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Check Draper. I know they sell spares for their pillar drills. Might need machining to size to suit your shaft. Last time I looked the table was listed at about £100 for one for their biggest drill, about 350mm diameter if I remember correctly, it was some time ago, so maybe a lot more now. You...

The problem is the tabs either side, if they are how it is secured, as I suspect, then a normal fork isn't going to work, nor will it be easy to modify any standard fitting. Probably a bespoke part. I would be very surprised if they will sell you just the connector. Probably be a new one of...

If you really get stuck then if you have a bit of brass the right thickness it would be easy enough to make one, you could use a brass lock catch plate for example. Just do it with a long straight tang and solder into the original. Most of these connectors are brass, or at least the good quality...

The crimp on both the conductor and insulator is standard fare, certainly on vehicle wiring. You can use the proper crimp tool, about £40! Alternatively you can crimp them using small pliers, but fiddly. Or solder the conductor in. The problem with the connector shown is the wide section...

Daft design, the grooves at the base of each prong are just asking for it to snap off. I wonder why they did it like that.

Problem you may have is that you will need to machine your chuck to suit the face of the mounting plate. Might be easier to buy a chuck that is intended for it, they're not expensive. Personally I wouldn't spend a lot of money on it. If you get into metal working you will soon want to replace...

We used to always use a windbreaker made from an old metal cooking oil tin, about 20l capacity cylinder. Cut the top off and just less than half the side. Fold the edges so it doesn't cut you, hey presto. Not much use hiking as too big, but good for carrying in the car.

How a car LPG system works. The evaporator is linked in to the engine cooling system to heat it up.

True, if water collects in the bag then the valve is blowing off. Shouldn't really be happening, certainly not on a regular basis anyway.

Look carefully at the tips. Cheap ones tend not to be at the correct angle. Good ones are shaped so they keep the clip in place on the tool. One of those tools where it definitely pays to buy good qualty.

I'm with Bingy man. You need to check what the pressure actually is. 10 bar is a ridiculous figure. Check it at various times. If it fluctuates significantly then you have a supply problem. In that case I would try and get some readings from your neighbours as well. If their supply shows the...

lots of ways to skin the filthy rich. Like Dennis Healey and his promise to tax the rich until they squeak. How did that go? Overall tax revenue actually decreased, and then increased by several.percentage points after Thatcher lowered the rates. The important point being that it is the overall...

Would you enlighten us as to exactly how you would go about that? Bearing in mind that owning property worth £x does not necessarily mean that you actually have that amount of money sloshing around in order to pay the tax on it. I believe you have recently downsized, and presumably will have...

That is a fine beard sir :)

My mate has one of the Indian ones. I remember him telling me , with an almost rapt expression on his face, "it even leaks oil just like the old ones" :)

Very good 😊 American cars in particular have loads of bits that contain copious amounts of magic smoke, usually released at the most inconvenient moments. Ask any Jeep owner.

The other advantage is that if some hooligan overtightens the vice the nut will often let go before doing serious damage to anything else. I have a big old machine vice where this is exactly what has happened, the spigot on the threaded nut that enables it to be bolted to the vice has sheared...

I would still avoid welding to cast iron if possible. If the vice is steel that's another matter. I would probably look to silver solder/braze a suitable piece of brass to it, then machine to suit. A photo of the old part would be helpful.

Ah the old Lucas alternator. Just rebuilt the Denso one on my daughter's car, certainly missed the ease with which you could take apart a Lucas one! But have to say they were a piece of junk compared to contemporary Bosch ones. Just as well they came apart easily, you were going to be taking it...

Just an observation but for best wear you really don't want the nut to be the same material as the threaded rod, it will accelerate wear, that is why they usually use a bronze nut on a steel thread. Might not be an issue for something like a vice, especially for occasional use, but something to...