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Shouldn't pushrods be tubes with hardened ends?

The white version may be worse !!!

Professional tool that one.

There's normally a flange behind the chuck to take horizontal thrust from the cutting tool so they have to come out that way.

This doesn't help either it's a more modern one.

If all the pullies are loose it should gently tap out forwards with a rawhide hammer.

Beware of double grub screws in those pullies.

Or you could switch the link belt in there instead

If they can do it over the pond ..... link

Both of those cylinder chains would scare me, the bottom one can slip under the bottle and you have reduced the angle iron ability to restrain the bottle with your wood 'Improvement'

My jeep swallows 9.75 L of oil and claims a 12k mile service interval - it gets done once a year, which is 6k regardless.

I suspect those suggesting Nitrle gloves are thinking of the very thin style disposable gloves. Those saying no are thinking of the fabric reinforced type. Neither will stop metal splinters/chips.

You can make a scoop from a 4 pt milk container to help clean up, but most of my splinters are picked up from wiping my hands on a rag, which provides enough force to penetrate the skin and they always come from the mill.

Having bought a 72 triumph 2.5pi estate which turned out to have low oil pressure, but no light. With the valve springs completely buried in enough black sludge.to fill a one pint measuring jug I don't fancy the chances of that lot coming loose without clogging every gallery the engine has. The bearings on it were all copper so already knackered.

However being we are now in a new Century with fully synthetic oil and bearing clearances that require much thinner oil and manufacturers forbidding flushing oil, there are cheaper ways to get a boat anchor if you need one.

Unlike JimmyB I had a workmate with 250K miles on a Sierra doing 60 miles a day, regular servicing helps.

Anyone doing only a 1k miles a year should probably consider a Nissan Leaf as it's clearly a shopping car

Edited By Dave Halford on 14/07/2023 11:10:13

They used to say that when tested bowls of bar peanuts also contained urine

The oil goes acidic due the the small amount to sulphur in the fuel. Giving it 12x the time to sit in an engine is asking for trouble.

Given we know the internet is full of sellers too fond of cut and paste, where an AG60 torch in the title becomes a PT31 in the write up buyer beware.

There's something definitely wrong with the air my pt30 wandered off like that when the air went low, or maybe damp air?

The consumables look the same for pilot arc or drag tip torches, buy the right gun for the machine.

Found this on Amazon This product is durable and strong for the cost Hope they don't change the manufacturing procedure anytime soon. The other ones I used, cause my torch to burn out instead of the tips. Now I've been cutting with the same tips for a week.

You aren't the only one with poor consumables.

You may have to use wooden beading. All the acrylic that I have ever used has continued to dry and shrink.

Black red is now only for the US

In the UK Dc comes in various mixes of blue, brown and grey depending on +ve or -ve earthed

My £25 B&Q 6" bench grinder is fine with no vibration even when I remounted the stones.

You need to buy your budget grinder from somewhere local so you can take it back when it behaves like your does.

It simple to check wheel wobble with a pencil and an out of balance (weight) wheel will always stop at the same point.

Now I'm not one to stop innovation, but I wouldn't want to fudge a grinder with bent axles or a stone that runs true, but still produces a wobble, the wheels are not reinforced like angle grinder ones so continuing to run one might eventually break even an otherwise good wheel. Not forgetting that by then you will be stood in front of it.

Spec savers audio supply all aids as pairs and therefore all prices are for two.

NHS aids will go louder than private and Spec savers can supply them if you are referred by your GP.

Rechargables are a bit larger than the battery versions.

My wife's have the speaker in the ear and are better in crowded places with lots of background sound like the supermarket.

Isn't side milling supposed to be approx. the radius of the cutter in depth so for the 6mm dia cutter three passes would be required for 10mm thick work.

Chris you missed this thread from Windy

Did you change the blade at the same time? Is it still cutting on the same stroke? My 90 wandered till I used a full size power hacksaw blade, but then it is a much heavier bow.

Half the vice is steel, but the fixed side is only the main alloy casting, is that worn just where the 28mm rod rests?