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Anyone 'speak' Startrite Bandsaw?

I'm considering a secondhand upright bandsaw. Startrite current models are out of my price range even secondhand and th...
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posted by bob.minchin
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by bob.minchin

Big 3 phase motor

Has anyone a BIG three phase 415 volt motor they'd like relieving of for folding money? This is for a big phase convert...
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posted by andrew
10 comments posted 20yrs posted by andrew

Lighting for workshop

I want to get some lights rigged up over my lathe in the workshop. have a big fluorescent light fitting that I'd like t...
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posted by anotherid.2cl78c
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by anotherid.2cl78c

Thread cutting

I've been playing around with my new (BH600) lathe and have bee practising cutting screw threads. What's the rule for d...
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posted by anotherid.2cl78b
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by anotherid.2cl78b

Boxford CNC

I'm musing on a cnc project and quite like the look of an old Boxford CNC as a starting point. Are they so geared towar...
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posted by charles.ping
12 comments posted 20yrs posted by charles.ping

A cautionary tale

It was one of those small jobs that would only take 5 mins. Weld back together a small metal hanger where the spot had...
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posted by adrian
8 comments posted 20yrs posted by adrian

My DIY press brake and shop press

Good morning! :-) Upon request of some gents here, I have made photos of my shop press and press brake. The press has 1...
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posted by muellernick
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by muellernick

"Elidir" for sale

Just to let you know that I am selling my 1/4 Scale Hunslet (Reeves "Elidir"). She is just under 2 years old, so barely...
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posted by peter
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by peter

Leaning Trikes

Anyone for geometry? I need a mechanism to allow a structure to pivot around an instanious centre which cannot itself p...
15 comments posted 20yrs
posted by james.lugsden
15 comments posted 20yrs posted by james.lugsden

Myford headstock taper

While cleaning the headstock on the ML7 yesterday I put a tapered dead center in the spindle and it seemed to fit snugl...
4 comments posted 20yrs
posted by clifford.coggin
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by clifford.coggin

Press Brake

Hi has anybody built a small press brake??? I have a number of small aluminium components that need bends with a wide v...
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posted by paulgy80
9 comments posted 20yrs posted by paulgy80

Flexible connection with spring innside

I have an old 12 volt generator driven by a JAP engine. Connection between motor and generator is like two cups outside...
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posted by knut
5 comments posted 20yrs posted by knut

9x20 lathe

Hi l have just bought a 9x20 lathe which as had the motor taken of and the wires disconnected and the mains lead taken...
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posted by kenneth.widdall
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by kenneth.widdall

Shear strength of 3/4" square steel?

I've got to do the final tightening of some cylinder heads tomorrow. I've been using a torque multiplier but for some o...
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posted by duttondock
34 comments posted 20yrs posted by duttondock