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Q&S Hacksaw available

Anyone after a Quilters & Smith 6 hacksawing machine? Almost certainly 3 phase. Ex school machine available for a sensi...
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posted by nospam
8 comments posted 18yrs posted by nospam

Boxford help please

Hi, I have to move a boxford lathe soon. I only have a photo of it so far. I think it is BUD mk2 model with a lever nea...
6 comments posted 18yrs
posted by nospam
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by nospam

Harrogate anyone?

Who is planning to be there? I expect to get there Friday. Regards, Tony
31 comments posted 18yrs
posted by tony
31 comments posted 18yrs posted by tony

Surface grinding on a shaper?

I recently bought a book on tool room grinding published by the Carborundum Company. It's quite old but makes interesti...
4 comments posted 18yrs
posted by johnmanders
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by johnmanders

Drive pin clearance

Not a model though fairly small. A 2hp 1000rpm engine-driven direct-coupled genset. The flywheel and dynamo drive flang...
3 comments posted 18yrs
posted by roland
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by roland

Reducing noise from cabinet mounted motors

In the interest of keeping the neighbours sweet I am wondering how best to reduce the humming noise from my mill and la...
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posted by oldnoccer
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by oldnoccer

Wilding egg timer - construction question.

Hi all. I'm building - and learning much from - my first 'clock' - the John Wilding weight driven egg timer - from the...
6 comments posted 18yrs
posted by youra.turceninoff
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by youra.turceninoff

Cleaning Trefolex ???

Hi I have an old tin of Trefolex cutting compound which has a lot of metal chips in it - presumably from dipping the ta...
12 comments posted 18yrs
posted by nash.rsa
12 comments posted 18yrs posted by nash.rsa

quick question

What's a typical cutting speed for (assumed) mild steel, using an HSS tool? I've got some steel van wheels on which I n...
10 comments posted 18yrs
posted by austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULT
10 comments posted 18yrs posted by austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULT

Canard with middle-motor, outrunner, contrarotating & coaxial

Goedendag ;-) Canard model, middle-motor, outrunner, contrarotating, coaxial ... did I forget anything? Yes, propellors...
0 comments posted 18yrs
posted by ron.van.sommeren_curly_thingy_
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by ron.van.sommeren_curly_thingy_

OT - location for "how do they do it"?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Do_They_Do_It%3F Does anyone know where the MARVELLOUS workshop used as the location fo...
1 comments posted 18yrs
posted by bugbear
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by bugbear

plastic bung things

You know, the black kind that you put into the ends of bits of box-section when molishing e.g. a garden gate or suchlike...
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posted by austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULT
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULT

INT Taper dimensions

Hello. Can anyone give me the dimensions for INT 30 and 40 tapers so that I can identify what I have. Cheers
22 comments posted 18yrs
posted by Nourish.38mscn
22 comments posted 18yrs posted by Nourish.38mscn

Square 'Doweling' source?

I'm struggling to find an online source for lengths of about 6mm sided square cross section wood. It just needs to be s...
8 comments posted 18yrs
posted by spam
8 comments posted 18yrs posted by spam