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This is the method I use and works a treat, even on small saws with 8 inch wheels. I use zip ties rather than string though.

I could see it giving rise to a new thread "any tips for removing four inch paint roller from a bodily orifice"

Nowhere near brave enough to try that !

I have always applied the Paragon paint with a small brush for fiddly bits, then a 4 inch foam roller. Much less messy, and wastes less paint. Never used the hammer finish, but same process works ok with Hammerite. If you wrap the roller in a sandwich bag to exclude all air then you can keep on...

Sideways is spot on, that's a new one! I have both a 612 bandsaw and 636 planer thicknesser and love them. Both are 1970's vintage. Good solid machines, far better quality than most of the Chinese stuff aimed at the " hobby" market nowadays. All either machine has ever needed were consumables...

Most sockets nowadays are surface drive, so they bear in the flats rather than the corners. Only real disadvantage of six sided sockets is in very restricted areas. Sods law will always dictate that the socket will only go on in a position where you can't swing the ratchet handle enough to...

For really big stubborn slotted screws I have in the past used a metal chisel, the type with a hex shaft. Usually have quite a wide head that can be ground to suit the slot, then a spanner on the shaft. And for paint I am a big fan of Paragon. Very hard wearing and easy to apply, and comes in a...

Plus Gas every time on small stuff. If you need to soak then I'm with Deema diesel or paraffin. I use evaporust for little bits, just find it easier to chuck them in a jar.

I would avoid powder coating. Any subsequent damage is not easy to repair and any moisture will eventually get under the thin plastic coat and lift it, as will oil. Good old paint is far better, and cheaper too.

If I am reading it correctly it shows demand at midnight between Saturday and Sunday, hardly representative.

I remember once coming up behind some youngster, head down, throttle nailed on his Honda 125 Repsol. He looked sideways at me, I think I'm some amazement, as I breezed past him on an MZ 125. Basically the same engine as the Bantam, although in this case slightly modified 😇 Still have a tricked...

Easy to do, I just wonder how long the finish will last. Never tried nickel plate onto steel, do you have to copper it first?

Try D Middleton Stainless. Not cheap but really good quality. You may even find it cheaper to use stainless than to have existing ones plated. He does a huge range of Imperial, and a lot of specialist bike stuff as well. Having restored many bikes I always use stainless nuts and bolts etc.

Brings back memories of numerous MZ bikes enjoyed over the years.

I would either enjoy using it as it is, or completely repaint it. Depends how much you value it having its original paint. I dare say someone like Paragon Paints will have the correct colour.

I agree. I have great faith in the Russian political system. Sooner or later someone will get sufficiently fed up with him that he will be the one who "accidentally" falls out of a window.

Same here, plus an anniversary clock. Have to stop the latter, then try and remember to set it going again when the right time comes around :)

The problem I have Jacob is with the view you, and many others, seem to hold that the Holocene period of stability would have continued ad infinitum were it not for our activities. That argument seems to suppose that if we can undo the damage we have done, then all will be well. This is...

Which is extremely untypical in terms of the overall history, so hardly to be regarded as representative. We just happen to have flourished in this period, as other species have flourished in periods that suited them. So if anything you are missing the point, in that basing anything on such a...

I think Pete is right that the hex is in the end of the shaft, rather than being the head of a bolt. Only really two possibilities there. One it is for positioning the shaft during the production process, during balancing for example. Two the pulley is threaded into the shaft, and the hex is...