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I need help with the speed control!!!!!

Okay, how do i put on a speed control? I have a 370 motor, a JR R70 reciever, and everything else is JR as well. On a s...
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posted by noparents06hotm.2g5acb
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by noparents06hotm.2g5acb

Air bearings

I know nothing about these . Someone wants me to build them a wind generator He says his mates built one with air beari...
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posted by aboard_epsilon
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by aboard_epsilon

Gosh that's cheap

Blooming heck http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=004&item=140041148839&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&...
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posted by charles.ping
10 comments posted 20yrs posted by charles.ping

Air over oil pneumatics works !

As those of you who follow this group will have read, I have been struggling to engineer a smooth control system raisin...
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posted by andrew
5 comments posted 20yrs posted by andrew

OT ? Home made gimbal type tripod head

My main hobby is photography, and one of my lenses begs for a gimbal style tripod head, so that when mounted, the lens...
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posted by malcolm_stewart
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by malcolm_stewart

Drilling

I have a run of steel plates to drill. These will be clamped to the mill table in a sandwich, a 6mm top and bottom, wit...
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posted by emimec
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by emimec

Help please selecting a relay?

Part of the process of fitting an inverter drive to my lathe involves using the original motor control lever on the apr...
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posted by duttondock
14 comments posted 20yrs posted by duttondock

Howto deposit ptfe on aluminium ?

Hi, I have two 2" discs of 1/2" aluminium which need to slide (roundwise) against each other in a high vibration enviro...
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posted by reply_to_group_not_me
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by reply_to_group_not_me

black bar

will "black bar" weld OK ? I want to make a heavy roller with a 35 mm spindle . Black bar is so much cheaper the bright...
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posted by philgeorge1940
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by philgeorge1940

Unusual ways of carrying cargo

Hello all, Something to lighten the heart. Posted on rec.crafts.metalworking by Ignoramus2943 http://aistigave.hit.bg/L...
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posted by halgate
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by halgate

Bridgeport

I`ve bought an Interact.Don`t all laugh at once.Yes I know what I think of Bridgeports but I needed another machine for...
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posted by mark
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by mark

Warco Major Mill

Hi All, I am looking to replace my little Clarke Micro Mill. I have looked a the Warco Major machine and wondered what...
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posted by colinheath.2g1l0b
5 comments posted 20yrs posted by colinheath.2g1l0b

PG11 thin nuts

Does anyone know a source of PG11 thin nuts - preferably brass but beggars can't be choosers ! If I have to buy some sm...
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posted by andrew
11 comments posted 20yrs posted by andrew

ML7 alignment problem

I'm in the process of getting my original ML7 ready to sell, since the old man left me his long bed 7b. Being a conscie...
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posted by randm
9 comments posted 20yrs posted by randm

raglan "LITTLE JOHN" mk1

hi, am trying to source a raglan little john mk1 manual on line in pdf format without any luck, was kind of hoping mayb...
2 comments posted 20yrs
posted by sherralynne.keith
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by sherralynne.keith