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Yes s/steel can be a puppy! It has a tendency to work harden particularly when machining ie drilling and even a HSS drill will struggle. Tom

Ever seen on oxygen cylinders, regulators, hoses and any other oxygen associated equipment. Oxygen Use No Oil? There is always the damger of fire if these two come together

When I worked offshore in the oil and gas industry. There was a saying, give a diver 3 ball bearings and he'll lose one, break the second and steal the third. No disrespect to divers, I used to be one

Acetone, found in some nail vanish removers, and used to be the basis of celluose thinners will disolve some plastics particually styrene. Spirits of salt is the old name for hydrochloric acid HCL. Petrol will also disolve styrene, remember at the start of the war in Ukraine they were making...

The screw extractor shown in the photo Torx sent in are made by Rigid tool co They are not cheap like all Rigid stuff but they are the best and they work.You have to use the correct size drill for the pilot hole and then hammer the hardened spline into the pilot a hex nut slides over the spline...

Yes indeed A&W Cushion do stock a very comprehensive stock of various hardwoods, not far from the city centre. I have used them several times in the past but be warned they are expensive all prices marked on the timber are plus VAT not many bargains here but OK for small projects

The die I use to cut threads on 20mm OD conduit is the 20mm x 1.5 die You can normally get sets for 20 and 25mm on the web for under £30

Hi Lazurus I'll post what aluminium turning I have onto you will need postal address Tom P

OK that should work, unless you want to drop by and collect my post code NR13 4JL Tom

I have a small quantity of aluminium turnings. They are not chips but long turnings. I live about 6 miles from Norwich