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    Post a photo of the last thing you made...

    Seconded. I have one and its piddly wee brother, 100mm I think. The castings come with surprisingly sharp edges, you can kiss them with a file if you want, but their accuracy is just fine. Peter Millard put.me on to them; he used them widely in his videos.
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    Ornamental lathe restoration

    Your mill got a "suds" pump Mark? It makes a shockin' difference. That, and slowing the traverse right down. You do have to take the published "standard" speeds as a guide and faff around either side of "recommended values" with feed and depth of cut.
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    Post a photo of the last thing you made...

    Shafiq? Don't waste money. Peen the angle between the two arms of your square and get it back accurate again. (I'm assuming its a roofing square?). It took 8 'goes' to rectify mine after I dropped it - from a roof! That was 15 years ago and it's been spot on since.
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    He's back!

    For those of you with a creative streak, that man Claymore, a.k.a. Brian, the one with the hugely impressive intarsia, has just posted on UKWS, and my goodness, has he had it rough in the last five years...
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    Robert Thompson/Mouseman

    Thanks Robert and Ian.
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    Robert Thompson/Mouseman

    There is a place 'tween Yawksha and Cumbria: Lord's Antiques; the auction centre, not the warehouse. They presently have a large collection of R.T. tables, chests of drawers, etc, all with the motif. Costly, but gorgeous and fascinating. For me, the greatest design feature is that rippled table...
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    And so a new week begins...

    Steve, you have been an incredible magnet for Yobbo semi-erectus, sub sp. boyracer. You poor man! Glad to hear you are now in Chateau Nesepasserienici.
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    So it is Spring now, for me it's still Winter

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    Quick and easy round table

    Tung oil. Leaves a crackin' finish on teak, and leaves the grain beautifully visible. Will look out some pictures.
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    Single bevel blades

    If you do Steve, do remember to skew the plane across the veneer you want to cut, but move it along in that skewed position. For some reason, I found this was the only way, short of emptying my pocket, to work with those horrible "mahogany" veneer edging strips we were all using (and in bell...
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    Kity 619 table saw rise and fall repair

    I think Lons used to sell and service(?) them in his distant youth.
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    Possible Problems with MacOS and iOS 26.3.1

    That sums them up in a nutshell, donnit? That, and rewriting "upgrades" to specifically exclude any iProud device older than 5 years, it seems. My (glazed).P.C. is over 10 years old, seen off three (or four) of Gates's reinventions of essentially the same G.U.I., and only now with 11 is it...
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    Well that’s another f&£king awful day!

    Dunno what we'll do when it's Hagrid's turn. He's already arthritic at 9.
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    Very short WIP - a simple clock

    Scientically put, that's "elegant!" (simple, clean lines, does the job). Class bit of work.
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    Router Plane Modifications

    Cool!! I have a Record or Stanley wee footingly small router too. Off to my ML4 to play; betcha I won't get as nice a finish as you...☹️
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    Ian Huntley

    The people of Soham, have, to a man/woman shunned commenting in any way on this. Their feelings, and emphatically, categorically, to the nth degree, those of the parents and immediate families of those two little girls should NOT have their agony prolonged and endlessly reinflamed by...
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    Best way to keep a partially drunk bottle of wine - a novel approach ?

    As a relative newcomer (a "blow-in" back home) t' Nathumbaland, Ah fully concoh....Gan roun' 'ere, gabbin' wey neighbours, Geordie ca-an be thick an' faast. They also have an endearing habit of incorporating an extra vowel, and/or a light glottal stop in each word: "Roa-ode" for example; "T'...
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    Ornamental lathe restoration

    Mark, that goniostat is simply a thing for beauty. Well done. As to your chuck-on-a-chuck, I don't think it is either of Andy's guesses ( respect to our Bristolian archivist). It does ring a faint bell, though. I think I've seen one like it in Evans' tome; off to a funeral now, will check...
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    In administration: Miles Tool & Machinery, Yeovil.

    Crying shame. First class company.
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    Post a photo of the last thing you made...

    Nice to see the wee Cowell getting covered in metal chips; it's a beauty. Great work on the plane, Bob. I have a smaller one than the 73, about 10/12mm wide, looks approximately same dimensions as yours, fits in the hand well, and I find it indispensable for rounding small corners and so forth...
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