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Finish inside a bore

I'm trying to machine a cylinder liner from a nice piece of 50mm cast iron bar from folkstone engineering. All done, bu...
7 comments posted 19yrs
posted by steve
7 comments posted 19yrs posted by steve

machinery moving ?

has anyone any idea how much it would cost me to move a 1 ton machin from birmingham to york ? or any suggestions as to...
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posted by willowkevin.2d5vob
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by willowkevin.2d5vob

stone colours?

I recently bought a set of tools for a Dremel. There are four sets of mounted stones, white, pink, greeny-blue and grey...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by zenadsl6186
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by zenadsl6186

What lathe/mill - advice please.

Hello all, Just finished converting the garage and now ready to purchase lathe and milling machnine. Floor area is 17x1...
36 comments posted 19yrs
posted by halgate(nospam)
36 comments posted 19yrs posted by halgate(nospam)

HS 1020

Good afternoon I was wondering if you could help me with some information. My father in law has just come into possessi...
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posted by andypeg
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by andypeg

Beer Vouchers ready & waiting

For my next roundtoit project, I'm looking for a 3HP 3 phase motor. Specification Flange mount size 90 frame or perhaps...
8 comments posted 19yrs
posted by bob.minchin
8 comments posted 19yrs posted by bob.minchin

Milling Spindle Motor

Hi All I am planning to make a milling spindle for my chipmaster lathe. I cannot decide which type of motor would be be...
18 comments posted 19yrs
posted by alan
18 comments posted 19yrs posted by alan

Not flat, but flat enough.

Today I wrestled the 2'x3' surface table that I got via ebay into the workshop. I'd actually got it in May 2004 from th...
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posted by randm
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by randm

Band saw

The metal bandsaw turned up today from Warco. I assembled the flat pack stand and mounted the main saw to it, fitted gu...
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posted by adrian
8 comments posted 19yrs posted by adrian

Motor connections on Warco WMT300 lathe

Can anyone please confirm the motor connections on a Warco WMT300 lathe motor. The motor has four terminals labelled D1...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by gary
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by gary

Shell Ensis oil ('non-drying' rust prevention)

In George Thomas's book 'The Model Engineer's Workshop Manual' he i very clear that Ensis oil 152 or 158 (SAE20) from S...
11 comments posted 19yrs
posted by Myford.Matt.2d00kb
11 comments posted 19yrs posted by Myford.Matt.2d00kb

Removing a toolpost

My Holbrook C10 has a 4-way toolpost that the manual calls a "turret" but I want to replace it with the Multifix that I...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by nomail
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by nomail

16DP lathe gears needed

Anyone know where I can get 16DP gears in 20 and 30 teeth sizes (14.5 degree pitch angle) - i.e. standard screwcutting...
10 comments posted 19yrs
posted by oldnoccer
10 comments posted 19yrs posted by oldnoccer

Bridget locomotive

I'm hoping someone on here can help. Whilst browsing the Reeves stand at the recent Bristol Show, I noticed the gunmeta...
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posted by alastair.j.m.clarke
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by alastair.j.m.clarke