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You need to fit a snubber.

I had a blown 1200cc Moggie Pickup on radials and in damp conditions I induce it to slide round corners. If I got it right I could go round a roundabout sideways much to the disdain of the local Bobbies!

We used to braze hydraulic fittings using ready fluxed brazing rods. Hydraulic fittings are made from leaded mild steel.

I still like the cockney insult to call someone a Berk, rhyming slang for Berkeley Hunt!

You used to be able to get lefthand cheque books.

I should have known! You always get one on a forum!

Why do lathes have the chuck on the left?

Q Max punch will give you the neatest holes.

You need a Purdy or Hamilton paint brush, they should cost you £30-£40 but will last you a lifetime. Try putting the paint on with a small roller and take it off with a brush.

The best way to clean them is steam clean as this will kill any bacteria. As for packing crates OSB is the preferred timber as it is disease free.

I get them laser cut on a tree and break them off.

You can buy lefthand drills. I have a set but they are kept well away from my other drills!

Having worked on heavy plant in Africa, we used to have a devils own job trying to get the local operators to loosen the tracks when working in sandy areas! Sand gets in the track pins and tightens everything up and breaks the tracks. It also makes them squeal like a bastard!

When I worked in the backrooms of a well know bank, we used to remove the hard drives from all the computers we sold or scrapped and smashed them with a large hammer on a RSJ! I still do it when I scrap a computer.

I have numerous Calor Bottles and I still have the invoices which prove I purchased them.

I thought CE marking meant Chinese Export?

On production work, you may need to put zero on the edge of a set up. You should have a +/- button on the DRO so you can change direction at will.

I suspect they would have been forged originally.

Modern French cars are doing this to stop no dealer mechanics working on them!

Anything can be made. It's only dictated by time and money.