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Tool gloat: New shaper

[Also posted in RCM] Hi! Like a virgin ... Some years ago, I was convinced here that I want a shaper. Looking from time...
17 comments posted 20yrs
posted by muellernick
17 comments posted 20yrs posted by muellernick

B&S spindle sleeves

I've aquired a box of spindle sleeve adapters to go with my 'new' Cincinnati T&C grinder. These are mostly 5MT external...
0 comments posted 20yrs
posted by duttondock
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by duttondock

Making a compression from an old refrigerator?

I've heard of people making a compression from an old refrigerator but never seen such a beast. Anyone know of any plans...
11 comments posted 20yrs
posted by see
11 comments posted 20yrs posted by see

Crawford multibore collets

Any of you collectors (magpies) out there got any spare large multibore collets you want to sell?Range of code numbers...
0 comments posted 20yrs
posted by mark
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by mark

Old Unidentified Lathe

I have posted some details of a chunky old lathe on http://uk.geocities.com/iron_museum/mystery I think it is past savi...
2 comments posted 20yrs
posted by oldnoccer
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by oldnoccer

'Forming' Tufnol strip

I need to put a permanent set (arc of a circle approx. 6..8" radius) into some 1/16" x 5/8" Tufnol strip. The stuff can...
5 comments posted 20yrs
posted by newsreader
5 comments posted 20yrs posted by newsreader

Source of refillable bottle

I'm in the Midlands, can anyone suggest where I can buy a small, refillable, bottle of argon? Its for a rather speciali...
12 comments posted 20yrs
posted by binswood
12 comments posted 20yrs posted by binswood

Mono Ethyl Glycol

Anyone know a UK source of Mono-Ethyl-Glycol ? I need about 15 litres or so. NB although this is an antifreeze it is NO...
13 comments posted 20yrs
posted by andrew
13 comments posted 20yrs posted by andrew

carbide tools

Has anyone tried using carbide wood router bits on steel? Any reason why they should be different from carbide milling c...
1 comments posted 20yrs
posted by alan_marshall
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by alan_marshall

Slip Gauges

Having now bought my "last" (wife's description) machine for a while, I've been pondering the purchase of a set of Slip...
11 comments posted 20yrs
posted by jontom_1uk
11 comments posted 20yrs posted by jontom_1uk

Silver soldering / brazing hearth

I'm about to embark on building LBSC's Pansy and I've been thinkin about making a simple brazing hearth for boiler cons...
7 comments posted 20yrs
posted by Myford.Matt.2a530c
7 comments posted 20yrs posted by Myford.Matt.2a530c

Machinable Copper bar

I need to make up four 3/4" BSP copper tails (so 1.041" o/d) for the ends of the feed pipes for my induction furnace bu...
4 comments posted 20yrs
posted by andrew
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by andrew

Heat resistant adhesives

Vaguely engineering I guess. SWMBOs oven door is falling apart. On inspection the bottom hinges (top down opening door)...
4 comments posted 20yrs
posted by j.kneeshaw
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by j.kneeshaw

model steam engines

Don't know whether this is the right group, but it is to do with model engineering. I am making a small oscillating ste...
9 comments posted 20yrs
posted by eddieprice
9 comments posted 20yrs posted by eddieprice