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Coolant questions

I've just got a coolant pump (Axminsters SIEG one) and have been using it on my ML7 for a couple of weeks now, so I've...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by stoo-boo-be-doo
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by stoo-boo-be-doo

Help identifying collets

Hi I got a partial set of collets with my milling machine when I bought i but I do not know what type they are. (The ma...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by gn3dr.2ujggp
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by gn3dr.2ujggp

Lidl - Hydraulic jack

Just in case you hadn't seen in, my local Lidl supermatket (and I assume all thier other ones) are selling from today (...
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posted by MikeHur_2005
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by MikeHur_2005

calling Corona / Pollard Pillar Drill owners

Hello folks , I'm interested in the renovation of machine tools and considering Pollard drill as my next project. I'd l...
7 comments posted 19yrs
posted by NewModelArmy.2ugg4n
7 comments posted 19yrs posted by NewModelArmy.2ugg4n

Adding digital scale to tailstock

I recently aquired my Myford M-Type. It has only one vernier scale and that is on the cross slide. In the current issue...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by martinberriman
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by martinberriman

Fritz studer grinderFH 450 serial number 327

Having taken delivery of the above mentioned surface grinder, I am having second thoughts as to keep it or not. Althoug...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by emimec
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by emimec

Hardinge HLV-H

I've been tipped off that the small model shop where I work has applied for budget to buy a new lathe. If they get appr...
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posted by bob.minchin
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by bob.minchin

Nylon Bar Supplier

Hi all, I'm look for some square nylon bar, about 30mm by 75mm or a similar kind of size. Does anyone know of a reasona...
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posted by zedbert
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by zedbert

Caradoc steam tractor

Does anyone know when there was a serialation of the building of Mr Haines Caradoc steam tractor in Model Engineering. P...
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posted by peter.etherington
7 comments posted 19yrs posted by peter.etherington

sticky tape

Hi all, Slightly off topic, I am making some display frames for some valuable historical mechanical parts, basically bo...
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posted by markgengine
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by markgengine

Have the Elf and Safety been rumbled at last?

Just listened to Beeb radio 4, whilst having a late mid morning tea-break (12.45ish). It was so sad, poor old E&S spoke...
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posted by ddotpowell
5 comments posted 19yrs posted by ddotpowell

OT:- What a prat (ebay)

Nothing to do with engineering or models, but I spotted an ebay item which was just what I've been looking for for a wh...
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posted by duttondock
17 comments posted 19yrs posted by duttondock

Myford S7 changewheel cover - free to good home

I fitted a gearbox to my S7 about 20 years ago. This involves replacing the changewheel guard with one of a different s...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by david
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by david

Tool Grinder import from the USA

Following Bob Minchin's topic about importing a tool grinder from the USA (Grizzly Tools - 22/7/07), I replied with a f...
10 comments posted 19yrs
posted by MikeHur_2005
10 comments posted 19yrs posted by MikeHur_2005