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ER hex collets?

Does anyone make ER collets to hold hex bar? I don't think it's impossible, though they'd probably have to have 12 slot...
5 comments posted 18yrs
posted by zenadsl6186
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by zenadsl6186

Inverter Tig Welders

I need to weld some thin mild steel and find that my Mig is a bit crude and vicious on mild steel this thin. I'm wonder...
9 comments posted 18yrs
posted by wells_hall
9 comments posted 18yrs posted by wells_hall

Irwin Record vice differences

Does anyone have any information as to the differences between these two Irwin Record drill press vices ? T414 Drill Pr...
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posted by adrian_harris
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by adrian_harris

Repair of a broken camera lens

Hi all, Looking for ideas... My son didn't put my camera away properly, then my wife moved it and dropped it. The lens...
25 comments posted 18yrs
posted by dave
25 comments posted 18yrs posted by dave

Worlds Most powerful Diesel engine - wear rate

I sure by now most of us have looked at http://people.bath.ac.uk/ccsshb/12=cyl/ I was looking at some documentation on...
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posted by nash.rsa
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by nash.rsa

Usefulness of cross slide rotary tables?

Greetings All, I have and use a Troyke 12 inch cross slide rotary table (R/T). Before the advent of widespread CNC mill...
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posted by etpm
8 comments posted 18yrs posted by etpm

Expanding Mandrel

The Quick Release MT2 or between centers Expanding Mandrels offered by Arc Euro Trade (near the bottom of http://www.ar...
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posted by ken.strauss
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by ken.strauss

Bridgeport table feed motor wiring

I wonder if anyone has a readable diagram, of how the spaghetti junction of wires that lurks behind the speed control h...
7 comments posted 18yrs
posted by emimec
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by emimec

Helical Gears - Ivan Law

Ivan Law published a set of revised gear cutter buttons in Model Engineer June 1990. In the article he mentioned he omi...
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posted by dgcollins
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by dgcollins

Laser Scanning

Can anyone recommend a laser scanning service for small parts to the home hobbyist (ie cheap) in the UK???
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posted by "Percussion Engineer"
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by "Percussion Engineer"

Making a replacement gear for thread dial indicator

I'm currently fixing a number of issues on my recently acquired Colchester Bantam 800 lathe; one of the problems I've f...
7 comments posted 18yrs
posted by aholeintheground
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by aholeintheground

Could it happen?

http://forum.svra.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=214&start=540
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posted by m1ss_wh1te
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by m1ss_wh1te

Thermite process in action

I see some interesting pictures of the thermite process in use to weld the tramway sections on the steam railway throug...
5 comments posted 18yrs
posted by nomorespame
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by nomorespame

Drilling the hard stuff

I need to drill a 3mm (or 1/8) hole in 58-62 Rockwell steel. Can't anneal it. Will carbide do? Do I need to use diamond...
9 comments posted 18yrs
posted by zenadsl6186
9 comments posted 18yrs posted by zenadsl6186