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Attaching a cutting wheel....

I have just got hold of a couple of 'cutting wheels', 3/16 thick.. 2.75" dia. with a 1" dia. centre hole with a keyway s...
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posted by Someone
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by Someone

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...
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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
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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...
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posted by johnmanders
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Drive pin clearance

Not a model though fairly small. A 2hp 1000rpm engine-driven direct-coupled genset. The flywheel and dynamo drive flang...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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posted by ron.van.sommeren_curly_thingy_
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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...
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posted by bugbear
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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
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posted by Nourish.38mscn
22 comments posted 18yrs posted by Nourish.38mscn