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Hello Rex Where about in the country are you ?

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Not on mine they don't

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No 2 morse taper so actual bore will be about 9/16 inch

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I used to watch an engraver engraving shotgun side plates. Used to marvel at the quality of his work, very delicate especially in steel However if you got a receipt from him you couldn't read his handwriting

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Howard But what happens to shredded paper ? Our local recycling plant will not take it so it either goes to landfill or gets burnt

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Bring back the horse

Does one usually lap cast iron? I would have thought there may be some difficulty completely removing the lapping paste

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ps  I'm quite happy to be shot down on this

Edited By roy entwistle on 10/07/2019 14:26:22

My dad used to say " a hammer is for putting screws in, a screw driver is for removing them " One old chap I worked with as an apprentice used to call a screw driver a turn screw, and a spanner a nut key

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Mike You forgot dressmaking

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Edited By roy entwistle on 05/07/2019 11:46:53

On second thoughts the first could be a rounding up or topping engine for altering the form of wheel teeth or reducing the diameter of the wheel

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First one looks like a wheel cutting engine. Second a Mandril. Third watchmakers turns

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I suspect that a trade ad ( scaffolding erectors) has appeared in the for sale section

Note also that not all square stock is square

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Mark

Before you start using a chisel, try using vinegar first. Depends on the glue

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I've had this e-mail several times. Seeing that I've had a free TV license for the past ten years and the fact that i haven't had a TV for at least fifty years , I simply ignored it

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You will find a difference between running it on air and running it on steam

How about trying it ?

I find that there's something about old tools, somehow they feel right when you're using them, whereas a new tool tends to feel awkward.

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I find that there's something about old tools, somehow they feel right whereas a new tool tends to feel awkward.

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Don't buy tools in sets. You will not use three quarters of them apart from possibly spanners

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