When sawing aluminium, cut a piece of scrap steel at the same time. This helps to stop the blade clogging up.

Use a small paint brush to clear cuttings when milling. (It saves counting your fingers when you have finished.

Put the blade in the wrong way round. IE. make it a pull saw. This stops the blades from kinking   

A nail varnish bottle, washed out, filled with marking out blue. A bottle with a built in brush that stays soft.

To find the edge of a job when milling. Damp a strip of paper, stick to the job face. Move cutter up to it.  When the paper moves you are there.

For trouble free tapping. Mix one part Turpentine, two parts White Spirit and three parts Olive oil. Mix together. It works extremely well.

Clean both the counter bore of the chuck and the spindle nose register before fitting.                             

Before cutting Bowden cables, slightly untwist the area to be cut and fill with super glue and realise. Leave for 10 minutes then cut. No lose strands.

Cut ONCE

Never hold a job to drill it always clamp or bolt it to the table. (Not like the miller this chops them off, just like that)

When your model is finished & polished, paint it with clear nail varnish. No more polishing.

You can drill glass using a masonry drill. Use a slow speed and meths. (Do not us hammer action or centre pop before you start).

Use plastic seed trays about 9" x 14" size 3" deep they are ideal for drills, screw drivers, small files and storing all those tins..Etc.

To stop bits getting in  the valve on your gas bottle. Place an empty tin can over it.

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