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Very interesting - great twist at the end.

Six months ago ordered 2 barrels of Exol Excelfluid RR from a supplier. They arrived, and are labelled as RR, with slightly different batch numbers. When I came to use them, they turned out to look nothing like the fluid we normally use. I got in touch with the supplier, and sent them the...

When I started working at my new place a few years ago I had access to a Prototrak cnc lathe and mill. No one else used them, so I got given the keys and told to help myself One of the things I decided to do as my learning project was a chess set. I actually made 2 - one for the display case...

Bit of a long shot, but this is one of the few forums I post on, so I'll try. I work at a college and I've been asked to create a couple of posters to hang in the workshop for the new students this year. One poster needs to show a lathe, another a mill, with all the main parts labelled...

I'm trying to get a calculation solved - I've asked the all knowing Chatgpt this question and got 3 different answers ! So, If I start with an initial investment of £30,000 which grows at 7%, and I top that up with £500 every month (which I increase by 3% a year), how much would I have after 10...

Browsing through the news yesterday I found an article about a band of teachers who'd formed a group, with the aim of sharing tips to stop students using artificial intelligence to cheat at exams. Intrigued, I went to have a look at ChatGPT, to see what kind of answers it would give. I asked...

At work we have an Ajax No1 combination milling machine. It's an old beast, capable of being configured in either a horizontal or vertical modes. As far as anyone can remember it's been set up as a horizontal miller. We'd like to convert it back to a vertical machine, but somewhere in time one...

A while ago I posted up how, while sitting at home, my wife had asked me if I'd ever watched a very long running British soap called 'Emmerdale Farm'. I replied "I used to watch it when I was a kid, with my Mom......when it had Amos and Mr Wilkes in it". Next day my Amazon had DVD box sets of...

Another two finished..... well, just have to add the brass feet to the corners. Black palm and maple. Ebiara (Red Zebra) and maple.

This is a serious question - I really hope no-one finds it offensive. Yesterday, I was chatting to a small group of young adult students about languages. One of the lads was a Polish guy who speaks excellent English. I said "When I started to learn French many, many years ago, my teacher told...

Any idea where I can get a replacement pad for the Bosch Get55-125 sander? I bought a hard (blue) one last year, but can't find where I got it from. Thanks.

A few years back I made a couple of chess sets on the cnc machine at work, out of aluminium. I'm thinking of having a go at making some wooden sets to go with the boards I make - probably maple, walnut, possibly rosewood. The only tooling we use is carbide, and the smallest r/h knife tool I...

I bought some white French polish a few days ago, for the first time. Is it normal that it separates out? My normal blonde, pale and buttons don't do this. Thanks

I found this fascinating - how fire control computers worked in navy battleships in WW2. Using cams, gears, differentials and other types of mechanics to do maths - some of it pretty advanced. Part 2

Finished another two boards this weekend - both Bolivian rosewood & maple. This one was made to order - 52mm squares. This one, I'm yet to find a buyer for- 56mm squares.

I picked up this Jerrims vice that was destined for the scrap. My wife has asked if I'd like to donate it to the small firm she works at, but it's so unusual I'd like to know a bit more about it, especially if it might be worth anything, before I blindly give it away. The normally 'fixed' jaws...

Went to use my little RP Sabre 250 today to resaw some 3" stock. I noticed sparks coming off the top back bearing. After a check, the top back, one of the top sides, and one of the bottom side bearings are all seized solid. The ones that aren't seized feel like they have sand in them. (The saw...

Needing a piece of steel for a jig I ordered this - Indexa GFS Gauge Plate 15x5x500 The important bit of the specs was this Stupidly, I assumed it would be perfect - it's gauge plate, after all. So I cut it to length, drilled it, test fitted it, and it wasn't even close to fitting. So...

https://www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/518494a27e37f34c2b594a7777f6b0d7/0af8d24542e81eb9357e7ef448a6646f/woodworking-machinery-tools-workshop-engineering-tools/ 1098 lots including timber, hand and power tools. I'm sure someone would like this :)

Another one finished.