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churchill surface grinder - free

Anyone interested in a largish Churchill surface grinder please call me on 07989853112 before 15:00 today. It's free an...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by peter
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by peter

Beaver mill

Anyone know what PAL stands for in the Beaver Pal model?Did they build these PAL models themselves or was it a rebadged...
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posted by mark
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by mark

5mm x .8 pitch

Hi List, i need to make a drawtube for a 6mm clockmakers collet, th thread is 5mm dia x .8 pitch. I have a Clarke 500 l...
8 comments posted 19yrs
posted by DCreed.2q8ion
8 comments posted 19yrs posted by DCreed.2q8ion

40G 1/8" thread ?

Hi Folks I need to cut a filter thread into a 1.25" telescope eyepiece barrel with 1" I.D. and from my thread gauge its...
5 comments posted 19yrs
posted by steve
5 comments posted 19yrs posted by steve

Getting patterns made and casts made up.

Hi folks, How much would I expect to have to pay to get some patterns made up and some castings made. I would like to d...
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posted by robwilson
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by robwilson

Dewhurst reversing switch

Hi l am a part missing out of a Dewhurst reversing switch it is the silver looking part which is shaped like a letter C...
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posted by kenneth.widdall
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by kenneth.widdall

Lathe choice Again!!

First off let me say I'm a new boy in this sort of thing and I know you have probably answered this question and variat...
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posted by aamcle
12 comments posted 19yrs posted by aamcle

507 mechanical movements

[also posted to RCM, but not cross-posted for obvious reasons] Hi! When you ever had one of those books in your hand, s...
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posted by muellernick
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by muellernick

Harrogate Show

Just a quick heads up that the Harrogate show is on next weekend Fri, Sat and Sun, 11th, 12th and 13th. Held believe it...
38 comments posted 19yrs
posted by john
38 comments posted 19yrs posted by john

Steam Engine - Piston Ring materials

I've made a cast iron piston which is 45mm diameter for use in low pressure steam engine. The bore is brass of some mix...
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posted by steve
7 comments posted 19yrs posted by steve

super 7 bed problem

Evening chaps, I am as new to this as the newest. I have at last got the ebay super into the cellar and levelled. I am...
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posted by capnahab.2q2qcn
10 comments posted 19yrs posted by capnahab.2q2qcn

Reduce thread on telescope eyepiece ? How best to ...

My perfectly serviceable but ~12 year old birding telescope (good quality with ED glass) has a female Imperial threaded...
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posted by malcolm_stewart
19 comments posted 19yrs posted by malcolm_stewart

Hydraulic puller packs?

I know this is far removed from models, but..... I've got fed up with struggling to pull stuff apart with kit which is...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by duttondock
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by duttondock

Make drawings without a draughtsman

Go to www.ingenieur.de.com. this company can make drawings (complete jobs in a minute) without a draughtsman.....
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posted by edchera1
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by edchera1

Pedrazzoli Super Brown chop saw

I am about to have the motor from a Pedrazzoli 'Super Brown" chop saw re-wound but vaguely remember someone here saying...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by andrew
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by andrew