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Will unimat 4 milling post fit unimat 3 ?

Hi, I am hearing from one stockist thet the Unimat 4 Milling Attachment post and head assembly 200 100 will need to hav...
3 comments posted 18yrs
posted by dornier
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by dornier

Making 14BA and smaller taps

In the past I have made a good number of small taps in sizes around 8-12BA (although usually with other pitches) using...
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posted by alanb+news
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by alanb+news

Cutting Spur Gears

Having turned, milled, annealed and hardened and tempered, I now need to add cutting some spur gears to my CV. I have a...
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posted by steve.withnell
13 comments posted 18yrs posted by steve.withnell

Viceroy surfacing gears problem

I have come to the first real "nasty" on my lathe. The surfacing gearing and engagement bracket are "Knackered"? Pics o...
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posted by richard-edwardsburrs
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by richard-edwardsburrs

Sprayed foam insulation

Has anyone had any experience of sprayed polyurathane foam insulation in buildings? I need to insulate a building (roof...
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posted by andrew
10 comments posted 18yrs posted by andrew

Camlock pins

Hello All, First, does anyone know the correct term for Camlock pins? Or is it Camlock studs? Or something else? Second...
1 comments posted 18yrs
posted by johnmontrosetoenails
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by johnmontrosetoenails

Informative website to recommend

Came across this while surfing. http://www.epi-eng.com/index.html They design aircraft engines and gearboxes. The site...
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posted by Null
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by Null

A very impressive workshop!

Someone just put this link on the d-i-y forum but it's probably more interesting to this group: http://www.cylinderheads...
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posted by nomail
15 comments posted 18yrs posted by nomail

Drawbar thread

Hi, I am new to model engineering, apart from some lathe practice at school about 30 years ago so please be gentle with...
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posted by richardt.bradshaw
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by richardt.bradshaw

Hardite info?

I found a half-tin of Hardite case hardening powder. The tin's outer is partly rusted, and any instructions that might...
29 comments posted 18yrs
posted by jwprincic
29 comments posted 18yrs posted by jwprincic

Heat treating...

I've noticed a few times that the likes of CPC sell amplifiers that, in bridge mode, can pump 2kW into 8Ohms at 30kHz....
3 comments posted 18yrs
posted by randm
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by randm

Cheap Universal Tool & Cutter Grinder

Does anyone, please, have experience of these small imported "Universal Tool & Cutter Grinders" ? Warco, Chronos and RD...
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posted by anywhere
44 comments posted 18yrs posted by anywhere

Oh god. This group *is* active

I know 3.3 mm is the preferred drilling for a 4 mm tap, but in practice is 3.5 mm OK? My supplier only stocks "standard"...
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posted by not
46 comments posted 18yrs posted by not

UK materials and nomenclature

Hi Can some kind person help with: Is aluminium stock (25.4 mm square section, 20 X 3 mm strip, 10 mm od tube) readily...
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by not
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by not

hole in the middle?

over the holiday I had cause to make a 1/4" whitworth knob. 1" diameter, 1/4" thick, 1/4 whit hole in the middle. Simpl...
12 comments posted 18yrs
posted by bugbear
12 comments posted 18yrs posted by bugbear