⚙ Model Engineering in the UK

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MTM Newark

All Have MTM the Chuck Jaw people in Newark closed? They seem to have a basic webpage running at http://www.emnet.co.uk...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by wayne
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by wayne

Myford Super 7 backgear removal

I have been changing the secondary belt on my Super 7. Took the opportunity to clean out the appalling mess in the head...
7 comments posted 17yrs
posted by peter.harrison
7 comments posted 17yrs posted by peter.harrison

Fascinating but pointless machines

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dauoL7U7zEU http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0OTX4IwSOo&feature=related http://uk.youtube.c...
9 comments posted 17yrs
posted by tony
9 comments posted 17yrs posted by tony

bottom drops out of scrap market

Morning All Just come back from the scrappy - with most of the scrap that I took :o( I have been expecting the prices p...
21 comments posted 17yrs
posted by drs1005
21 comments posted 17yrs posted by drs1005

"British Standard Shelving"

Anyone know of a good source of second hand "Britsh Standard Shelving" - the sort with pressed angle uprights with hole...
21 comments posted 17yrs
posted by andrew
21 comments posted 17yrs posted by andrew

DIN 41612 Connectors

I know this is the wrong group but........ I have a load of DIN 41612 Connectors to get rid of. 32 64 and 96 way board...
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by poundeater
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by poundeater

Today

Today, amongst other things, I fitted paired thrust bearings to the top and cross slides of my lathe. Cross-slide now ha...
7 comments posted 17yrs
posted by zenadsl6186
7 comments posted 17yrs posted by zenadsl6186

Sensible ideas for excess steel plate

I have about 100 lengths of 80mm X 6mm BMS flat, all about a metre long, which is now redundant due the customer going...
5 comments posted 17yrs
posted by emimec
5 comments posted 17yrs posted by emimec

Old poster re-appears....

G'day Gentlefolk, I bring you greetings from about 5 years ago, which may well be the last time I posted on this group....
28 comments posted 17yrs
posted by junk
28 comments posted 17yrs posted by junk

Mig brazing

or, I suppose, more correctly, bronze welding. I see there are supplies of silicon bronze in mig reels. Anyone tried it...
12 comments posted 17yrs
posted by austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULT
12 comments posted 17yrs posted by austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULT

OT. Hypothetical explosive related legal question

Ignore this if you don't feel happy with the subject, but I know that we have one or two people that have relevant know...
18 comments posted 17yrs
posted by randm
18 comments posted 17yrs posted by randm

Mig Welding Cast Iron

Anyone on here ever tried mig welding cast iron using stainless wire and pure argon gas? Had a search on Google and som...
6 comments posted 17yrs
posted by pswindell
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by pswindell

anyone here use 16c collets?

All Looking for a source of reasonable priced 16C collets if they exist. Bought a couple from Hardinge the other week,...
1 comments posted 17yrs
posted by wayne
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by wayne

Evolution Fury 2 chop saw

JS mentioned to me that these have been on special offer at Aldi for 90 squid - last weekend's special offer, but my lo...
17 comments posted 17yrs
posted by tony
17 comments posted 17yrs posted by tony