⚙ Model Engineering in the UK

Collet confusion.

Hi , I have been surfing sites like Chronos , RDG and RHR looking for some tooling and I noticed the number of differen...

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posted by bluey69

29 comments posted 18yrs posted by bluey69

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,...

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posted by david.sanderson

12 comments posted 18yrs posted by david.sanderson

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...

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posted by wayneeh.3bxx8n

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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 tr...

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posted by bugbear

57 comments posted 18yrs posted by bugbear

Plymouth hauliers

Anyone got any contacts for a haulage company who can ship a Bridgeport Interact from Plymouth to London, preferably at...

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posted by emimec

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Aerosol cutting fluid - anyone using it?

I purchased 3 x 400ml aerosol cans of 'oily brown gunge' from Scewfix a couple of years ago at quite a reasonable price...

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posted by one

21 comments posted 18yrs posted by one

Anyone got a B68 belt or two?

As header, need one or two B68 used or new belts. Got to make up a foursome on a generator, the three existing belts ar...

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posted by peterforbes

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Follow up ...Found 240 volt LED Pilot Lights Cheap.

Well at least you don't have to rely on someone from Hong Kong's miss- information on ebay Thought id fill you all in o...

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posted by aboard_epsilon

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Myford Vertical slide

I have a Myford universal vertical slide ,the old type ,with the fixed micrometer dial . I was wondering if there is a...

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posted by bluey69

16 comments posted 18yrs posted by bluey69

Flamefast CM350 update

This is just for the record. Some of you may remember that I bought an ex-school Flamefast CM350 furnace from Mancheste...

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posted by charles.ping

7 comments posted 18yrs posted by charles.ping

ML7 thrust bearing sleeve query

I posted the following message on the MyMyford group in the hope somebody would have some experience of maintenance of...

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posted by clifford.coggin

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Calculating XL 037 belt lengths

My Skill 1400H1 belt sander gave up on me today - unreasonable really as I only bought it 14/01/1982 (yes I have the re...

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posted by andrew

11 comments posted 18yrs posted by andrew

Anybody in need of Myford S7 changewheel cover?

Trying (somewhat in vain) to de-clutter my garage in the hope of making space for a new lathe. One of the many MCIUs ar...

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posted by david

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Can you identify these 2 tools ?

Hi All Have these in my junk box , have no idea what the first one is, the second says Granberg File -n- Guide. Am thin...

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posted by nash.rsa

5 comments posted 18yrs posted by nash.rsa

Inverter/3-phase drive for my S7

Following on from my motor problems a couple of weeks ago, and having regard to the many helpful comments here, I took...

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posted by david

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