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I'll guess this is the root of the problem. Lack of planning and communication by the OP, followed by misplaced outrage. But it's...

Well what do you know! yeah it is to plug an appliance in not to take the power in to the boat on almost 60 years in the electrical and...

Now who's going to put the sad :( emogi on my posts.

In my experience 'non wallet busting' compacts aren't too good at distance. I thing they're designed for close to medium range social...

It only needs the missing noun 'shaft' to make it clear. Sloppy use of language. I get your point about capstan/warping drum, but...

Wikipedia is wrong again! ;)

Exactly, we're back where we started. A lot of people aren't expressing themselves clearly . We've got a shaft axis and the plane of...

Lovely, Thank you. I can see it's clutched to the capstan, but is it horizontal or vertical? I'll get my coat... ;)

Thank you. So it's more complicated that I thought! I won't ask if the gearing also reverses the direction :unsure:

A thought about the two sets of holes. Is the top wheel fixed to this shaft, passing down through the deck, The lower wheel (the holes...

Does that refer to the shaft or the drum/gypsy? They're at right angle to each other. Clear description isn't as easy as you think it is!

Decorator's Lining Paper is cheap and easy to find.

Knowing the convention is helpful, but that does not mean the other poster is themselves aware of it and using the term consistent with...

Fair enough. You have three parts, motor, gearbox and drum. Not necessarily co-axial, some parts can be 90 degrees to others on various...

There was no need for you to respond to Norman's question in that patronising way. In fact there was no need for you to respond at all...