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tailstock chuck dilema

Hello group, Due to illness I have been forced to reduce the scale of my engineering activities, thus this is my first...
6 comments posted 17yrs
posted by peter
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by peter

Source of Extra Sticky Grease?

I am looking for a source of extra sticky grease. This is for the epicyclic gearbox on my Dore Westbury mill. I asked t...
21 comments posted 17yrs
posted by mike.crossfield
21 comments posted 17yrs posted by mike.crossfield

Myford for sale - from another newsgroup

I HAVE NO INTEREST IN THIS ADVERT - JUST SAW IT IN A LOCAL NEWSGROUP The lathe would be located somewhere in the Cambri...
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posted by drs1005
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by drs1005

Elliott Milmor or Omnimil1250 manual?

We got the turret/overarm/head onto my machine this afternoon, I'd cut the cable when separating the machine for loadin...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by timleech
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by timleech

Bandsaw welder in MEW #41

Hi! I friend of mine bought the plan set for the bandsaw-welder that was published in MEW starting at something around...
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posted by muellernick
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by muellernick

On the renovation of machine tools

Having skimmed though most of the current MEW, I read the article on Buying and renovating used machinery with interest...
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posted by randm
12 comments posted 17yrs posted by randm

Oerlikon Mig Welder

Looks like we will have bought an Oerlikon Solomig M260C Mig welder, mainly for home stuff. Does anyone have any experi...
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posted by diesel
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by diesel

Hand operated planer - assistance needed

Hi Could you have a glance at the photos here : http://s134.photobucket.com/albums/q91/6105-8110/Planer%20Colour/ and h...
9 comments posted 17yrs
posted by john.midgley
9 comments posted 17yrs posted by john.midgley

Parting Clearance

Hi All I have made a fair amount of progress on parting off since I last asked about it. I 've parted off 2 inch steel...
38 comments posted 17yrs
posted by russell
38 comments posted 17yrs posted by russell

Interesting electric motors

Bob's post the other day got me thinking. I'm really interested in early electric motors. Well, anything up to the 1960...
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posted by cdt22NOSPAM
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by cdt22NOSPAM

Milling a Tree - Somewhat OT, but Engineering-ish

I would be interested to hear if anyone has any bright ideas for milling a tree into boards. In the field adjacent to m...
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posted by sharkface.pilot
25 comments posted 17yrs posted by sharkface.pilot

Adept lathes

Been given this adept lathe to look after ..and get ready for sale, by owner who lives across the road . It has no coun...
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posted by aboard_epsilon
11 comments posted 17yrs posted by aboard_epsilon

Motor ID help requested

I have a 3 phase motor picked up on flea bay with no markings or ratings on it whatsoever. It is TEFC 100 frame size al...
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posted by nospam
8 comments posted 17yrs posted by nospam

Analim 3000M

Anyone experience of the Analim 3000M CNC control ? Is it a good 'un or a pain in the neck? I'm looking at a CNC mill eq...
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posted by andrew
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by andrew