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HTD Timing belt Pulleys

I am looking to make some pulleys. I have searched but cannot find the full mechanical design details for the teeth. Can...
15 comments posted 12yrs
posted by tricky
15 comments posted 12yrs posted by tricky

If Märklin is models.engineering?

Hi, There have to be some people here who make there own 3rail, AC, points, turn outs? I am in the process of reconstru...
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posted by dfganzinga
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round gauge plate?

Is there a round equivalent for ground flat stock, ie a round oil-hardening steel? Silver steel is water-hardening and...
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posted by zenadsl6186
2 comments posted 12yrs posted by zenadsl6186

Linux CNC

Just want to say how brilliant Linux CNC is! I have CNC'd my X2 mill and it has been well worth while. The painful X2 Z...
1 comments posted 12yrs
posted by tricky
1 comments posted 12yrs posted by tricky

Passing of Mark McGrath

I've just heard over on the PM Forum that Mark McGrath died this morning, a nd of course many of us will know him well...
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posted by panuno95-ukrec
4 comments posted 12yrs posted by panuno95-ukrec

hex/torx socket head screws

Would it be possible to make these in a small workshop? Any idea of how? I need some small ones in slightly exotic allo...
17 comments posted 12yrs
posted by zenadsl6186
17 comments posted 12yrs posted by zenadsl6186

A nose job

My nose started to bleed in the middle of the night. I felt wet around my nose. Snot? I turned on the light. No! Blood!...
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posted by michael
2 comments posted 12yrs posted by michael

Opening out hole from 0.996 to 1in

As part of a lathe apron overhaul I need to open out a shallow through hole of diameter 0.996" to 1in to receive a need...
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posted by alanb+news
4 comments posted 12yrs posted by alanb+news

Re-moving anodising

Not necessarily correct subject line. I have Aluminium parts, which I previously had polished and then anodized. Been i...
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posted by rick_hughes
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Acme threaded bar

I need to replace the crossfeed screw on my lathe. I decided the easiest way would be to buy a length of Acme threaded...
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posted by harriscamley
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Proxxon MF70

I am considering purchase of the Proxxon MF70 milling machine. The low price indicates it is probably of far Eastern ma...
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posted by clifford.coggin
3 comments posted 12yrs posted by clifford.coggin

M20 x1.0 Nut

Long shot, but does anyone have an M20 x1.0 nut that I could borrow? And then post back. It's a bastard size for a job...
2 comments posted 12yrs
posted by panuno95-ukrec
2 comments posted 12yrs posted by panuno95-ukrec

half inch mt3 collet - with M12 thread?

Anyone know where I can get a half inch morse taper no 3 collet with a M12 thread? I have a set of blacksmiths drill wh...
1 comments posted 12yrs
posted by zenadsl6186
1 comments posted 12yrs posted by zenadsl6186

Practical Experience of Silver Plating?

Has anyone done any silver plating of small metal (ideally) brass parts and can offer some tips, please? How did you do...
1 comments posted 13yrs
posted by no.sp
1 comments posted 13yrs posted by no.sp

tough rubber?

is there a way of making tough rubber for the home workshop? I'm thinking of something like a two-part epoxy, but rubbe...
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posted by zenadsl6186
10 comments posted 13yrs posted by zenadsl6186