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LIDL - this week

So, I got carried away at LIDL when I went in to pick up a 150mm digital vernier for £9.99, and also came back with :-...
23 comments posted 19yrs
posted by malcolm_stewart
23 comments posted 19yrs posted by malcolm_stewart

15KGs Calor Gas F.O.C.

I find myself in possession of a brand new unopened full 15Kgs Calor Gas butane bottle of the new stlye that takes a po...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by andrew
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by andrew

Smoke damage

Following a fire in the next door shop around one-third of our house and one workshop is covered in a thick black greas...
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posted by roland
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by roland

few turret mill questions

I was wondering if there was any reason not to crank the head over 90degrees and do some horizontal boring? I am sittin...
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posted by rik
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by rik

A Different collet question

Hi I am very new to model engineering or any engineering actually . I have never worked in an engineering occupation of...
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posted by don
18 comments posted 19yrs posted by don

Pewter

Suggestions please as to where I can buy pewter sheet, bar, plate etc. Would I be better of buying old tankards from boo...
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posted by imagedude1
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by imagedude1

BS Bench master power hacksaw

I am getting a Warco band saw for the workshop to replace a Benchmaster 12" power saw anybody interested in getting tth...
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posted by adrian
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by adrian

Myford Ml4

Hi Im wondering if any one can help me I have a lovely littal lathe myford ML4 Im looking for any info at all on it wha...
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posted by jyss.2cslwb
31 comments posted 19yrs posted by jyss.2cslwb

Limiting inrush current

I'm embarking on building a HUGE rotary three phase converter and intend to incorporate some features to limit the inru...
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posted by andrew
10 comments posted 19yrs posted by andrew

ER collets

Do ER(25) collets provide a good grip for holding drill bits as well a endmills? Brenda -- anotheri -------------------...
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posted by anotherid.2colgb
27 comments posted 19yrs posted by anotherid.2colgb

Bristol Show

Just a heads up for anyone that doesn't know that the Bristol Model Engineering show is on this coming weekend. http://...
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posted by john
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by john

9(x20 lathe

Thank you to all who help me get my lathe running and also Garth at Chester's
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posted by kenneth.widdall
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by kenneth.widdall

mounting milling machine

I am about to move my elliot Sturdimill 1250 to a new location - with 3 phase this time so I can actually use it!!! The...
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posted by nospam.cysult
7 comments posted 19yrs posted by nospam.cysult

Buying new gears for Fellowes shredder

The nylon gear on my Fellowes crosscut shredder has lost a couple of teeth so I'm down to the tinfoil hat when it comes...
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posted by creffield
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by creffield

Testing DC lathe motor

I want to bench test a 1HP DC motor before installing it. Its shunt wound, 220V motor with 170V field excitation. The f...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by oldnoccer
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by oldnoccer