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Sell the dog? Just kidding, I wouldn't sell either of my two pooches. K

I have some of these pitch pine blocks, again from a school and over 100 years old I think. I was wondering if the tar, which is really thick and stuck with grit / lime on some, could be removed with a scabbler. I bought an electric hand held scabbler from fleabay some years ago to clean up a...

Well that seems a bit more sensible. Thanks Roughcut. K

Hi all, I was just looking at the prices of Incra T track Plus on evilbay. From UK, £75 for a 18" length. From USA, £15 for a 36" length. Does not sound fair to ms. K

Sorry Naz, yes you are right. Yet another typo. Good price though. K

I just watched that first DeWalt video and I have to agree if is a waste of effort. They claiim "power of the mains in your hands" (yeah, right) and that is the only actual advertising - the rest is just flash. Reminds me of car adverts. Regarding the 54v by putting cells in series, that means...

Hi all, MSC are again offering 52 piece clamp sets in 16mm (5/8) for £25 plus VAT plus carriage. I bought a set while ago (wrong size for my mill, but the other sizes were quite a bit dearer so I just milled mine down to suit). There was even a 15% discount for online purchases at the time so...

Unfortunately tbey sell for around $50,000. Outside my budget for this year. K

I seem to remember havng a CK tool that was made in Wales, Pwllheli rings some sort of vague bell. I can't even remember what it was now. Of course the packaging may have had that description so I may still have the actual tool. I wonder what it is / was.

Mine too Phil, Union Graduate. The old graduates are pretty beefy though. I have bought a couple of taps with the intention of re-cutting threads in an existing chuck I have, or perhaps threading some mdf/ply for home made faceplates, right hand thread only though. Sorry, I don't want to hijack...

What do people think about Parkside tools? I have bought some Toolzone stuff from Aldi which seem fine for the occasional user like me, but I haven't tried Parkside from Lidl. K

So how does a pattern maker's lathe differ from a metal turning lathe? K

That spindle thread is really common so you will probably be able to find some on ebay. Four jaw types like Axminster sell allow you to use interchangeable jaws for different purposes. Just watch your knuckles on protruding, rotating jaws. If you are worried about that, then the multistar type...

Another comment - there is a wood preservative product called Deep Kill paste made by Sovereign Chemicals of Barrow in Furness, Cumbria. As it's name implies it will stop woodworm and wet or dry rot. It is not cheap though. The last time I bought some it was about £120 for 10 litres but it is...

Rikki - if you apply tbe preservative to wet wood then it won't soak in and so won't be as effective. Let the wood dry out as much as possible and let the preservative really soak in untill it runs off. Yes it will use more preservative and so cost more, but you don't want to have to replace the...

You are correct - the direction of rotation of the outboard face plate will be clockwise and therefore a left hand thread is needed, unless you can arrange some sort of grub screw to hold it in place and prevent it unscrewing. Most induction motors can have their direction of rotation...

I have successfully glued polycarbonate twin wall offcuts together using glue for waste fittings. I don't know how strong or permanent the joints will be but they seemed good when assembled. I glued 6" wide offcuts to insulate a 3 ft wide acrylic roofing sheet so there's no stress there but they...

Whichever way you decide to proceed, do make sure you get the central hole exactly perpendicular to the disc. I tried cobbling together a disc sander using iron plumbing fittings once, before I had a metal lathe. What a disappointment, damn thing wobbled all over the place. K

The thread is indeed 7/8" x 12 tpi. I am wondering whether it would be necessary to use the faceplate though. Could you perhaps use a disk of mdf or ply? You would need to cut a thread etc just the same but you could have several disks, interchangeable for different grits. Just a thought. K

No ear bashing perhaps, but don't let the refund issue go on the back burner or you may find you are no longer entitled to reject the goods, in which case you may have to settle for a repair. Does your wife need 2 machines? You may end up selling the first one and losing out financially because...