⚙ Model Engineering in the UK

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Oilite bushes

Having carefully installed new Oilite bushes in the apron of my Myford ML7 lathe, I belatedly wonder if I should have i...
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posted by clifford.coggin
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by clifford.coggin

FNK25 Works :) finished my first project.

Evening All, Just a little update on my milling machine saga, Ive just finished my first milling project, so I thought...
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posted by david.sanderson
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Engineering Tourism in Cornwall?

With half-term coming up, a week down in the west country is on the cards with SWMBO and kids. In between the inevitabl...
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posted by panuno95-ukrec
15 comments posted 18yrs posted by panuno95-ukrec

Does anyone sell Kwik-Poly in the UK?

A friend needs a good petrol tank sealer & would like to use the USA made product "Kwik-Poly". Can it be bought anywhere...
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posted by dave.croft
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Nice family house...

...three bedrooms, oak beams etc., comes complete with fully equipped workshop and mineshaft...a snip at £300,000-350,0...
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posted by tony
10 comments posted 18yrs posted by tony

Rivet setting

Looking for a quick and easy solution of fixing many plates to the ends of steel supports of assemblies I produce, I ha...
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posted by emimec
17 comments posted 18yrs posted by emimec

OT - But engineering related at least!

Posted here where I'm more confident of an engineering debate than car forums where there seems little understanding or...
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posted by nospam
18 comments posted 18yrs posted by nospam

HP Desktop for sale!

Hi, I have an unused HP Pavilion with the fallowing specs: # Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ (2.1GHz, 2000MT/s System...
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posted by pbdude911
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De-rating 3 phase inverters - Update

Following on from my query about this I picked up a cheap 5HP 3 phase 400-440v inverter. Wired it in to the "real" outp...
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posted by charles.ping
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by charles.ping

OT - We did it Again

4 years of losing, and then we beat France to make the final again. Roll on 8 O'clock next Sunday. Peter
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posted by panuno95-ukrec
13 comments posted 18yrs posted by panuno95-ukrec

Fabco Star piller drill and conduit bender for sale

Hi all, I have a Fabco Star bench standing piller drill (240V single phase) and conduit bender for sale. Conduit bender...
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posted by l.s.griffiths
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by l.s.griffiths

New lathes or old

I have been quite happy with my Super 7 for over 20 years, but recently have been doing more larger jobs, and am thinki...
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posted by david
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Cutting oil and wet&dry vacs

As I suspect many of you do, I use a wet & dry vacuum cleaner for cleaning up swarf from machinery, benches (and everyw...
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posted by david
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by david