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May be worth looking into the model boat world. Many varieties for a limited angular displacement. Some very simple.

Duck boards for a duck house! To try and keep a wooden floor as dry as possible or at least ventilated. Ducks can be very wet birds (compared with hens) and they never wipe their feet!

I'd also go with HSS. The shapes of the above kits are a bit idiosyncratic but they are sharp. I would always thin the parting tool so that the tip is about 3mm wide. Some of these kits have such a wide tip they would only be any use on a very rigid industrial size lathe with loads of power. I found the steel in the kit I bought to be very good. Tools stay sharp for a long time and mostly only need some help from a small stone.

I would second the idea of a dedicated battery for anything critical. Short leads, few connections, wiring easy to check or replace, just one switch. Fewer components = more reliable.

Steve

Charging points fine if, when you get to the one the car advises, it's working and there isn't a queue. How well do electric cars do in hilly areas like Exmoor? I can understand they would be fine in cities.

Thought a couple of pictures would help show what I have. Brings working height of the drill table roughly same as lathe cross slide. It's 11 inches lower than the lathe bench and suits me!m

When I bought my Warco drill second-hand it had a lower height home made stand. I didn't really like the idea and I did raise it a couple of inches. Now I think it's a good thing; you look down on the drill and the belt cover is more accessible.

Whatever you decide I'd have a little experiment on some scrap. Practice=not making things worse. Ask how I know...

Stroke not same as con rod length. You do need a rod or estimate from the old one?

I set a simple system to powder coat at just the ends of tools so I had a chance of finding them in the grass... only needs a sniff of air. Powder from eBay. Heat with a torch to about blue tempering colour. Bottom has a pad of scotchbright and the (trimmed) top of the cocoa container with a grid of small holes.

I'd experiment using a nice clean bit of bar and two coloured felt tips. Replace tool with first colour and 'cut' first thread. Change colour and 'cut' second. With a fine 'sharpy' type pen you should be able to see two clear 'threads'. No metal gets wasted... no tools get blunt!

I made my bench 895mm O/A. to the top which is made from one layer 18mm ply and kitchen worktop to finish. I am 5' 10"" and the handle on the cross slide is about on a level with my elbow. I thought 'too high and I can stand on a box; too low and I'll need to dig a hole...'. Has worked out just right for me. No back problems.

Yes, we will be the last. Who mends a new car, washing machine, radio, TV? Come to that who can mend them? Guess what part is faulty (or use a diagnostic computer) and put in a new part that was made in China. My Land Rover was the last car I could generally fix but the new ones - no chance.

Also well worth going on a non-open day. All the room you need and when I ordered my lathe I just asked for a deal and got a tailstock chuck and a set of HS tools. I was very happy and I have been back to measure up a mill. Very helpful staff nice pubs nearby...

Check out earlier threads. When mine died it was just this resistor. Not pressed fully home. I checked motor with 12v charger.

We had a scam parking fine yesterday. Said it was from Barking and Dagenham mentioned a date and a few reference numbers also the name of a valid local councillor. However not my address or the car reg number. I phoned B&D to let them know. Clearly they had had a good few other people as the 'hello' telephone message explained that B&D do not email suchlike parking enforcement demands.

Magnets are good for 'hanging' a drawing on the lathe splash back but a pain when they magnetise any screwdrivers you use to get hold of them.

Hang the discs for the chickens to amuse themselves with!

I had a similar running problem. You can test motor with 12v. I eventually found it was a resistor on the control board not fully seated. That would be my first try. I posted a picture in 'wm250 and wm16' thread. Mine has been fine since. I would have a very careful look for the source of the oil leak. Gearbox not overfilled?

LH/RH thread would need to be multi start threads to get the helix angles large enough to provide a pattern(?). I think it might work.