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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.
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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...
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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.
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If a friend has asked you to do a job like this, what on earth might an enemy ask you to do?
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Petrol (gasolene) or paraffin (Kerosene) always worked well for me cleaning chains, unless California has banned gasolene and kerosene.
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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...
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Richard P Wilson replied to Top Three Hand Tools, Machining related please. Back yard tools are included. Hammer.in GeneralI'd have thought that the one tool every tractor/rig would have would be a hammer.
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I'd hate to do a 2" long keyway with an 1/8" dia end mill.
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Richard P Wilson replied to Top Three Hand Tools, Machining related please. Back yard tools are included. Hammer.in GeneralIf theres no hammer, do you mean you use the crescent wrench for knocking the tent pegs in?
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Richard P Wilson replied to Top Three Hand Tools, Machining related please. Back yard tools are included. Hammer.in GeneralI 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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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