⚙ Model Engineering in the UK

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Friends ......

Why is it that the same friends and family members who leave the workshop door open in the middle of winter, manage to c...
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posted by durnfjm
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by durnfjm

Any Cowells Small Machine Tool Users?

I'm looking for other Cowells' users and would like to set up a Discussion forum specifically for the Cowells' vertical...
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posted by taiwest
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by taiwest

DC motor question

The variable speed controller on my Chester mini lathe has died, it's a 2A, 220 V DC brush motor and looks like a pulse...
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posted by newshound
17 comments posted 20yrs posted by newshound

a mill\drill query

hi all , ive recently bought a union pillar drill from a front garde sale locally to me with the intention of adding a...
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posted by willowkevin.2b7tgb
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by willowkevin.2b7tgb

back again

hello im back online after a major crash with the PC. I have lost the lot, all address, photos, docs and worse of all I...
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posted by philmorris
11 comments posted 20yrs posted by philmorris

Small bargin and a request for help

Hi all, Managed to get a small bargin on the dread ebay the other day - a teeny mechanical hacksaw for 99p, with a 0.12...
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posted by zedbert
15 comments posted 20yrs posted by zedbert

BBC Radio 4 9pm Wednesday 19th

There is BBC Radio 4 program about modern developments in full-size steam traction at 9pm Wednesday 19th.
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posted by newsreader
11 comments posted 20yrs posted by newsreader

Digital not readout :-(

I have been meaning to make a shield to keep coolant off my cross slide scale..... To late now :-( I need a new scale f...
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posted by jbarnes6
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by jbarnes6

32 TPI What Standard

I've noted in a collection some taps /dies with a constant 32 TPI ove the smaller sizes 1/4 through 5/8, some have WF o...
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posted by Alan.in.Oz.2b4ksb
5 comments posted 20yrs posted by Alan.in.Oz.2b4ksb

Still surplus and now more!

My news reader does not seem to display articles before the 9th July so I have lost my previous posts and responses. St...
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posted by adrian
7 comments posted 20yrs posted by adrian

Spring vs. toothed lock washers

I'm reassembling my 3 piece alloy wheels (or will be, once I've had the broken stud spark eroded out... ). They were or...
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posted by creffield
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by creffield

Bargains

Ebay Member Profile: emimec Summer clear out, maybe a bargain for one of you guys.
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posted by emimec
9 comments posted 20yrs posted by emimec

flat belting

Hi All, A friend of mine has a small lathe which has flat-belt pulleys, but no belt. Is this stuff available anywhere?...
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posted by ngr0205
16 comments posted 20yrs posted by ngr0205

Tool & Cutter grinder/lap

Tool & Cutter grinder/lap ebay (120009651959) Grab a bargain
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posted by emimec
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by emimec