⚙ Model Engineering in the UK

Unclad PCB material, are large sheets available?

I have Googled in vain to find out whether it is possible to easily buy reasonably large (say 1m x 0.5m) sheets of glas...

8 comments posted 19yrs

posted by elanman99

8 comments posted 19yrs posted by elanman99

Green wrinkle finish paint

Hi, I think I could be needing some green wrinkle finish paint soon. Frost Auto Restoration keep black, red and grey. D...

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posted by christopher.tidy

4 comments posted 19yrs posted by christopher.tidy

ISP recommendations? Sort of OT

I've had enough of Onetel, the sevice has gone from ordinary to completely diabolical over the last couple of months, e...

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posted by duttondock

12 comments posted 19yrs posted by duttondock

WTD: Tiny pieces of Titanium sheet

Would anyone in this newsgroup be able to supply me with 12 x sheets of 1mm thick titanium, dimensions 60mm x 4mm? Even...

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posted by odie_ferrous

7 comments posted 19yrs posted by odie_ferrous

Engineers Blue

I am just at the end of a small tin of blue (the type you smear onto master to determine high spots when rubbed over so...

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posted by stereotype.2ni3ok

15 comments posted 19yrs posted by stereotype.2ni3ok

Surface grinder and auto lathes

I have been asked to remove a surface grinder from a local company. It is not a Jones and shipman, and there is no magn...

8 comments posted 19yrs

posted by emimec

8 comments posted 19yrs posted by emimec

Myford S7 PXF

I just spent a happy hour or two facing off buckets of swarf, and for about the 1,000th time wished my S7 did not pre-d...

2 comments posted 19yrs

posted by david

2 comments posted 19yrs posted by david

Milling Machine Spares

Hi All, Before I set to to make one, does anyone know if I can buy a replacement longitudinal feed screw nut for a Marl...

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posted by alank.reynolds

6 comments posted 19yrs posted by alank.reynolds

What are engine valves made of?

Anyone know what grade of steel (or whatever) the valves in a Rover V8 are made of ? I have a lot I am chucking out and...

2 comments posted 19yrs

posted by oldnoccer

2 comments posted 19yrs posted by oldnoccer

WTD: Tripan-holders #131, #132 and #134

Hi I want to trade three Tripan-QC tool holders. One #131 (plain tool holder) One #132 (30° tool holder) One #134 (for...

1 comments posted 19yrs

posted by muellernick

1 comments posted 19yrs posted by muellernick

Devon to Bedford

I'll be taking a leisurely ride in an otherwise empty (small) car from near Exeter to Bedfordshire next Monday. Seems a...

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posted by adrian.110504

5 comments posted 19yrs posted by adrian.110504

Bevel gears wanted

I'm looking for a pair of 1:1 bevel gears to reproduce an old engine control. Sizes not critical, but originals were so...

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posted by duttondock

15 comments posted 19yrs posted by duttondock

Contact Impulse

Where can i find tutorials Contact Impulse for Visual Nastran? Thank you.

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posted by titurbina

0 comments posted 19yrs posted by titurbina

Is 3/4 BSC...same as 3/4 UNF ...bar the peaks

IS ...3/4 BSC...same as 3/4 UNF ...bar the peaks I'm making a remote oil filter housing for my waste oil heater project...

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posted by aboard_epsilon

10 comments posted 19yrs posted by aboard_epsilon

OT - Scrap tyres??

Hi all. Just had a little chat with a mate who is investigating the notion of building and living in an "Earthship" typ...

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posted by jagvaughan

35 comments posted 19yrs posted by jagvaughan