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It is so obviously unsafe to have to reach over to the back of a lathe or even a mill, especially when one is working alone, yet we can see it repeatedly in photos and videos.

I guess that many of us will help a small pedestal drill chuck to come to a stop by gently gripping it. I heard of a young lad gripping a two inch (50mm) milling cutter in a large mill, to stop it. I was told that in the 1970s - the days of males wearing very long hair - my friend saw a man...

The problem with a land line phone is that it has to be set loud for you to hear it over machine noise but then it can make you jump when it rings, perhaps at a critical moment. Also, it can cause a sudden loss of concentration if it rings whilst you are, say, counting divisions on a dividing...

I am a total forum imposter; I am not making an engine, only a clock and any bits necessary for it. In the past I have made a dividing head, graduating and knurling tools, a bench drill and other things all described by G.H.Thomas in 'Mod Eng' mag in the 1970/80s. Also mods to my worn-out Smart...