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Last time I checked just the taper attachment for this lathe exceeded $5k USD.

The colour is completely different from mine. I'm thinking this one is likely Chinese

As of a year or 2 ago this machine is still in production. I think it still is. Mine was made in England but I think the new ones are made in China. Prices for a new one are astronomically high.

I have the 13x40 version of this. I paid a lot less than the asking price on this one. Mine was not as new looking and missing the compound rest. By the time I found a suitable, but not exact match compound rest I probably had about $5k into it. Price also includes tooling and a NOS 3 jaw TOS...

I have to put bevels on shortened screws fairly regularly. If they are too short to hold I just put them on the end of a matching screwdriver and hold them in place with my fingers. Then I grind the bevel using my fingers to hold them in place while turning the screwdriver. The longer you have...

Those pliers are called Lock wire pliers. They are in no way required to do a quality lock wire job. They make it faster not better.

The purpose is to keep the bolt from loosening and losing torque. It may fall out or it may cause assembled parts to pound each other to pieces depends on the situation. While the wire should be tight sometimes you just have to do the best you can. It's easy sometimes and in other cases you are...

The wire is put through the bolt or screw in a way that if you pulled on the wire it would pull it tighter and not looser. Usually they are tied off to another bolt or screw. They may be wired to a drilled hole if they are a single bolt. Allen head screws are usually safetied using a single wire...

Allen head screws that are drilled horizontally are not rare in my line of work. The holes are so that they can be safetied with lockwire after installation. I work in aviation but I have seen them on motorcycles too. Part number for them begins with MS24673.

I didn't get an error unless I was not in team mode. From my past settings Some of my stuff appears to be in a team and some is not. Team was already previously set up. I have not spent much time on trouble shooting this yet. When I'm in my previous not team environment fasteners are grayed out.