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When I was a kid learning to use the gear in my uncle's engineering shop, I was always amused by his old flat bed lathe that was run by an overhead electric motor and a 3-speed flat belt set-up. To...

Good purchase! When I started my gunsmithing business in 1972 I bought a new Hercus lathe from Morris Black and Matheson in Ch-Ch (my previous place of employemt, Tisadlls Ltd in Cashel street, had...

I was a boarder at Waitaki in '61-'62 for my 3rd and 4th forms (the Rector did not like me making home brew in the DX club rooms). I can't remember who the metalwork teacher was but right at the...

Back in the day at Cashmere High I opted to have 7 periods of practical metalwork (no theory) as my optional subject in the 6th form. I was allowed access to the metalwork shop to do this by myself...