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holding small flat jobs
I had occasion the other day to contemplate milling a smallish flat bit of metal to reduce its thickness a bit. it's L shaped and roughly 2" on a side, and about 3mm thick. Since holing it in the...
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Digital Vernier
Gentlemen, ALDI's are selling Digital Verniers for £8.99 in a case with a spare battery, I've just bought one to put with my Van tools. It also has a very large digital display for us old un's Martin...
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Anyone in Thetford?
Or close to it,that could look at something in an auction.Got to be done Monday daytime or Tues am.Will pay. Mark.
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Adjusting a Chester Metal Cutting Bandsaw to cut square
I have a small Chester H110 metal cutting band saw which periodically decides to cut less square than I would like. When I first bought it, it cut decidely squint, but the cause was obiously work...
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rotary table
Hi, I`m in the market for a rotary table. I`ve been looking at the 4" sizes because the table on my Chester Super B is 310x148, but i`ve been told that a 6" will fit, i`m a bit confused (that doesnt...
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Openings for infosys(voice process)
PLZ CARRY PRINT OUT OF THIS MAIL Hi JOB PROFILE : Process: Voice Process Qualification : any Degree (Any graduates having min of 15 years of education.) Experience :0 to 1.5yr Location : Bangalore...
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FA: Picador "tailstock" Plummer Block
Picador "tailstock" Plummer Block, marked "Fig 221" The centre height is approx 3.75" This is the same format as a standard (fig 220) tall-boy plummer block (as shown here: ) but with a central shaft...
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Eureka relieving tool
Hi All I am thinking ogf making a Eureka Relieving tool for machining gear cutters to the Ivan Law design, I have a copy of the drawing. Have any of you made and used one of these and are there any...
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Heidenhain DRO scale faulty
I wonder if anyone has a solution to a DRO not working on the X axis of a Bridgeport. Its not the readout, swapped X and Y plugs and the X axis readout then functions, albeit its reading the Y axis. I...
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Distinguish brass from bronze
I have a variety of yellow metal bars, and wish to machine a new bush for a breadmaker. How can I distinguish which is bronze? Does it matter? JW²
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steel for sale
Morning All I have been lurking here for a while and am not entirely sure if it is permissable to post an advert - but here goes I have just aquired around 400kg+ of bright steel - flat and round,...
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Collet confusion.
Hi , I have been surfing sites like Chronos , RDG and RHR looking for some tooling and I noticed the number of different collets available , this is leading to some confusion on my behalf. Just...
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mystery metal ID
Evening all, I have been sent a piece of 'mystery metal' to make some heli parts from. The sender told me its 6Al4V Ti, which by all accounts is a PIG to work with. However it isnt... which leads me...
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Warco BH600
Hi Guys Newbie to the forum, just received a second hand BH600 lathe from Warco, i had to wait 2 months while the unit went through their workshops for a sprucing, all in all good with only minor...
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surface gauge - why flat base?
Given that a surface gauge (and indeed height gauges) need to sit securely on a surface plate, why don't they have a tripod support (which sits secure regardless), instead of having a flat base, which...
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