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CNC questions

I have recently been using a lathe with a DRO on it for the first time, and after a while I stopped using the dials com...
13 comments posted 17yrs
posted by zenadsl6186
13 comments posted 17yrs posted by zenadsl6186

Metal Cutting with Scrollsaw

Hello, I have a scrollsaw which takes 130mm blades with pinned ends. I want to cut some letters out of 1/4" engraving b...
7 comments posted 17yrs
posted by jpeterbell
7 comments posted 17yrs posted by jpeterbell

What is this stainless stell object?

Can anyone tell me what the stainless steel object is on this webpage? Third picture from the top. It's been in the hou...
22 comments posted 17yrs
posted by zilch
22 comments posted 17yrs posted by zilch

Mill questions

9 am yesterday a big lorry delivered a large wooden box outside my front door - it wouldn't fit inside, so my plans to...
5 comments posted 17yrs
posted by zenadsl6186
5 comments posted 17yrs posted by zenadsl6186

Small diameter turning tool question

Hi, Chronos have this neat looking tool for turning small diameters on their website at (or search for SDTT from ). I w...
20 comments posted 17yrs
posted by reply_to_group_not_me
20 comments posted 17yrs posted by reply_to_group_not_me

What do do with my motors

I have two 1/4 BHP induction motors, both run at 1425 RPM and have pulleys for V belts. Apart from making a grinding se...
19 comments posted 17yrs
posted by zilch
19 comments posted 17yrs posted by zilch

Glasses

Hi Andrew, I've not needed that combination but Glasses4eyes have made glasses for my wife that are outside the limits...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by nospam
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by nospam

FA: Elliott 10M shaper

I've just put my Elliott 10-M shaper on feeBay: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160308410360 Dave
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by nomail
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by nomail

Silver soldering stainless steel

Hi All I have a job to do in 25mm stailess tube to which I ave to attach end plates and a component about 4" down the i...
8 comments posted 17yrs
posted by petercolman45
8 comments posted 17yrs posted by petercolman45

Hardinge collet angles

Gentlemen I need to determine the collet angle on 5C and 3C collets. I have seen the 5C quoted as 20 degrees inclusive...
6 comments posted 17yrs
posted by poundeater
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by poundeater

Four old blow lamps for sale cheap

Clearing out my Dad's workshop and have four old blow lamps for sale - cheap - like £20 + postage (£10 for weight) or co...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by l.s.griffiths
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by l.s.griffiths

Manufacturing our own spectacles?

Manufacturing our own spectacles? The price of lenses seems to have sky-rocketed in recent years and it seems to me tha...
57 comments posted 17yrs
posted by invalid
57 comments posted 17yrs posted by invalid

Aluminium turning troubles

Having some trouble with some 25mm aluminum bar ,it is throwing a burr in front of the tool at you machine down the len...
1 comments posted 17yrs
posted by william.sharman
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by william.sharman