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You've all missed the point completely.

Privacy glass is fitted so that the little darlings don't have to suffer the traumatic social stigma of being seen by their peers, travelling in a Ford Fiesta. That is why it is a standard fit on the type.

They don't obscure anything from the inside. The glass is one way. They keep the internal temperature down and improve security. I was sceptical but having had a car supplied with it, I would have no problem with it. If other road users have to hang back a little more, that is a bonus.

Cousins Material House set of 9 AF screwdrivers. Replaceable blades, MUCH cheaper than Bergeon. I have had mine for sixteen years and have mended everything from Timexes to Rolexes and good watches as well.

As soon as it has been cleaned, steel begins to corrode. Any humidity provides all it needs to rust. If you havent stored it in VCI paper or sealed bags with dessicant pouches then paint it now.

I bought an Amadeal Brushless lathe about eighteen months ago. It arrived well calibrated and has been completely reliable. I would nave no qualms about buying from them again.

Chuck glider.

Aviation has a few as well.

Fault report: Port engine missing. Engineer's report: Port engine located on port wing.

Pilot: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute descent.
Engineer: Cannot reproduce the problem on the ground.

There are many others...

If there were a good drill sharpener... Madam has decided to spend as much on a new coat I don't need as would buy a Tormek that I do!

It is not too difficult to strip the chuck down and you may be able to stone the damage out if it is not too badly damaged. Tightness of fist (or thrift, to give it its proper name) is a key qualification for model engineering.

That'll be the Bantam size.

The way it is commonly done (and it is very commonly done,) is to put a piece of rebar through the filler cap hole. A handful of gravel is a common addition but I wouldn't with a soldered tank.

Lead, which will be the main constituent of the solder willl be pretty unreactive. Electrolytic cleaning will be fine.

Point of order. The English Tubal-Cain is just as much an upstart. As the great-great-great-great-great grandson of Adam and Eve, the real one was an Israelite!

The one that has gone out of use most recently seems to be "Railway Station". Train station seems an ugly phrase.

Assuming about 7thou sheet thickness, somewhere near the distance from Earth to Venus.

Edited By Tom Sheppard on 24/09/2022 19:47:53

You'll probably get a working scope off FB marketplace for under £20. It will do all you want and more.

One of the nice things about UGS is the visualiser which shows what you actually asked the tool to do rather than what you thought it was going to do. Use that and a standard text file to refine your design and you will learn a lot as you go along.

Yes, it is hung from a rope so it aligns magnetically.

Youngsters cannot spell. It is and always has been "OOFLE!"

Drop it in a drum of diesel and come back in three months' time. It will come apart nicely and probably go back together and run.