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PbO2 again

Can anyone help me out with a technique for manufacturing PbO2 from Lead?
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by changedmyh
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by changedmyh

Wire bending

Hi, Does anyone know of an online table of minimum bend radiuses for eg silver steel rod ? I need to put some tightish b...
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posted by reply_to_group_not_me
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by reply_to_group_not_me

Dore-Westbury belts

Can any kind person point me towards a source for drive belts to suit a Dore-Westbury milling machine. I would be gratef...
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posted by mike
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by mike

Brierley drill grinder cams

Looking at getting a full set of cams for a Brierley ZB25 32 series drill grinder and later making some spares. I'm loo...
18 comments posted 19yrs
posted by john
18 comments posted 19yrs posted by john

Tangless arbour on live centre

Hi, I bought a live centre a year or so ago and never got round to doing the job I bought it for. It sat in it's box 't...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by reply_to_group_not_me
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by reply_to_group_not_me

suffolk Punch engine

Is free to good home on a simple frame with a car alternator. Was a runner but would bet the carg needs cleaning by now...
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posted by adrian
5 comments posted 19yrs posted by adrian

"Rollies Dads Method"

There is a fabled way of checking and setting the headstock alignment of a lathe to the ways which was discussed years...
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posted by andrew
11 comments posted 19yrs posted by andrew

dynamo needed.

Not model-engineering but; undying gratitude, and Beer tokens, available for a shunt-wound dynamo or DC motor along the...
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posted by roland
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by roland

More gear related stuff.

I discovered yesterday that the previous owners of my Hardinge had used a mixture of grease, water and swarf as lubrica...
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posted by randm
31 comments posted 19yrs posted by randm

ME Exhibition @ Olympia Postponed

I understand that the Model Engineering Exhibition due to be held at Olympia at the end of December 2006 has been postpo...
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posted by andrew
15 comments posted 19yrs posted by andrew

Releasing cross slide handle/thread - HELP!

Streuth! I'm having a ball getting this milling machine in to my workshop. Apparently my brainwave of removing the tabl...
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posted by robs1972
7 comments posted 19yrs posted by robs1972

Some Free Stuff, Some Cheap Stuff

I need to make some storage space to move things into as part of the ongoing clear-up from my previous flood, and hence...
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posted by panuno95-ukrec
21 comments posted 19yrs posted by panuno95-ukrec

Blaggers beware !! :-)

This was posted to the motorcaravans group.... thought you folks might 'enjoy' seeing it... http://tinyurl.com/y7fhbt Ia...
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posted by ieb
8 comments posted 19yrs posted by ieb

Boxford G200 tool grinder

A local college has offered me a G200 for a very good price (cheap) would like to use it for surface grinding small par...
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posted by stereotype.2h2uoc
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by stereotype.2h2uoc

Bantam Manual anyone

Anybody have an emailable copy of a Colchester bantam 800/1600 manual? Thanks Charles
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posted by charles.ping
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by charles.ping