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Mrs Robo picked a Teak stain for the woodwork, so the dresser, fanlight and radiator cover top were done in that. Luckily there...

Mrs Robo picked a Teak stain for the woodwork, so the dresser, fanlight and radiator cover top were done in that. Luckily there...

The decorator came highly recommended (and expensive) but her attention to detail was second to none. First day was filling and sanding...

That's fine until it's someone else's repaired wheel that causes them to collide with you....

I have a WP9 watercooled torch and when I first started out I thought watercooled was terribly exotic and rather unnecessary but now...

Depends who's asking i guess, my answer changes as well sometimes ;)

A friend of mine repairs a lot of high end alloy wheels, the welding is the easy bit, prep and truing of the rim is where the time is...

When I have done them - I use the Lincoln V205T I got at about 160amps. Abit of preheat with a propane torch. Just wish I had a water...

Son lost the refill cap on his water pistol. Urgent job as he had a shootout to attend. Quickly knocked this up and he was well impressed.

That's my daily bread, I work in a machine shop and my main task is to weld and straighten alloy rims. Mith number 1 You need a big...

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"We" as in the whole lot of the UK ? Yes, the new HF chinese made ones are stamped gears. However the old ones, the gears are cast...

I think the spindle diameter is different as well. New pulleys are plastic, located on a flat on the spindle and secured with a spring...

Interesting.....the most common cement mixer around here has been one with a large open ring gear around the largest part of the drum...

I started doing up an old Belle I rescued from my parents' place. I found a date code inside the motor (looks similar to yours) that...