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Burnerd GripTru chuck jaws wanted.

I picked up a nearly new Grip-Tru chuck for my Myford at an auction sale a while back. Between the time I looked it ove...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by t.o.jones
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by t.o.jones

Help need Inch or 26 mm plate!

It is for one of the jobs for friends that we all do. Trying to make some adaptor's for a rear axle on a MG and ideally...
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posted by adrian
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by adrian

Flange mount motors.. Where to get?

I'm in the need of a 1hp 4 pole three phase flange mount motor. I see that a fair number of people do foot mount motors...
13 comments posted 19yrs
posted by randm
13 comments posted 19yrs posted by randm

Myford cross slide turret

I got one of these a month or so ago. The turret itself is undrilled at the moment, so i still need to do this. What's...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by stoo-boo-be-doo
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by stoo-boo-be-doo

Kress router collet removal

A Kress woodworking router may seem off topic at first, but the subject is relevant. I am looking for ideas to ease the...
14 comments posted 19yrs
posted by clifford.coggin
14 comments posted 19yrs posted by clifford.coggin

Transport

I have to go and pick up my new toy next Tuesday, and I've hired a van to get it. I'll be travelling from Coalville, Le...
15 comments posted 19yrs
posted by kevin.newsgroups
15 comments posted 19yrs posted by kevin.newsgroups

Oil Guns

What's the difference between oil guns & grease guns. Or, put another way, what's to stop me taking the grease out of m...
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posted by kevin.newsgroups
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by kevin.newsgroups

die grinder

I found a die grinder in the toyshop the other day. It was made by Georges Renault (now part of Chicago Pneumatic, appa...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by adrian.110504
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by adrian.110504

EDM / Tap disintegrator

After Charles Pings post regarding the tap disintegrator, someone followed up saying they were looking for one. This on...
10 comments posted 19yrs
posted by andrew
10 comments posted 19yrs posted by andrew

Cheap CNC kit

Hello there I´m looking for a cheap CNC machine. I´m mostly into bying a complete kit i just need to screw together if...
5 comments posted 19yrs
posted by fidolinux
5 comments posted 19yrs posted by fidolinux

Strangest promotional 'goodie'?

I was at the engineers' merchants today for some odds & sods, & noticed they had flyer offering a set of wood chisels,...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by duttondock
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by duttondock

Myford lathe for sale

Gentlemen, Whilst working in Edinburgh I always go and look in Murray's tool shop, not far from the Haymarket on way ba...
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posted by martin.perman
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by martin.perman

Myford clutch

I'd like a clutch for my ML7, but they seem very hard to get hold of nowadays. I found a website that has a mod that ma...
7 comments posted 19yrs
posted by stoo-boo-be-doo
7 comments posted 19yrs posted by stoo-boo-be-doo

Lathe tools...what are they

Just been to collect the Viceroy Lathe. Fairly basic but it will do everything I want [probably]. Apart from the usual...
5 comments posted 19yrs
posted by penos1
5 comments posted 19yrs posted by penos1

Bandsaw free to collector

Hi I have a Clarke CBS45MC Bandsaw free to collector. The motor is not working but the rest of the saw is in good cond...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by paul.morrey
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by paul.morrey