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Looking for a 1" square drive breaker bar
Hi folks, I'm looking for a 1" square drive breaker bar, preferably about 4' long. I can't find any searching online. Anyone know where I could buy one? Best wishes, Chris
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OT: US Chinese Imports
Just had a couple of days in Seattle. Looking out over the container port there were 100's (or 1000's) of containers stacked out. I honestly did not spot one that wasn't apparently chinese. There was...
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Bridgeport and Tom Senior going soon.FYI
Tom Senior, M1, single phase, with powered quill feed vertical head, and a Bridgeport vertical mill due to go on eBay soon. Looking for a £1000 for the Bridggy, and best offer over £900 for the Tom...
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Jacobs chucks
For some reason I cant reply to post`s just get error messages. The jacobs chucks I have al have UNF threads. Chris
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lathe rebuild help
I recently bought a cheap (small) lathe) it's only about 3x12, and possibly a zyto (althoough unbadged) At the moment, it's got two drill chucks on it - a "foreign" make hand-tightened chuck of about...
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Burgess and Record Bandsaws
I have a Burgess MkII bandsaw and a Record Bandsaw, both looking very similar and both behaving very similar in that whenever I try and use them I spend my life putting the bl@@dy blade back on the...
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Ping John Stevenson
Hi John, I'd like to take you up on your offer of the DRO. I've been sending you email but not getting a reply. maybe I've been falling into a spam trap? My email is bobdotminchinatntlworlddotcom....
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Lathes etc and tooling
Things have changed since I bought my ML7 in the early 1960's for £120. There are now enquiries about CNC machines and fancy insert tipped tools. Maybe I don't know what I am talking about but I...
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3D CAD
Hi folks, I am just trying to pick your collective brains. I would like to know what you think is the best 3d design package for the home computer. I worked before retiring with industry 3d systems...
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Toolmakers Microscope
I have just bought myself a toolmakers microscope, and it needs a small amout of work on it. The round glass section in the middle of the stage has been lost or broken ad I want to replace it. A quick...
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Goofed, broken drill into workpiece :-((
I've managed, through nothing but carelessness, to break a 1.5mm drill bit in the cylinder head of the little glow motor I'm (still) making. Only one hole left to complete and I broke the soddin' bit...
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Spring source
Charles - RS sell a fair variety of springs - not in 250 quantities but in 10s and 20s which might be more to your taste. Alternatively, you could wind one... Regards, Tony
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VERDICT INDICATOR
Hi All I have a Verdict indicator - lever type with a range of 0.5mm or so which has stopped working. The problem seems to be that the dial has become loose from the body of the instrument and if I...
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Hot air gun / blow torch
Slightly at a tangent to Model Engineering but worth a try. I need a hot air gun to shrink some 'heat shrink' onto some cables. No power available. Not feasible to use a genny. I thought of adapting a...
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Inserts again - Threading
Hi Just wondering what inserts + holders people use for threading on boxford/viceroy size lathes? I do about 99.9% of thread cutting with a talistock die holder as I only tend to use M3 - M12 threads...
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