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That 'Helios' 50mm lens was excellent, and was praised by several of the photo mags at that time. I had a standard Zenith, a 35mm, a long lens and a 'Weston-5', and never felt a need for anything more modern.

NOT a marketing idea: the corrugations are a useful modification that makes planing resinous softwood much easier!

What are 'fleam-hardened teeth?

I can remember the dismay when it dropped to 4$ to the pound!

I can see no good reason to build a top, back and sides when they already exist. 1 fascia, 2 dividers, 2 chests, and doors AR.

If a wet wheel, vertical or horizontal, spins toward you, the water will run up the blade and over your hand.

I'm not convinced that the US has yet risen from the Dark Ages.

It might be that a satellite photo of a snow-capped mountainous area would provide a template.

There is a woodwork connection...

It looks, to me, that the inner race is a press fit on the wooden axle, and there are no washers.

It needs a lot of meths to remove ALL the shellac from a brush so that it dries soft. It is cheaper and easier to soak the brush in meths, then wash it in bleach while the shellac is soft. This will keep the brush soft.

The further thread, if the opposite hand, MUST be smaller than the other.

Using spring calipers on the screen of my monitor, the threads per unit is the same at both ends of the screw.

'Hey, Big Spender"?

It's a pity that they don't sell glue in those concertina bottles that photographic chemicals come in.

"So that's like a brilliant, like, idea, right, init!".

I'm pretty sure that that system exists in Japan today.

So you'd like them to invest in new, foreign-made CNC- machinery, and remove their USP, Traditionally Made Hand Tools, to become another struggling tool manufacturer awaiting takeover by DeWalt.

Yes, Mrs Thatcher said that all Councils should raise their own revenue, and not rely on Central Government. She wanted a Country more like The United States. Then we found out she was mad.