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Had a close one the other day with the hand held angle grinder. Don't know why but for some stupid reason I had the switch in the on position as a bent down to insert the plug into a trailing extension lead. Well it sprang into life and jerked right out of my hand and fell the short distance to...

My LFA 400 drill chuck that I use on my milling machine has suddenly become very hard to open and close. At times it binds so much I have to use the key to adjust it. Rocking it back and forth with the key the binding point moves so I suspect that it has ingested some swarf. I've tried blowing...

Hi Folks Well it feels an awful long while since I built my first engine here back in the spring. My "living list" of tasks that needed doing around the place has kept me out of the shop for way too long. So now I'm grabbing some much needed shop time and have made a start on my next engine...

I have a SIP mig mate welder, which I have used for welding steel, using both gasless wire and normal wire and a CO2 gas bottle. The only difference in set up is the polarity of the gun connections. I've got a small repair to do on an OS FX46 aero model engine to re-attach the needle valve...

Hi All, Well today I finally managed to find some shop time to make a start on my first build. I decided to give the EZ engine a go, given that it is a project aimed at the first timer I hope it is just the ticket for me. I'm sort of used to metric and imperial measurements, but my brain...

Hi everyone, I'm very new to machining and joined the forum the other day. I have subsequently added a few pictures of my machines to my welcome post if anyone who asked for pictures wants to see them, they are there now. My lathe is a Colchester student 1800. It is an imperial machine. When...

Hi everyone, My name is Nick and I live in Gloucestershire in the UK. I'm 51 years old and very new to metal working. I was lucky enough to have plenty of space available to build my workshop and so have opted to go the ex-industrial machine route rather than buy new hobbyist type machines...