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Toolposts

I've got a nice Dickson T1 toolpost on my lathe with a slack handful of toolholders. However I've found that original t...
9 comments posted 19yrs
posted by charles.ping
9 comments posted 19yrs posted by charles.ping

Altivar operator terminal?

A bit of a long shot, but does anyone have an operator terminal (keypad) for an Altivar 58 inverter drive gathering dus...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by duttondock
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by duttondock

Contraction ruler markings question

Picked up a nice 24" Chesterman contraction ruler from eBay. It has fou scales: A CONT 1/96" K CONT 1/64" C CONT 1/120"...
26 comments posted 19yrs
posted by Myford.Matt.2fj2cb
26 comments posted 19yrs posted by Myford.Matt.2fj2cb

More on oil-cooled welders and 4 mm rods

Hi all, Thanks for the advice I received a couple of weeks ago on the subject of oil-cooled welders. This last weekend...
20 comments posted 19yrs
posted by cdt22NOSPAM
20 comments posted 19yrs posted by cdt22NOSPAM

Free electric motors

Hi folks, I have a bunch of electric motors sitting in the shed doing not enough. I seem to collect motors at a much gr...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by cdt22NOSPAM
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by cdt22NOSPAM

Yet another perspective!

A general type position on the "Chinese" debate, In an ideal world I would have chosen good English quality machines an...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by bartlett.darius
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by bartlett.darius

Thermal Ceramics of Bromborough

Fat chance I know, but is anyone placing an order in their bussiness life with Thermal Ceramics UK Ltd - part of the Mo...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by andrew
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by andrew

*cough*splutter*choke* how much?

I have just had an 'interesting' conversation with my local bearing & power transmission place! An immediate project is...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by zedbert
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by zedbert

Rechargeable Batteries and Maplins

I wanted a new set of NiMH batteries for my laptop external CD drive, so looked on the Maplin website to see what they...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by prepair
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by prepair

H section brass

Hello All, I am trying to source some H section material, preferably brass, but may consider steel. This needs to appro...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by markgengine
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by markgengine

It's taken me a few years... but ...

Finally got the Myford mounted!!! Had to dismantle the countershaft arm assembly so I could take it off (so I could lif...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by creffield
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by creffield

Stainless Steel mirror

I want to look into the mouth of the crucible of my induction furnace to see melt progression, but don't want to presen...
7 comments posted 19yrs
posted by andrew
7 comments posted 19yrs posted by andrew

Anyone know who sells these grinders in the uK ?

The ones I'm looking at are at . Note it''s the table affair at the end thatinterests me, not the grinder particularly p...
9 comments posted 19yrs
posted by reply_to_group_not_me
9 comments posted 19yrs posted by reply_to_group_not_me

Bending rolls

Someone was looking for a short stubby bending roll set the other day - questions about roll diameter and bearings and...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by andrew
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by andrew