⚙ Model Engineering in the UK

aew mill

Does anyone know how to adjust bevel gears in vertical raising mechanis and safely remove the cross and vertical microm...

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posted by malbenbut.2pnj4n

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NormDesk Engineering Power Application

Hi, Have a look at http://www.ingenieur.de.com/trappencad.html , this is the most powerful application for this money.....

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posted by arnold

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Workshop Insulation - how to seal up'n'over doors?

I've asked similar things before but not yet found the right product. The workshop is a double garage that's stuck on t...

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posted by nomail

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Looking for 1/2 inch square nylon bar

Hi folks, I'm looking for about 12 inches of 1/2 inch square nylon bar. It's to make some new feet for an art deco Scot...

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posted by cdt22NOSPAM

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Sweet pea boiler

I have just filled my sweet pea boiler ready for a steam test and it works out at 37.48 bar-litres capacity. Any sweet p...

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posted by me

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DRO- Another Follow-Up

In my previous thread on this subject I mentioned I had chosen the wrong scale for the Z-axis of my FB-2 mill. I contac...

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posted by david

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Diamond Grinding Wheels

afternoon all, I seem to remember reading somwhere (cant find it now, hence the question...) that you shouldnt grind st...

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posted by david.sanderson

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Interested in your opinions.

Hello everyone, I am very interested in your opinions in a new venture I am considering. I am proposing setting up an a...

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posted by robwilson

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Have some questions for anyone with a watchmaker's lathe

Now have a third lathe, a Lorch 8mm D-bed. If you also have one of these or something similar, there are a few things I...

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posted by jtayNOSPAMlor

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Which fluorescent for workshop?

Hello all, I'm starting to feel somewhat better following my unexpected bladder surgery end January and then 2 infectio...

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posted by halgate

23 comments posted 19yrs posted by halgate

Model Engineering magazines

Gentlemen, Daily my ears get more sore from the ear bashing I am getting from storing at least 40 years of ME in our ca...

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posted by martin.perman

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Glue for expanded polystyrene ?

What do the 'team' suggest as a good glue for expanded polystyrene sheet to stick to itself? I am making up some tempor...

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posted by andrew

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Herbert Surface Grinder

Hi, Recently bought a small manually operated Herbert Surface Grinder, Herbert Machinery Ltd, Coventry, UK. Now I'm look...

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posted by df.ganzinga

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SIP Mig 130 Turbo

A while back I got rid of my trusty BOC Transmig because of space (it was the size of a small chest freezer) and recent...

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posted by charles.ping

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Speeds for thread cutting

Hi Hopefully looking to buy my first lathe in a few months and I`ve looked at both imported and SH Myfords. Most of the...

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posted by paul.morrey

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