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Finish Inside a Bore

Thanks guys. I couldn't work out how to get a piece of HSS inside to finish off, so made a boring bar from a piece of s...
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posted by steve
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Brunell Models

Anybody else having trouble with http://brunell.com/ http://brunell.com/uploads/html/MARSHALL_7_N.H.P._PRIDE_OF_THE_ROA...
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posted by lester
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Those crazy Americans...

...kinda fun though http://blog.wired.com/steambots/index.album?i=0 http://www.crabfu.com/steamtoys/rc_steam_spider --...
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posted by Myford.Matt.2dpmsb
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Anyone got a 2 BA left hand threaded machine screw?

Aargh! Yesterday I made a real mess of a screw trying to remove it because I didn't realise it was left hand threaded....
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posted by cdt22NOSPAM
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a bridgeport head question

hello , ive recently aquired a bridgeport , i was told that it had noisy motor !but on commisioning the machine i find...
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posted by willowkevin.2dopgb
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National Rail Museum and Deltic engine

Cross-posted to model engineering and stationary engine newsgroups. We had a delivery trip up north today, and a couple...
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posted by diesel
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Nickel Plating Instructions

Does anybody have a copy of the Tec-Nick (or even Dynic if you still have them) plating instructions that they could sca...
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posted by charles.ping
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Model Engineers Workshop No 50

One of my friends who does not have Internet access has asked if anyone has the Myford ML7B Metric screwcutting informa...
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posted by norman
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Longshot: VFD information

Hi everyone, This is a bit of a longshot, but I'm in the middle of a Mach3 based upgrade of a Denford Orac CNC lathe, a...
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posted by alastair.j.m.clarke
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Longshot

I've been hunting for a while with no success. If anyone has a surplus conrod-boring lathe within a reasonable distance...
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posted by roland
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removing grease spots from carpets?

I'm hoping someone here will have knowledge to help me. I was cleaning up a bought-at-auction Record #82 quick release...
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posted by bugbear
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Irwin "Bolt Grip" sockets

Hi all, Has anyone used Irwin "Bolt Grip" sockets? http://www.toolbank.com/product.cfm?CFID=112946&CFTOKEN=40992141&COD...
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posted by cdt22NOSPAM
11 comments posted 20yrs posted by cdt22NOSPAM

Silver solder pickles

Hi all, Ive not done much silver soldering, so Ive been reading up a bit. The way to remove the flux afterwards seems t...
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posted by david.sanderson
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Question on the hydrolic pipe benders

Hope some one here has one of these units can answer a simple question. The dies for the machines what outside diameter...
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posted by adrian
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Induction Heating

In a catalogue that dropped through my door there was a table top induction cooker, for not a lot of money. Output was...
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posted by kevin.newsgroups
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