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Newcomer seeks advice

Greetings, gentlemen. I am in the process of retiring and setting up a workshop. I have a little theoretical knowledge...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by tarset-sertorius
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by tarset-sertorius

Drill Sharpening

Unsophisticated but does the job if the instructions are followed. Bought one for a couple of pounds at a bootsale & wou...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by salamanda
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by salamanda

Sharpening drills on a grinder

Thinking of buying a bench grinder, nothing fancy, and one of these: http://www.screwfix.com/sfd/i/cat/25/p1401925_x.jp...
12 comments posted 19yrs
posted by creffield
12 comments posted 19yrs posted by creffield

Interesting lathe tooling concept

Speaking to someone yesterday and they mentioned that it might be possible to use a circular saw blade, like the one be...
14 comments posted 19yrs
posted by creffield
14 comments posted 19yrs posted by creffield

Rather depressing news

Listening to the news on the way home tonight, they were talking about the latest unemployment figures. Apparently it's...
10 comments posted 19yrs
posted by kevin.newsgroups
10 comments posted 19yrs posted by kevin.newsgroups

Clamp Ammeters at higher frequencies

I have a rather ancient (1950's??) Ferranti (type L mk2) clamp ammeter with scales up to 1000Amp ac. It presumably is i...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by andrew
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by andrew

ME Articles BH600 Improvements - Can Anyone Help

Hi, all, I've just gone through my ME collection to find the Anthony Mount articles on improving the BH600 that were pu...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by jontom_1uk
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by jontom_1uk

Single Phase Speed Controllers

I've just made a flexible shaft and handset arrangement to polish twostroke ports and the like. I'm thinking of running...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by james.lugsden
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by james.lugsden

Kew Bridge Live Steam Model Engineering Show

Got the following email today: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Don't forget the Live Steam...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by prepair
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by prepair

Motor Star / Delta question

One of the million and three projects I have on the go is to convert the old ML7 over to 3 phase using one of those new...
26 comments posted 19yrs
posted by postmaster
26 comments posted 19yrs posted by postmaster

ac /dc tig welder

http://www.afterbuy.de/afterbuy/shop/storefront/start.asp?shopid=31354this is the link for the german importer I brough...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by andrew
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by andrew

BCA jig borer manual?

Hi, I have rescued from a skip a good example of the above. It seems to be a mark3 with the 2 speed 3 phase motor. Does...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by petegavin
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by petegavin

Drilling stainless 303 - what noise?

When I drill mild steel or aluminium, my lathe makes hardly any noise. Sometimes a light "shooshing" sound which makes...
7 comments posted 19yrs
posted by creffield
7 comments posted 19yrs posted by creffield

Making gears? - for the novice

All this talk of gears has made me want to learn about how to make them. I found some reasonable references for the the...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by nomail
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by nomail