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Tax doesn't do what you think it does. You've been told that tax "pays for things". Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but your tax pays for nothing. In point of fact, it is destroyed on receipt. This is because the purpose of taxation is not revenue. Think about it for 2 seconds... why...

Yes, but in the case of the railways its not the "private sector". Its foreign owned state industry. Which to the casual British observer looks like private industry but is it fact a nationalised one. 70% of our railways are run by other countries nationalised providers. What is that...

If I had to do this without a mill I'd file the top square And then drill a series of 3mm holes. Then finish with a file. DO NOT be tempted to overlap the holes. It won't work. The drill will pull into the existing hole and then you'll need to start a new hole and you'll be left with...

I use my Fobco 7/8 for light milling. When I say 'light', I really mean it. Nothing harder than aluminium and cutters no bigger than 1/4". Works fine but the depth of cut is pitiful. I have a full size milling machine (a Parkson 2N) but I use the Fobco when I'm working on small items...

Corporation buses in the winter... I nearly threw up once as a kid on a bus from Renfrew to Glasgow. Wet coats, wet dogs, closed windows, far, far too much smoke.

I was chatting with the wife about what would be the definitive smells of the 70s. I came up with Kensitas Club, Izal, whatever it was they used to clean hospital floors back then, turps, glossed radiators (I still feel ill thinking about that), balsa wood & Airfix kits. The wife mentioned warm...

So, let me get this straight... its OK for 70% of UK rail routes to be owned by foreign nationalised industries but not OK for us to run our railways. For example... Arriva are owned by Deutsche Bahn which is the German State Railway. London Midland are owned by Keolis which is the French...

"but at a high cost" Well, actually, HMG has spent more on privatised rail than it did in the SIXTY YEARS preceeding privatisation. The fact of the matter is that you cannot run a rail service and pay shareholders outrageous dividends at a cost which is less than running a rail service with no...

A long time ago I bought a cheap desktop drill press from B&Q. I bought that one because it was cheap but actually, it had a massive cast iron head, base & table. It was really very heavy. Which is what you want in a small drill press. And it was fine on bigger holes but I noticed when...

I have come across these also. Initially I thought they were pop rivets but they're not. I have no idea what are. I just found them lying around and thought... how do they work? They do look like they're meant to be used with some sort or gun or holder.

Hang on.... if I'm seeing this correctly the 'lift' component is just a function of the way you've decided to deal with the rotation. If all thats *actually* required is the rotation (about 270 degrees?) then why not just mount the shaft in a bearing and rotate it with a small servo? Either...

I'm pretty tech savvy but I got caught out with this one... Email arrives from Ebay "About your Silver Seller account". So I open that as I am doing well, am a Bronze Seller, expecting to become Silver any day now. "Click on the link to login and see your message." So I click on the link and...

I started off on a Honda CB125 T2A and rode that as daily transport for 2 years on an L plate. Then I got my licence and got a Honda VFR400R, then the 750 version (the RC30). Then another RC30 & another RC30 ( VFR750R.com ) and when the Yamaha R1 came out in 98 I bought one of those. Of the...

I dunno... maybe you think its cool & normal that governments provide free money for banks to pay depositors interest and when they lend they create the money (for free) to lend to you at interest. Personally I find that disturbing AF. And you'll also not be bothered that the government is...

I'm rubbish at woodwork but have been studying macro-economics for 5 years. In particular, government finance & banking. Now I'm going to tell you some things you are not going to like. Are we sitting comfortably? Then I will begin. 1) When banks lend you money, they create it. Billy buys...

The Fed has overtightened and there is a severe Global recession coming. CB's are gagging to get back to doing QE. I think rates will be back to 2% within 18 months.

BTW this appears to be the same set but at about 1/3 of what I paid. https://www.autodoc.co.uk/ks-tools/10494181 Made in China now of course but would be interesting to know if they're still the same quality. Probably not.

When I lived in Germany in 1999, I bought a comprehensive set of KS flank drive sockets + Torx + Hex bits at a price that nearly made me cry. But I knew I'd be using them for the rest of eternity so... I bit my lip and paid up. I used them yesterday and I've used them nearly every day for 23...

I use & recommend Nicholson files. I got one in a box of bits at an auction and was very impressed so I looked for a set hoping that the company still existed (the file was obviously very old). They do still exist and they're American, apparently...

I've got one too. A bit younger. Bought new by my friend Tony in 1946. He gave it to me before he passed away a couple of years ago. Its a lovely machine. As regards spares, yes, join a group. There's one here: Drummond/Myford Lathe Owners and enthusiasts | Facebook