⚙ Model Engineering in the UK

BT30 holders

I'm on the lookout for new or used BT30 collet holders , DA180 if possible, or ER25, if anyone has any they want to exch...

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posted by emimec.19

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Vibro Morse keyer

Subject to some time over the next 50 years on learning how to, and then getting round to, trimming and polishing the m...

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posted by no.spam

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Warco 250V-F or what?

I am now 80 and, after twenty years without a workshop and Super 7 I am about to have a new shop. i shall not be able t...

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posted by drawstop.5hss0n

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Just acquired...

Vols 1 & 2 of The Amateur Mechanic edited by Bernard E Jones, 1914 - very useful books (though they are somewhat dated...

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posted by nicodemus

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Bristol Exhibition - well done that team!

From small beginnings a couple of years ago, it is now sufficiently mature for those of us in the west not to need to t...

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posted by no.spam

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Hydrovane service

I'm on the lookout for a Hydrovane (Hydrovane 46 I think) service engineer who can do North London (M25 J25) if anyone...

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posted by emimec.19

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Bristol ME show

is this weekend - is anyone going? I hope to be there on Saturday. -- Peter F

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posted by zenadsl6186

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Wiring diagram for Harrison Unversal Mill

I have asked for a copy of this previously and a kind soul (I think from Denmark) helped me out. This is for a friend o...

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posted by muscot1

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3 phase welder in 3 phase convertor

Does anyone has experience of running a 3 phase MIG welder from either single phase supply or a 3 phase rotary convertor...

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posted by charles

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Powerful EDFs

i have an idea! i want to make a EDF powered bicyle that can reach 40km/h but i only have space for 4 100mm fans. What...

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posted by Jason.123.5gxzon

24 comments posted 13yrs posted by Jason.123.5gxzon

8mm dia (4mm bolt) T-slot cutter ?

Hi, Anyone know where I can get an 8mm diameter T-slot cutter (bolt shank is 4mm) ? Smallest I can find is 12.5mm / 6mm...

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posted by reply_to_group_not_me

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Chroming aluminium ?

Hi, I'm a sucker for old car and bike building programs and was watching American Chopper the other day. It was the one...

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posted by reply_to_group_not_me

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Marble -cutting and polishing

I have a sheet of marble from a fireplace merchant (they have to cut out a big hole to suit whatever fire you want to f...

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posted by no.spam

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There's a story here, surely

I wonder what forces the sale of the following lathe. http://tinyurl.com/czjka4u I was at a live steam show a few backs...

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posted by C

0 comments posted 13yrs posted by C

10BA clearance holes

I want to make some 10BA clearance holes in a piece of spring steel for the support of a pendulum. Do I need to anneal...

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posted by no.spam

28 comments posted 13yrs posted by no.spam