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    Central heating pipes lagging

    what will you be using to cover up all those pipes? to stop springing when walking over it? and is the heat loss from PEX the same as copper? Ian
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    Belt sander cable repair help.

    If you dont feel able to open up the machine to replace the whole cable then strip the black insulation around the wires and wind electrical tape round the damaged wires....then cut the plug off and slide some heat shrink sleeving over and cover the damaged area with that...heat to shrink...then...
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    woodworm holes suddenly appeared in new build bookcase

    so just to be clear have i insects coming out of the wood? are they flying, walking or wriggling?
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    woodworm holes suddenly appeared in new build bookcase

    So.... are these holes and piles of dust caused by something? ....flying things walking things wriggly things.... going in or coming out ?
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    woodworm holes suddenly appeared in new build bookcase

    Over christmas and new year this year i built my wife a bookcase out of french oak suddenly this week theres lots of piles of dust on horizontal surfaces and some on the floor i can see holes under the little pyramids of dust I did use some of the sapwood in the top and teh holes only seem to be...
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    Using the Indexing Ring on my 3 jaw chuck.

    It’s fairly easy to cobble something up a hinge that you can clamp to the bed bars then a wooden stick with a nail through it will suffice Or a metal bar with a screw through What do you want to index? That will determine how secure the whole arrangement needs to be
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    A very slow Fobco Star refurbishment

    Clogs surely you can see that its steel....
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    A very slow Fobco Star refurbishment

    How long is that socket that you are using? as i remember the spigot is about 30mm down the hole
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    A very slow Fobco Star refurbishment

    No you definately need to push against the sleeve/spigot Ian
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    A very slow Fobco Star refurbishment

    I would get a blowtorch on the pulley as hot as you can get it Make sure that your socket is properly down the hole and resting on the spigot.. They normally come off easily Ian
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    Head Stock Adapter for Parkside Lathe

    Lorna I can certainly make you an adapter your insert is 18mm x 1.5mm for a parkside lathe when you outgrow that lathe the record chucks can take almost all lathe sizes up to m33 x 3,5mm
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    Homebuying advice - cracked walls

    As Argus says insurance may be your long term problem I bought a house 34 years ago with a subsided rear wall…stone 24 inches thick…you could see out through one crack Previous owner had really wallpapered over the cracks sometimes 4 or 5 layers I rebuilt the rear elevation with new foundations...
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    What is this guillotine type tool used for?

    No many many makers of them but they usually cast iron rather than alloy
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    What is this guillotine type tool used for?

    It’s a lead or brass cutter for the letterpress print trade It cuts lengths of lead to space the type or brass for ruling and steel rule for cutting or creasing Ian
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    For Sale Fobco star drill with variable speed

    Here is a very nice fobco star drill with new motor,belts,bearings VFD and control gear single phase 3 pin plug all ready to go Collect from sheffield £500
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    Teaching - Drilling

    Left hand drills are a real thing Very useful for drilling out of broken screws and usually (thats the plan) when they grab the screw unscrews itself I have a drawer full of them from 1mm to 12mm Ian
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    Machining modification of planer rollers

    I can certainly machine you all those and sleeve the end up to 11.5 Fairly quickly too I’m in sheffield Pm me if you dont find anyone more local to you Ian
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    Sold Robert sorby proedge

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    Sold Robert sorby proedge

    Extra items 60% of new price
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    Sold Robert sorby proedge

    Here is a sorby proedge basic machine The basic machine has had a additional on/off switch put in an easily available position and its a nvr to boot And the fiddly handle swapped out for a Bristol lever (original included) For the basic machine I’ll say £275 as seen in the first 3 pictures...
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