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Whatever type of flashing indicators you have, they have to be a vast improvement on the old side arm trafficators like I had on my old Austin A35. Damn things would jam and not come out, and when they did work they were barely noticeable. Positively dangerous - but then so was the rest of the...

Hi all, I have just had an Axminster email about Fuji Paintwiz sprayers and I was wondering if anyone had experience of them. I already have an air compressor with a couple of cheap sprayguns but never used them because it looks to be such a parlaver, what with overspray, personal protection and...

Well I really do not know what is going on, I am not getting your emails and you are not getting mine. I will try sending you a pm with my email address again. In fact I have 2 so I will send you both and we'll see if anything gets through? If not I will just post one of my email addresses...

We fancied getting some piggies, but decided it would be too much work because we had horses to look after plus full time jobs. Now we are both retired, the horses have gone, Mr Fox has finished off all our chickens, the dexter cattle are gone - but I still don't fancy any extra work so the...

Hi Ctchop, No, I have not had an email from you since 10th Oct, and PMs don't seem to getting to me either, although I do get a forum email notification saying there is a new PM from you. So helpful. I have emailed you - have you had any emails from me? Are you still considering my Myford or...

Hi Ctchop, I think you have been trying to pm ms but somehow not getting through. Can you email me please? Thanks. K

Hi again, I bought an invertek model from willpowerelectrical on ebay, and have not changed parameters. I have several 3 phase machines so the inverter has a 5 pin socket, and I just plug in the required machine and they work fine. Basically you connect a 3 core cable to the inverter mains...

Here we go again - there have been loads of discussions on this subject on the forum, so if you do a search you will find just about all you need to know. Summary of points - but just my opinion Avoid far east imported inverters Avoid damp and dust getting into the inverter - buy IP enclosed or...

Once again a gem but too far away. K

Yes, I have sent you some details. K

Hi SChop, My Myford is probably as old, or slightly older than me, and I am 66. I bought it about 2 years ago and literally have made nothing on it because I have the Colchester. I have kept it because the spindle thread is the same as my ML8 wood lathe, and I was thinking perhaps to use the...

An issue that has not been mentioned yet is space and access / handling. I have a Myford M series and I can just about manage to lift it on my own as long as the stand is separate. The lathe and stand fit easily in my Focus estate. I was offered a Colchester Master just atter buying the Myford...

Thanks Eric, K

Hi Erik, and apologies for keeping on about this, but what exactly does manal control mean? Would the lenses stop down automatically on releasing the shutter or would it be manual diaphragm? K

Ok, so the Pentax bayonet will fit exactly and properly on a DSLR Pentax body, but what then? Manual focussing I would be happy with, also manual zoom ( I would prefer manual zoom actually) But what is this hacksaw business? Is that to remove the FAD lever? What if I leave the lever in place...

Regarding using film camera lenses on DSLRs, are there any issues here? If I bought a Pentax DSLR body, could I just fit my existing old bayonet fitting lenses on? What compromises would there be (such as autofocus etc)? Surely it is not as simple as that. K

What gets me about digital photography is the fact that you can take thousands of photographs for free, store them on a card the size of a fingernail, and see the results instantly. It is such a difference from the old pre-digital days. I had a Rollei TLR taking 12 pictures on 1 film. I used to...

Well mine is about 5 years old so ignore my comments about accuracy, but I would still be concerned about spare parts. K

I have one too, and although I don't use it a great deal, I find it not very accurate. I'm not sure the blade cuts parallel to the fence. Overall I am not happy with it and feel I should have gone for a better model, so I can't recommend it. Also I have read a number of comments about people...

Fully agree, but it is nearly always the elderly and vulnerable that are targeted. It's the same with these cowboy builders - like the ones who charged a brain damaged man £64,000 for building a wall that should have cost about £600, and the job was pretty poor too. At least these were caught...