The Home Machinist!

Isn't the issue of paint not sticking to its support related to heat as well? Especially since metal is a great thermal conductor. I've often had issues with hot surfaces reacting to paint in "interesting" ways that always ended up in a complete catastrophe and a job that I had to redo. Th...

Thanks for the fascinating read, it's great to be able to live the story of something that happened in a place and time which are so far away! I'll try and see if I can create such a story about the former aviation factory in the city I live in, it closed in the 90s but most of its former engineers,...

Thanks for the explanations! I'm new to metal working and would like to learn how to do a scale warship model out of metal, and I've got trouble finding reliable data about strengths etc... I'm a complete newbie and you guys are very informative, sorry if I end up asking stupid questions!