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Mini pallet cling film tightly wrapped around the outside should stop the leaks & be removable. Might need the filling to be done in several orientations so that gravity fills the voids at the bottom as the piece is rotated. A cling film dispenser/handle allows a really tight application of the...

FYI: There are also modulus (also called plusminus) Pozi & Phillips screwdrivers. Probably quite specialised but electricians tend to like them.

I've seen numerous professionals tap a piece back into concentricity but it only works sometimes for me so I rely on the lever method I posted above. Edited the post to add a warning about burnishing.

To answer several of the replies above: • A wire brush will clean the abrasive but will also help wear it away whereas silicone just cleans out the crud. • A rolled up plastic bag also works but doesn't last like silicone & is harder to control.

I've been asked to repost this from 2016. King Ozymandias of Assyria was running low on cash after years of war with the Hittites. His last great possession was the Star of the Euphrates , the most valuable diamond in the ancient world. Desperate, he went to Croesus, the pawnbroker, to ask for...

+1 for cured silicone sealant.

Perhaps I should get out more, I get perhaps one scam email a year.

As Jim Kingshott used to say "Sharpness in nothingness". Thus if light reflects off the cutting edge, you don't need a torch, then it's not sharp.

I'll probably be reprimanded for telling you this but I use either a skew, or the back of a gouge, as a lever between the tool rest & the work piece. That's after turning the speed down & slightly loosening the holding pressure. Once running true I tighten everything back up. Edit: I forgot to...

Brain laziness. It take the movement of one finger to indicate but the brain can't be bothered because that means having to concentrate continuously. Much easier to have 99 near misses & argue on the 100th when caught out.

You will need a thread protector to eject drive centres from the headstock. If you haven't got one don't put a drive into the morse taper because the headstock is solid & you can't use a knock out bar.

Sorry, all gone.

Replied to lofty.