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Hi Craig, Use a big copper and hide hammer, also known as a Birmingham screw driver. Works wonders.

The Old Adage still holds true. Buy each Tool/Machine as the need arrises. Consider each machine or Tool like that of purchasing a...

If I may add a small point about the ability to machine steel, I'm not aware of any hobby level machine that can't do that, down to the...

Hmmmmmm - - - - in my experience some of the articles in Modern Machine Shop are somewhat disguised brag pieces. That only this...

Always buy separate lathe and mill and try to look at second hand machine tools. I purchased a used Colchester Bantam 2000 lathe from...

Good Luck, hope it all goes well.

I look forward to getting together when all this trouble is over. Regards, Graham T.

Hi Dick G, What Number Dewlands Road ? Regards, Graham T.

If I want bits of sheet, rod or bar I have found that the local manufacturing factories are very helpful, have a chat with the managers...

Hi Graham, I have a Colchester Bantam 2000 which is about the same size as your Master. I would be interested in seeing how you...

Hi Shopgeezer! Thank you for brightening my day. It's cold, raw and wet and I am scurrying to find a de-numbing wine:D. However...

Hi Dick, You are right, not such a small town any more. Have lived in Verwood for about 30 years and it has grown at a rate that you...

Happy New Year to you all. I'm in a little town called Verwood in Dorset so not a million mile from all of you. At the moment i'm...

Hi Goldstar, I heard a story on Radio 4 many years ago about "Izal" medicated toilet paper. The company that made it started out by...

Hi Norman, Many years ago, and I mean many years, my mother, bless her soul, sat me down and gave me a stack of books. I suddenly found...