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Three phase creeps tantilisingly close !

Well, it looks as though I may actually get a three phase 160 amp service into my workshop sometime soonish. EDF agreed...
16 comments posted 17yrs
posted by andrew
16 comments posted 17yrs posted by andrew

Faulty Drill

Hi All Bought a brand new pillar drill (Clarke) recently but when I came to using it I noticed that the drill was runni...
6 comments posted 17yrs
posted by merlin_in_uk
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by merlin_in_uk

Scrap prices

John wrote in another thread.. >Scrap may have done but new material went up and hasn't moved. >Just bought 3 brass dis...
2 comments posted 17yrs
posted by poundeater
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by poundeater

Lubrication of ball thrust race in lathe headstock

I've been restoring an old Lorch-Schmidt 4" plain lathe. Unlike my smaller Lorch Schmidt lathe which has a plain thrust...
2 comments posted 17yrs
posted by alanb+news
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by alanb+news

Back again!

Hi! I'm online again. Well kind of online, because I have to struggle with an analogue modem to go online. But hopefull...
19 comments posted 17yrs
posted by muellernick
19 comments posted 17yrs posted by muellernick

imperial screwcutting on metric lathe

Newbie here Hello , Been a lurker for a while and enjoyed the posts ,My shop activities have lead me into a problem tha...
62 comments posted 17yrs
posted by william.sharman
62 comments posted 17yrs posted by william.sharman

A boring question

I have an antique cast iron Coalbrookdale well pump which I want to get working but the bore in which the plunger opera...
10 comments posted 17yrs
posted by bob
10 comments posted 17yrs posted by bob

123 blocks

Some while ago I bought some 123 blocks from RDG. These have been used for parallels, raising blocks etc up to now. The...
17 comments posted 17yrs
posted by poundeater
17 comments posted 17yrs posted by poundeater

Old lathe

Hi, Does someone recognize this lathe by any chance? I am digging through all of them at www.lathes.co.uk. A shortcut w...
7 comments posted 17yrs
posted by df.ganzinga
7 comments posted 17yrs posted by df.ganzinga

FA (UK Only) 80 off Stepper and Synchronous motors

Hi, I am having a clearout and am selling a bunch of steppers etc (some with gearboxes) on eBay. Auction ID is 25034145...
1 comments posted 17yrs
posted by mikedavies621
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by mikedavies621

Cutting Aluminium

M'ning All, My brain is on the way out..but years ago we used to use a saw blade in a DeWalt radial Arm saw to cut alum...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by bartlett.darius
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by bartlett.darius

Cross slide screw

I currently have my carriage off my Viceroy to fit a stepper on the crosslide. Should be up and running today to nearly...
1 comments posted 17yrs
posted by poundeater
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by poundeater

OT: Financial Reality

Feeling a little peeved that I can=92t even give the Atlas lathe away and being very partial to a good Cornish pasty, t...
16 comments posted 17yrs
posted by jontom_1uk
16 comments posted 17yrs posted by jontom_1uk