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Hi During the recent thunder storms I began to think about surge protection on my mill (sieg X3), although I was not using the mill at the time. I haven’t a clue about the mills electronics all my other machines are belt drive. Any advice? Brian

Hi I have recently been given an old Wolf bench grinder by a neighbour who said he bought it in the sixties and has not used it very often. I don’t know what the life of grind wheels are but I don’t trust 40/50 year old wheels kept in a damp garage. As I use both HSS and carbide tipped lathe...

I was recently looking through some 60s model engineer’s. Back then workshops usually consisted of a lathe with attachments, a bench drill and a grinder, plus hand tools. I wonder what it will be like in 50 years time with every one using automatic lathes and milling machine etc. Brian

Usually there is a inner dome and a outer dome. The dome you bought from reeves sounds like the outer dome and is purely for decoration. The dimensions for the inner dome should be on the drawings. Brian

Hi I down loaded ccleaner makes useing the start up menu much easier, also gets rid of most other junk. http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner Brian