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[Mike Burch]

If you can't remember where you left your keys, that's just old age.
If you have your keys and can't remember what they do, that's dementia.

[Mike Burch]

I deal with Ali Express quite a lot. Covid has fried their delivery systems completely. Not their fault, of course, but it seems that pretty well all...

[Mike Burch]

The single-phase motor that came with my second (third? fourth?)-hand mill/drill had the exact same problem. The noise was absolutely deafening until...

[Mike Burch]

That Formula One driver who recently crashed but escaped from his burning car after about 30 seconds must have been wearing something pretty impressive....

[Mike Burch]

BCRider is right. The Sieg C3 lathes (i.e., the 7x machines) do not have an adaptor plate per se, but rather a flange which is part of the spindle and...

[Mike Burch]

The Sieg C3 7x14 which I sold three years ago had an 80mm (3") three-jaw and a 100mm (4") four-jaw. Both were fine for that little lathe, but...