batteries are back up

I have a little but tatty dovetail saw, steel backed marked Cope London, but I can't find any reference to that maker on the interwebnet. Is he a well known maker? I'd post a pic, but the camera's batteries are flat - again! Gareth

If rolled seamed tube was sufficient for lathe bedbars, I suspect it would have been used from the start. Also filling tube with sand or resin is a recognized way of aiding bending to prevent the collapse of the wall of the tube, so it adds nothing to the strength of the tube. If you are not...

You may find that scaffold tube is not perfectly round, and may have high spots. It is made to a completely different spec to ground round stock.

Last time I saw a doging down slab with that many holes, it was 5" thick cast iron, and we used it to bend and flatten steel boat frames. Mind you that was 10' x 20' in area.

Never refuse food, we are only ever 9 meals from chaos.

I cleaned all the paint and putty of my 22mm EAB chisel, that I paid 10p for, if that has devalued it, oh well!

a good boxford lathe I'd love a good Boxford lathe an AUD would do nicely Gareth