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[Richard P Wilson]

I knew several old timers who didn't believe in the thimble clutch, and disabled it, preferring to rely on their own sensitive touch when measuring.

[Richard P Wilson]

As I said at the time, a theodolite isn't much use without its tripod other than as an ornament. Yes, I did spend a lot of time using them back in the...

[Richard P Wilson]

Still looks pointy to me.

[Richard P Wilson]

Ok, the small ones look fine though.

[Richard P Wilson]

I don't want to ran on your parade, Brian, but those teeth look a bit 'pointy' to me, as if they've been cut too deep.

[Richard P Wilson]

If a friend has asked you to do a job like this, what on earth might an enemy ask you to do?

[Richard P Wilson]

Petrol (gasolene) or paraffin (Kerosene) always worked well for me cleaning chains, unless California has banned gasolene and kerosene.

[Richard P Wilson]

So even the vendor has no idea what it is?

[Richard P Wilson]

I'd make the hub, fit a steel slug into the bore, then drill through with a 5mm drill centred on the joint between the slug and the hub. This takes most...

[Richard P Wilson]

I'd have thought that the one tool every tractor/rig would have would be a hammer.

[Richard P Wilson]

I'd hate to do a 2" long keyway with an 1/8" dia end mill.

[Richard P Wilson]

If theres no hammer, do you mean you use the crescent wrench for knocking the tent pegs in?

[Richard P Wilson]

I don't think I've ever used a crescent wrench as a hammer. Why? Because the things just aren't heavy enough to do any good. Stillsons, yes, crescent...

[Richard P Wilson]

Brian why not just put it on the shelf as it is, complete, then one day you might have a bright idea and get it running. It seems a shame to cannibalize...

[Richard P Wilson]

I have used a tripod piling rig which had a cable drum with the cable going up over the top of the tripod and down to a heavy drop weight which knocked...

[Richard P Wilson]

You need potassium aluminium sulphate. There are other products known as alum, but its PAS that you need. You can buy the chemically pure product on line,...

[Richard P Wilson]

When I was a teenager, there was a huge brick warehouse in Birmingham (Birmingham UK that is) called the Banana Rooms, because it was a central storage...

[Richard P Wilson]

Even simpler, I managed once by tack welding the workpiece to a larger stouter piece of 1/2" plate which in turn was bolted to the mill table. Don't...