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    Is your iMac or Macbook getting long in the tooth ?

    I still have and use an elderly (early 2000s) Powermac G5 tower - which I use for real work! I have the complete Adobe suite on it and still use this software (mostly Photoshop, Lightroom and InDesign and occasionally Illustrator). I still use it for email, but its useless for the web as the...
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    My Latest Acquisition - KUFO SK-2000 SD Sanding Machine

    Hi Andrew, Sorry, we never did find a user manual - although we did manage to find a local supplier of the belts.
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    New tyres for Kity 613 bandsaw?

    The lower tyre of our Kity 613 bandsaw has a groove in it and probably needs replacing. I've read quite a lot of posts about these new urethane tyres from the USA that can be fitted by stretching on the wheel after a soak in hot water. Has anyone actually tried these type of tyres on a Kity 613...
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    Why are modern electric kettles all such junk?

    Thanks for all your comments and suggestions on kettles. I can't afford a really expensive one and as I'm reluctant to pay even £20 for some junk that won't last more than a couple of years (and the "buy cheap and replace when it breaks" methodology is hardly sustainable as I bet they can't be...
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    Why are modern electric kettles all such junk?

    The answer to the toaster question is Dualit toasters - but not the bottom of the range ones - the £150 plus ones are still made in the UK and are intended to be repairable, and spares parts are available. Still that's really a lot to pay for a toaster - unless you run a B&B and have to make...
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    Why are modern electric kettles all such junk?

    Grrr... The element in my electric kettle has failed and it is under 2 years old. It was a catering kettle (corded, stainless steel no frills) and was an identical replacement of the previous one which lasted 6 years before the switch failed but neither switch or element are replacable :-(...
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    Door Knobs

    Not always the case - I've seen plenty both for sale (including some really expensive "custom" ones online) and fitted to pieces of furniture that were long grain and of course, the screws pull out :-( I've also seen long grain ones offered for sale with a nutsert fitted - which would work well...
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    replacement belt sourcing?

    That belt sounds very much like the type my Peatol mini model maker's lathe uses - in which case it will be difficult to source from the normal belt suppliers. Try giving Peatol a ring on 0121 429 105. They should be able to tell you the size of the spare belts they supply for the Peatol lathe...
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    Axminster AT1416VS any thoughts?

    Yes - the morse taper issue is a pain. Until I saw this lathe I thought all MT2 morse tapers were the same (there used to be a standard of some kind, didn't there?) but the short taper is probably just another way of saving money on the castings :-( Having said that, it is possible to drill on...
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    Axminster AT1416VS any thoughts?

    My turning club has one of these lathes and you are right about those MT2 tapers - in both head and tailstock - they are both short, and the headstock one is really short! What this means is that most MT2 items with tangs will not work unless you saw the tang off :-( I have a couple of drive...
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    Record CL4 Owners - Something Interesting (Maybe)

    Oh - so that's why modern lathes come with the inverters set to that annoying powered deceleration. I much prefer the way our old club Vicmarc works - with freewheel deceleration, which means you can slow the lathe quickly if you want by holding the handwheel. Powered deceleration is potentially...
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    Last chance to see Vulcan XH588 fly

    I saw the Vulcan display at the Welshpool airshow on Sunday - it was utterly awesome and very, very loud :-)
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    Handmade

    Oh dear.... Like most other people here I found the videography in both Glass and Metal far too "arty" for my liking - especially when the camera cut away from a key part of the making process to spend a long and boring time on some trivial detail like rain, or a man's foot, or an out-of-focus...
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    Dewalt DW50 Planer Thicknesser

    Sadly, I was unable to source a manual for the DW50 and an email to Dewalt didn't result in any info :-( I've not done anything further with the machine, I did however get a manual for the Kity bandsaw which was most helpful and the machine is still in daily use :-)
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