⚙ Model Engineering in the UK

Changing lathes?

I currently have a Chester Conquest lathe which is adequete for small work.However as I am now building a 2 inch scale...

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posted by g4zod

6 comments posted 19yrs posted by g4zod

Stuart Turner

Hello, Can anyone tell me the size of the hole that the needle valve screws into on a Stuart Turner displacement lubric...

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posted by iflyer

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O ring question

Hi all, I have a box of various O-rings and a parts list that calls for a 19 x 2mm O-ring. The 2mm bit is fairly obviou...

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posted by a

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DIY zinc plating

How feasible would it be to do my own zinc plating? I'm fed up carting around 40 odd mild steel plates 1000x80x6mm and t...

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posted by emimec

3 comments posted 19yrs posted by emimec

Got to get rid of this

I have a Mitutoyo verical comparator ("Digimatic") with a stand I need to get rid of due to pressure from my other half...

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posted by peterp1per

4 comments posted 19yrs posted by peterp1per

What has happened at Chaski

I look on the www.Chaski.com/foroms from time to time and notice they are not there. Have they died? Adrian

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posted by adrian

3 comments posted 19yrs posted by adrian

What wire for spring and where from?

Looks as though an idea I had failed miserably today. I had some thick wire, a bit like piano wire 3mm dia from radio a...

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posted by adrian

13 comments posted 19yrs posted by adrian

How level should a lathe be?

Hi all, I'm building a shiny new bench to put my Southbend 9", and hide some of the other crap in the garage. I am inte...

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posted by zedbert

19 comments posted 19yrs posted by zedbert

Google Patents

Following on from the previous thread about patents, Google has now got in on the act. http://www.google.com/patents It...

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posted by mrae

3 comments posted 19yrs posted by mrae

Message for John S.

Sorry for the noise, but we seem to be having trouble with getting 'real' emails through :( John - if you forwarded tha...

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posted by lester

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Motor Specification Query

Tis is the rating plate on a dewalt saw. Can anyone suggest the meaning of P1 and P2? http://i115.photobucket.com/album...

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posted by bob.minchin

6 comments posted 19yrs posted by bob.minchin

3 phase Boxford

Hi all Is it right that if an invertor is used to power the main motor it cannot also power the suds pump and light, but...

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posted by mcole153

3 comments posted 19yrs posted by mcole153

For Mark Rand - More gear-related stuff

At long last, here's an arbor I made for cutting gears on my Mikron. It's just a length of silver steel the same dia as...

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posted by duttondock

8 comments posted 19yrs posted by duttondock

7/16" T-Slot - Myford size?

Hi all, My Marlow mill has 7/16" T-slots, which is marginally annoying as I don't have any that size. I've been doing a...

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posted by robs1972

2 comments posted 19yrs posted by robs1972

Warco VM16 User comments

Has anybody got experience of one of these machines. I'm looking for a new machine which i can get in my workshop which...

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posted by aya65

0 comments posted 19yrs posted by aya65