Recent content by Farside

I would recommend a proper mechanic's thread file for this sort of thing. Sykes Pickavant make one that's perfect. http://www.justtools.com.au/prod2922.htm Available in metric or inch and worth their weight in shiny yellow metal.

Exactly. Happens occasionally to me too. Some deadbeat will get me out to identify a problem and quote for a job and that's the last I'll hear of it. Not because I'm too expensive, I know I'm not, but simply because they now know the fault and think they can fix it themselves. Sometimes, of...

Superb!

If your eyesight is really bad, perhaps the tutor has a point, but I think he's probably just being an ar... err.. unduly pessimistic and unhelpful. Cameras have been used by spectacle wearers for generations, so it's not exactly a new problem and there are solutions available. You could get a...

Yegods, that rings a bell - I used to be in that one. About 1973/4 if I recall correctly. That's the one (or used to be) in a converted shop premises on a corner? Looking at the map on their site, it's certainly in the same-ish location. It was a bloody good club and I learned a lot from the...