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Medium Sized Milling Machine?

Hello again, I have been designing an building a small CNC 3 axis table type machine for cutting out model aircraft com...
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posted by DR_G.347rcn
18 comments posted 18yrs posted by DR_G.347rcn

Bridgeport table drive parts

Apart from Bridgeport, is there any other supplier anyone can recommend for new brushes, brush cover/clamp scres and fee...
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posted by emimec
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by emimec

Thursday!

In another posting I said that ' it ' would be Thursday. Indeed, I was delighted to receive as a gift, another project...
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posted by norman
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How hard is "Hardened"

I recently bought a Quick Change Toolpost with 4 holders. Advertised as "Hardened and Ground". Within days there were d...
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posted by richard-edwardsburrs
10 comments posted 18yrs posted by richard-edwardsburrs

Westbury boring head

Does anyone have a picture of Edgar Westbury's boring / facing head, please ? Better still, does it appear in any of hi...
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posted by adrian.110504
12 comments posted 18yrs posted by adrian.110504

FA: Beam Compass 14"

Hi there, An eBay item: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150211262053&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&i...
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posted by chris1.reader
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Supplier

There used to be several local model shops in north Staffordshire but in the past year or so five have closed down to m...
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posted by xxx
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Straightening a 2" bar

I have a 2" diameter bar of steel 36" long with a 1" 'droop' in the middle. This is one of the two bars that the fork l...
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posted by andrew
16 comments posted 18yrs posted by andrew

BT Internet problems

Anybody else on BT having problems with web browsing? Started early this morning and currently I can't get into a numbe...
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posted by lester
12 comments posted 18yrs posted by lester

T Nuts

Gentlemen, As a service\installation engineer I sometimes have build very large washing machines in an unfinished build...
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posted by martin.perman
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Tapping size

Gentlemen, Can anyone tell me the tapping size of a 11/16ths UNF tap, I know its a bastard size, I have bought a tap bu...
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posted by martin.perman
22 comments posted 18yrs posted by martin.perman

Changewheel lubrication

I recently noted that a lathe owner was lubricating his changewheels with "Chainsaw oil", as it was "sticky" and did not...
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posted by richard-edwardsburrs
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by richard-edwardsburrs

Oilcan

With my lathe came an old fashioned oilcan. Soldered tin, long spout, sliding lid to allow filling, and a spring loaded...
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posted by richard-edwardsburrs
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by richard-edwardsburrs