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More tachos - less OT

Years ago I bought this item intending to fit it to an old diesel engine. It's languished in a drawer ever since, occas...
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posted by duttondock
9 comments posted 20yrs posted by duttondock

radiospares get a corporate "makeover"

Anyone visited the RS website recently? Electrocomponents, who own them (or some greasy little nerd, like me) seem to h...
15 comments posted 20yrs
posted by randm
15 comments posted 20yrs posted by randm

Tumble Dryer Water?

Hi all, We have a condenser tumble dryer, which has a tank that fills with the water from the clothes its dryed. Am I r...
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posted by david.sanderson
11 comments posted 20yrs posted by david.sanderson

Transport

Try this site:- http://aistigave.hit.bg/Logistics/
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posted by twmather
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by twmather

Broken carbide tips

I'm rapidly getting through my stock of small triangular carbide inserts but wondered if there was anything that could...
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posted by creffield
5 comments posted 20yrs posted by creffield

Myford cross slide controls

When I bought my Super 7, I was told that there was a washer missing underneath the cross-slide handle - basically the...
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posted by creffield
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by creffield

A bit OT - Tachometers

I need an electronic tachometer to run with a 4 cylinder engine that uses a magneto rather than coil ignition. I'm told...
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posted by charles.ping
13 comments posted 20yrs posted by charles.ping

Saw arbor

Hi all I have to make a new arbor for a 38 inch dia. circle saw,what in you opinion is the steel grade to use,-would EN...
1 comments posted 20yrs
posted by rjellis.2gpfcb
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by rjellis.2gpfcb

Have I got a 3 Phase Supply?

Daft sounding question I know, but the guy we bought the house from said the workshop had a 3 phase supply, however on...
3 comments posted 20yrs
posted by robs1972
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by robs1972

Red gunk

It's official - I've spent more on tools and accessories to go with my lathe and mill in the 3 months since I bought th...
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posted by agatehouse
7 comments posted 20yrs posted by agatehouse

Slideway Grinding

Somebody was recently asking for information about who might grind the ways on his milling machine. The current edition...
4 comments posted 20yrs
posted by Mustardmender-one
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by Mustardmender-one

Warco WMT300/1 Instructions

Hi, For my sins I've got one of these machines. I bought it on Ebay a couple of years ago but the seller had lost the i...
1 comments posted 20yrs
posted by robs1972
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by robs1972

HQS vs HSS ?

Hi, I enquired as to whether a tap I found on the www was made of HSS or carbon steel anfd I was told "neither, it's HQ...
8 comments posted 20yrs
posted by reply_to_group_not_me
8 comments posted 20yrs posted by reply_to_group_not_me

Marlow 3A manual wanted.

Hello all, Vertical milling machine. Anyone have such a beast or photocopy please. I will be posting an update to my "W...
5 comments posted 20yrs
posted by halgate
5 comments posted 20yrs posted by halgate

Linear positioning

Hello, ik would like to build somthing like this: http://users.pandora.be/Ivevanlee/helpme/Untitled-1.html many off-the...
4 comments posted 20yrs
posted by ivevanlee
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by ivevanlee