⚙ Model Engineering in the UK

Bloody Weather!

It rained a lot here last night. I woke up this morning to this rather sad sight in the workshop. I now have around an...

34 comments posted 19yrs

posted by panuno95-ukrec

34 comments posted 19yrs posted by panuno95-ukrec

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...

3 comments posted 19yrs

posted by noparents06hotm.2g5acb

3 comments posted 19yrs 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...

6 comments posted 19yrs

posted by aboard_epsilon

6 comments posted 19yrs 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&...

10 comments posted 19yrs

posted by charles.ping

10 comments posted 19yrs 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...

5 comments posted 19yrs

posted by andrew

5 comments posted 19yrs 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...

2 comments posted 19yrs

posted by malcolm_stewart

2 comments posted 19yrs 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...

2 comments posted 19yrs

posted by emimec

2 comments posted 19yrs 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...

14 comments posted 19yrs

posted by duttondock

14 comments posted 19yrs 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...

6 comments posted 19yrs

posted by reply_to_group_not_me

6 comments posted 19yrs 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...

2 comments posted 19yrs

posted by philgeorge1940

2 comments posted 19yrs 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...

2 comments posted 19yrs

posted by halgate

2 comments posted 19yrs 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...

3 comments posted 19yrs

posted by mark

3 comments posted 19yrs 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...

5 comments posted 19yrs

posted by colinheath.2g1l0b

5 comments posted 19yrs 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...

11 comments posted 19yrs

posted by andrew

11 comments posted 19yrs 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...

9 comments posted 19yrs

posted by randm

9 comments posted 19yrs posted by randm