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Very high pressure air compressor

Following on from my air rifle thread, many modern rifles use air bottles instead of springs to propel the pellet along...
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posted by creffield
7 comments posted 20yrs posted by creffield

Making an air rifle

I've always fancied trying to make an air rifle - I'd buy the barrel from somewhere as rifling it looks difficult with...
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posted by creffield
29 comments posted 20yrs posted by creffield

Victoria V1 Vertical milling machine.

Victoria V1 Vertical milling machine. Ebay Item number: 120009137142 £25 no reserve If anyone is interested I'm scrappin...
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posted by emimec
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by emimec

Scrapping a vertical mill

Victoria V1 Vertical milling machine Item number: 120009137142 If anyone is interested I'm scrapping a vertical mill
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posted by emimec
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by emimec

Myford metric conversion quadrant question.

I have an S7 and would like to cut metric threads on occasion. I also have access to a far better shop than my own in w...
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posted by t.o.jones
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by t.o.jones

Cheap Digital Calipers

Digital Calipers, £8.99 at Aldi this Sunday.
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posted by dickgays
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feed rates

I am about to machine some CX120 brass into a name plate by cnc with a 0.025" carbide endmill. The maximum speed of my...
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posted by alan_marshall
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by alan_marshall

Draughtproofing up-and-over garage doors

I've successfully insulated the walls, roof and doors of the garage/workshop but the door edges are still beating me. W...
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posted by nomail
7 comments posted 20yrs posted by nomail

OT: Apollo 11 Tapes Search

Posted to: uk.rec.engines.stationary, uk.rec.models.engineering We have put a .pdf file on our website, it is 2mb in si...
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posted by diesel
5 comments posted 20yrs posted by diesel

American Airconditioning oddity

Can someone explain to me why in the US Airconditioning is rated in Tonnes ??? It seems that 1 Tonnes = 200 BTU / min....
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posted by andrew
13 comments posted 20yrs posted by andrew

truing a 3 jaw chuck

I have a small lathe - Made in China! - with an 80 mm self centering 3 jaw chuck. It is about 0.003" out of true. Has a...
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posted by eddieprice
9 comments posted 20yrs posted by eddieprice

Carbide Inserts TNMG and TCMT

Upto now I've been using homeground HSS tools, but having turned (pardon the pun) to machining some cast iron pulleys,...
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posted by steve
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by steve

Problems turning steel

Sorry to trouble you chaps, but I was wondering, where can I find a decent online guide or something to lathework. Bein...
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posted by bank
19 comments posted 20yrs posted by bank

Usefull document?

I came across this whilst browsing ... seems it could be one of those useful documents to keep access to on engineering...
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posted by alan_marshall
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by alan_marshall

old lathe tools

Just in an idle moment it occurred to me that some of my lathe tools a really old ..... like possibly 100 years old. I...
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posted by alan_marshall
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by alan_marshall