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You could try spraying some belt dressing on the belt.

The blacksmiths way of making weather vane bearings is solid rod at the top with a loose fitting tube on the vane. When you put the vane over the upright you put two marbles up the tube and these act as the bearing.

Our local Indian Restaurant cottoned on years ago that not everyone likes Christmas and opens Christmas day. Same prices as normal and no decorations!

25mm box section x 1.6mm should do it.

I would assume that you could swap them, as when they are sharpened you only grind the top of the dies.

50% of all taxes raised are spent on the welfare system ( This includes state pensions) How much more should be spent?

I was told 40 years ago if I wanted to keep all fingers, never put your finger anywhere you wouldn't put your todger!

I was once told by a submariner that there are only submarines or targets at sea!

All our submarines are still steam powered!

It's all done by the computer program. It works out the monthly payments and sends you a letter with no human intervention!

They could use rockets similar to those used on Hercules for quick take off on short runways.

The proper way to lift them is to use lifting eyes and a shackle straight to the hook. Nearly all machines have a threaded hole for lifting.

As for moving them horizontally short scaffold poles used as rollers is the safest way. If the ground is soft use 3/4 ply sheets.

You will be amazed at the amount of weight you can move on rollers.

It could just be a red herring for something classified and more serious!

I use a very good local steel merchant, I tell them what I want the steel for and they tell what I need. Some times it's an EN number sometimes it's a BS number. Best policy is find a merchant you can trust and don't worry to much about the cost.

Black mild steel will contain all sorts of "crap" as it is normally made from recycled frag steel, that contains high carbon steel, tool steel and boron steel.

If you need new mild steel you need to cut it from rsj's, universal beams and columns.

I don't know if BMS is made from new steel or recyled crap!

You could try skimming the opposite side to pull it back

I rebuild SU and they are made from the worst possible shit imaginable! The also suffer from hydrogen embrittlement which doesn't help!

But I will try lumiweld with both a flame and my tig welder.

What is the best way to weld Mazak?

It cannot be of a fixed size as if it was a fixed size it would have an edge, therefore if it had an edge then there would be something else the other side of the edge!