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[Richard P Wilson]

Are these roller bearings? When I got my Raglan (UK) lathe, the spindlew as rough, so I took the bearings out and found some idiot had greased them rather...

[Richard P Wilson]

When I started driving in the 1960s, it was common for new cars or ones with a replacement engine, to have a sticker in the rear window 'Running in. Please...

[Richard P Wilson]

So the 3 thou is vertical movement of the spindle in the bearings, not necessarily the same as chuck runout, which might be much worse. That chuck looks...

[Richard P Wilson]

Dunk them in a dilute acid such as citric acid. That gets the scale off, leaves the copper a nice pink colour. Citric is user friendly, you can dispose...

[Richard P Wilson]

Does it have the tripod legs with it? Without these, it really isn't much use to anyone, despite the fact that without doubt in its day it was an expensive...

[Richard P Wilson]

Stuffing boxes?...

[Richard P Wilson]

What is wrong with holding round stock in a 4 jaw scroll chuck? My 4 jaw scroll is pretty much a fixture on my lathe, except when I want to hold hexagon...

[Richard P Wilson]

Only 65mph from a Midget? Even the Morris Minor jellymould would do better than that! Is this the 948cc or 1098cc engine?

[Richard P Wilson]

Thats a new term to me for, presumably, black steel pipe and fittings, and I've worked in Ireland too....