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Mounting a toolmakers vice on milling machine

Hi Folks I`m looking for a way to enable me to mount my small toolmakers vice quickly onto my milling machine without h...
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posted by paul.morrey
12 comments posted 18yrs posted by paul.morrey

Domestic Steam Engine

'Morning troops A friend of mine is moving to the country where he has access to unlimited quantities of hardwood fuel....
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posted by Mustardmender-one
18 comments posted 18yrs posted by Mustardmender-one

Something went right

While it should not affect anything, I now have a new home for the Model Engineers Digital Workshop. With the amount of...
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posted by lester
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by lester

Looking for a 1" square drive breaker bar

Hi folks, I'm looking for a 1" square drive breaker bar, preferably about 4' long. I can't find any searching online. An...
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posted by cdt22NOSPAM
10 comments posted 18yrs posted by cdt22NOSPAM

OT: US Chinese Imports

Just had a couple of days in Seattle. Looking out over the container port there were 100's (or 1000's) of containers st...
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posted by steve.withnell
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by steve.withnell

Bridgeport and Tom Senior going soon.FYI

Tom Senior, M1, single phase, with powered quill feed vertical head, and a Bridgeport vertical mill due to go on eBay s...
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posted by emimec
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by emimec

Jacobs chucks

For some reason I cant reply to post`s just get error messages. The jacobs chucks I have al have UNF threads. Chris
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posted by rack2000
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by rack2000

lathe rebuild help

I recently bought a cheap (small) lathe) it's only about 3x12, and possibly a zyto (althoough unbadged) At the moment,...
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posted by news
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by news

Burgess and Record Bandsaws

I have a Burgess MkII bandsaw and a Record Bandsaw, both looking very similar and both behaving very similar in that wh...
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posted by peter
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by peter

Ping John Stevenson

Hi John, I'd like to take you up on your offer of the DRO. I've been sending you email but not getting a reply. maybe I...
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posted by nospam
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by nospam

Lathes etc and tooling

Things have changed since I bought my ML7 in the early 1960's for £120. There are now enquiries about CNC machines and...
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posted by scolmor
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by scolmor

3D CAD

Hi folks, I am just trying to pick your collective brains. I would like to know what you think is the best 3d design pa...
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posted by alan
11 comments posted 18yrs posted by alan

Toolmakers Microscope

I have just bought myself a toolmakers microscope, and it needs a small amout of work on it. The round glass section in...
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posted by kevin.newsgroups
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by kevin.newsgroups

Goofed, broken drill into workpiece :-((

I've managed, through nothing but carelessness, to break a 1.5mm drill bit in the cylinder head of the little glow moto...
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posted by steve.withnell
31 comments posted 18yrs posted by steve.withnell

Spring source

No, nothing to do with the date or season. I need a couple of tension springs, about 35mm long x 8mm diameter with hook...
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posted by charles.ping
12 comments posted 18yrs posted by charles.ping