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Soldering Aluminium I did experiment with modifing a tip on a soldering iron to look like a meat tenderising hammer, with this type of tip I was able to abrade the aluminium with the soldering iron, worked quite well. Barrie Can you post a sketch? The method I get...

Don't be overly surprised if the Scheppach/Chicom wheel doesn't really true up. The shafts and bearing aren't very true or well fitted to begin with and tend to wobble some even after the wheel is 'trued'. With these things it's very much a case of 'you get what you pay for'. After a few...

Most of the fellows and shops in my area use ATF. Simple transmission oil makes a very good lubricant for cutting steel. It's cheap and readily available. I guy I know keeps a keg of used ATF he gets from the local garage to run in his sprinkler systems.

Hot water and soap. Lanolin is the lubricant in shaving cream. In the old days when a barber gave shaves the third and last pass was with melted lanolin. You wouldn't feel stubble for three day or get razor burn. That old guys revolver was so saturated with the stuff it was impossible to...

Some years back we had an old fellow bring a revolver into the shop for some work. Both myself and my partner were astonished because we knew for a fact that Colt never made stainless steel pistols back in the 20's. The old fellow told us his dad purchased it new back in '32. Being farmers...