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I've found it quite a confusing story to follow. As far as I can tell, it's a just another mass data breach. There wasn't any fraud, just unauthorised gathering of personal information for marketing purposes. The political dimension is interesting, but not that scandalous, and probably didn't swing the outcome of the Trump/Brexit votes. To be perfectly honest, I don't see what all the fuss is about. Please correct me if I'm wrong on the facts.

From that interview, he didn't certainly didn't strike me as a thug. More like a politician. He had an undisclosed agenda and exaggerated, but that's the way political activists of any persuasion operate. Hard to form much of an opinion based on those seven minutes - it's clearly a propaganda video. At some point I'll watch the Oxford Union thing with an open mind.

T'was parents' evening today - I knew we should have gone private...

You lucky, lucky bastard. By amazing coincidence my local pub is called "The Village Idiot", and you can hear a band called "Perpetually Offended Faggots" play there every Tuesday (folk night). And I've hardly made this up much at all.

Bogof on amputations, that sort of thing? Funnily enough the woodland burial place near me was advertising buy-one-get-one-free on funerals last year!

Taking that argument to its logical conclusion: as all NHS institutions are loss-making once government funds are taken out of the equation (except, perhaps, their car-parks), the "fix" is to close them all down. More customers for carpetright = greater profit. More customers for NHS = greater loss. Nothing to do with difference in scale: you simply can't take the outputs (or inputs) out of the equation.

As I understand it, the crime he was convicted of was "incitement of racial hatred" (not violence per se). That sounds like a lower threshold, but I still can't understand why he was convicted based on the little I've read about the case. Nobody who didn't hate the Jews before watching the video is going to become an anti-Semite by watching it, and as others have said, context is crucial. Don't understand why the police charged him, don't understand why the CPS prosecuted the case, don't understand why the courts convicted. All that's been achieved is increased distrust in the legal system and a publicity boost for the far-righters who are now acting as the defenders of liberalism. Some of the reporting is way off - they suggest that he was convicted of being "grossly offensive". This is just wrong. The Judge remarked that the video was such, but there is no such crime. I've noticed a lot of exaggerated and unprofessional comment being opined by Judges in recent court cases - something I find a bit troubling, they should stick to the law.

To be fair, both Assange and Zucherberg have detractors and supporters in the media. I can't say I've noticed a particular bias in either case.

Not sure what point you're making here. NHS saves lives. Carpetright sells carpets. If you're suggesting the NHS should close all loss-making services, I think I'd have to disagree!

That must be a fake - I'm pretty sure on his real passport photo he's wrestling a bear.

If you're used to doing gouges then no, shouldn't be a problem. You don't need to get them nearly as sharp as carving/framing chisels - no point in honing, 80 grit plenty fine enough imo for most things. Find a youtube vid with similar equipment to what you have to hand. Take note whether each tool is carbon or HSS.

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It's unquestionably better now. Though I do miss being asked what colour leaves are when doing a search - made me feel real knowledgeable.

I assumed he meant the thing above it.

It sounds like the roots have been levered by the wind. If the roots are loose (especially given the condition they've been in for so long) I think it's probably time for them to be replaced. I wouldn't upright it by tying to a fence, that's going to cause problems later on one way or another. Your mulching wont have caused it. A picture might help, but from your description I don't think there's much hope. If you can save them, you're probably just creating a hazard. Sorry.

This made me chuckle - I wonder how long it would take to recover your $15 investment in saved soap? Probably longer than a wooden soap dish would last. Does look nice, though.

For a table, I'd do at least three! Mushrooms are great for practicing, they need no preparation just a small bit of branch will do, and you get lovely ribbons coming off if it's fresh. It's really satisfying seeing the transition between layers of bark appear as you bring it towards round.

Can't answer your question, I'm afraid, but it looks identical to my 340 - no plunger, just that rubber cap thing. Possibly same housing as a different model that did have a decompressor?

Probably in a teenager's bedroom. I made a nice "Please keep this area tidy for the children of [our local] Primary School" for their woodland classroom - it lasted about a week. They since abandoned the woods at there were too many broken bottles around.

I wouldn't rely on that webpage for the stats - some machines will look almost identical but have slightly different configurations for different markets. It appears to be a 1" x 8 tpi. It looks exactly the same as the Clarke lathes - you can find the manuals for them online. They're not great, so don't spend loads on accessories as there's a chance they wont fit your next lathe. You probably wont be able to turn anywhere near capacity as the frames are just too flimsy to cope with much mass. No morse taper either, which is a shame.

yes, threads per inch mine is 3/4" wide with 16 tpi (aka 3/4" UNF) another common one is 1" 8tpi (aka 1" UNC) most modern lathes are 33mm with 3.5mm between threads (aka M33 coarse) there are some others, but those are the most common nowadays edit... 3/4" is slightly smaller than a penny, 1" is about a 2p piece count no. complete threads across 1 inch to give tpi measure, don't estimate! post what you get here if it doesn't look like one I've suggested

auction, though. will probably go for about £100.

measure your spindle. I think the kinzos are the generic far eastern ones? like Clarke. almost certainly a 3/4" x 16tpi. yes, faceplate can do bowls (it's what it's for). best chuck to go for is a scroll chuck. I think the rp2000 is probably ideal - it's small but nicely made and can get new for about £50 on ebay (i'll try and find the guy who sold me one, he had loads) - comes with one set of jaws and a screw chuck. one of the older chucks will do but they're not much cheaper, even when used, though they do tend to give you more options. you have to be much more precise with your spigots/recesses, though. for the huge vases, you'll need a much bigger lathe. i'd like to make them eventually, too!

Faceplates are good for about 3x the diameter. Length is a bit harder to judge. Use the biggest screws you can (making sure you aren't going to cut in to them), and use the tailstock - these will let you work something quite long, especially if it isn't also quite wide (or wet/imbalanced). I think the headstock spindle thickness is more of a determiner than the diameter of the faceplate, because long pieces will put more of a lever on the bearings. If you have a nice piece of wood for a vase, tbh I think i'd save it till you're a bit more confidence in getting consistent wall thicknesses. Do some shallower bowls and you'll get the feel for what your lathe can cope with and build up your technique. What kind of lathe is it? Btw, I'm not very experienced at all, so maybe wait for other replies...

Thanks for all the useful info, everyone. For me it isn't about a CSCS or anything like that, just needed to check I'm operating within the law, and whether I needed to rethink the viability of my business if I had to redo all my tickets every 5 years!