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It well mab 'odd' and not actually belomg to a known manufactuter but an 'accessory' firm. These existed between the WAES and 'Tubal Cain( Tom D Walshaw) wote uo the story in Model Engineer.

Thanks Ken. George was 94 whilst I am a mere strippling at 91.;) I've no idea what the boiler was like. I was teaching himand he had a angina attack and and I fed hilm on nitro glycerine befor driving him into hospital . That was a long to,e ago . We'll have to see what the response re a...

Many bandsaw wheels are 'crowned' to help the tracking. Again, there is a qustion of aligning with a straight edge Of course, you may have known these and done them:)

One of my very good friends who was 94 died this week There is a very complete Myford ML7-RB- the one like the Supper7B and a Pultra 10 instrument lathe, a Sient -the shorter one- and a vast collection of tooling. Do you wish me to keep you posted in the. even of a future sale? There's even a...

You see I actually printrd off the ORIGINAL before it was altered.

This is the ALTERED post, I never said what the book was nor the publisher, nor the author NOR the EDITER.

Angie - Igavwe my old vattered cipy away and bought a new one. Since this started, I have just had a couple of phone calls to tell me that a dear older friend has had a 2nf fall and has died at the age of 94. This old bloke built almost all the bits in BOTH books. I've just told the daughter...

Andrew Andrew See above I have been asked to ship a copy of a copyrufhted book The copy right holder was a fanuky friend Cheers Norman

I passed a copy of your lkast reply to a to a bunch of 'savants' who, lije me, are in their 70's, their 80' and their 90' and they were shocked and annoyed at your attempt not only to rell a person who was and is a feiend of the editor of 'the book' which COPYRIGHT under the laws of the United...

Timp It would appear that my words have been misconstrued and and therefore taken out of com-text. If you gave been upset then I must humbly apologise

Thanks John I do have a spare blade- somewhere and I know that there are cheaper and therefore inferior blades. Sorry, SmithDoor but I'nm intrsted in quality and am not dominsted by p[[rice or lack of price. John I have the question of the Titan wood blade to address. No, not yet bit mine...

The book is perhaps £30 and with a vast bumber of designs anf hints and great experience whilst you on the other hand get aan inferior product- for free. That is my view on things not only on this hobby but life generally. My observation on lfe of which I have only ONE. Best Wishes...

Fine but there is better! I used to like motor cars and my late wife had a rolls Royce, I had a clapped out 1937 Morris 8 that cost me £5-. I soon caught up:) We both retired at 55 and when she died I gave the cars away. There is a still a classic Mercedes SLK 230 looking brand new i the garage...

Details please and does he do wood cuttomg ones too. I have just bought a Titan wood bandsaw from Screwfix. Off topic, but I have been 'wood butchering' as if there was no tomrrow:mad: The Quorn modifications to the old Mark 1 are now in progress. Making 'test poeces' in timber. Best...

I think thaat there is a formula but a mnimum of contach with 3 teeth seems fair enough. Hoever, I'm happy to be advised Norman

I was brought up to determine the number of teeth from the thickness of the metal. Whether it is right or not is another matter:)

I wrote thos up in -------------2018 but the detals should be in the British Museum! and also subject tp a Patent. It's a long tome since I originally commented It is ascribed to Commsnder W.T. Barker of the Royal Navy- or as some of us Brycreeme Boys would dub it-- the Grey Finnel Line...

, As old age rushes on relentlessly , we become less and less cpsble of handling sruff from largr and generally cheaper second hsnd machinery. Again, larger machinery appears on the masrket- because it is worn or simply out of date. Pricing a good second hand Chinese lathe against a first vlass...

For the English and the Welsh, there is a Geo. Alexander Deckel clone on HomeWorkshop.co. UK Son of the late John Dtevenson- site owner. It is a single lip grinder. Priced at £450 and with lots of collets. Bolection only N