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Cannot recall the price in 1988 but 1970 we installed central heating and a 600 gallon tank, the first 500 gallons of 32sec oil was about £60 [plus £1/2/3 and few bob ! ] a considerable sum equating to about two and half weeks wages for an engineer/toolmaker So about 2.7pence/Ltr

I agree with Tris and such a system would negate the need for a draw bar ! The MT being held in place by the thread and the thread acting as an ejection tool as well ? Deema, how about some photo's of the unit without the extractor you show in the first post.

Dairy Coos !

Hi haven’t read all the posts but you will get it at a farm supply depot, widely use in the industry

These fellas are seriously short of some to do !!🙄

Welcome Giorgio, you may like to look at the Harrison lathe group on here [email protected] | Topics More specialised and a lot of knowledgeable people who are using these machines, you will have to join the group - ver6 easy ! Where in Italy do you live ? I use to visit Gardone VT...

Depends on what you call pricy and balance the price against how much you use the lathe and of course how much you can afford to spend. There is a used one here where the owner has upgraded to a VFD Drive Model Engineer. Worth a look ! I have used a Clarke motor on a Meddings pillar drill and...

Definitely the way to go, I fitted this material in my rental house 8 years ago and still like new ! Can’t just remember the brand but shop around for price there was considerable difference between suppliers ! Fitting was easy but you do need an even surface, mine was fitted to studs with the...

Yes I realise that but I understand BT thus I guess all phone lines will be going to VOIP. Service from 2025 ?

Thank you, I take both points however for me they will be of no use we now have fibre right into the modem and gone for VOIP telephone an as J-G says although they are still used it will not be long before they do disappear ? John

AES an excellent article on files and filing, my compliments ! My background is similar to yours starting my apprenticeship in 1960, small company with a large variation in the work we did. Mike -- regarding quality needle files you will not buy better than Vallorbe indeed their files right...

Just one point with the "stainless Brass" I am not sure what it is exactly, for some time I assumed it was possibly Aluminium Bronze , a highly anti corrosive material used in Sea Water services for shipping among other things. However our front door letter box and furniture is subject to...

Hi having a tidy up after decorating and "found" several ADSL filters ---- are they of use in todays world ? We no longer use them for our internet connection Should they be of use to anyone please message me !

Spectric -- Looking at your location are you aware of the company Carlisle Glass -- Aka Longhorn Hardware ? I have no connection with them other than a satisfied customer but they do sell rather better quality goods than many of the high street DIY names - at least thats my opinion. One thing...

Double post ?? cannot remove ?

We have been mortgage free for a long time -- did things a bit different, we did a self build starting in 1967 with a 3 stage mortgage, 1st payment at wall plate level, 2nd when the roof was on and the final when finished-- by the time the final payment was available we had paid for everything...

Track saw for sure, I bought one a few years back for a particular project and never regretted it. I have fitted two kitchen worktops and for the sink cutout the track saw works extremely well and you get a better cutout than just a jigsaw but you do need a jigsaw to finish the job in the...

I recently had to drill some tiles fitted by my daughter and traditional tile drills would not even look at them ! harder than Goats knee ! Eventually I purchased some hollow diamond drills on Ebay, still difficult but they did the job - tip ! spay water to lube the drill, messy but improves...

Presumably these are for outside use ? If so I would consider Osmo oil but do look carefully at the spec you need an outdoor use type and for vertical surfaces, they do have a help section on their web site and will send you samples of the product you want to try. John

Have a look at here they make clones of the original, they seem to have a good reputation but whether they interchange with the original Swiss model I don't know -- hope this helps