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DRO for Lathe - Mixed Scales Possible?

Hi, I'd like to fit a cheap DRO system to my 6" lathe. With the potential error on the cross-slide scale being doubled...
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posted by jontom_1uk
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by jontom_1uk

T&C Grinder - Protection of Slides

I have been playing for a while with an old lathe (XL I think) to try and produce a sort of T&C Grinder. Before I actua...
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posted by jontom_1uk
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by jontom_1uk

Centering a ring

I've got a stainless steel ring, about 2mm thick, O/D 100mm, I/D 50mm (approx). I'd like to increase the inner diameter...
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posted by creffield
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by creffield

Double-six chucks?

I envisage a double-six-jaw self-centering chuck. It has six internal jaws, and six external jaws. The internal and ext...
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posted by zenadsl6186
12 comments posted 20yrs posted by zenadsl6186

Lead Solder

Gentlemen A reminder -- you have just one month left before the EU-wide directive banning the use of lead-based solders...
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posted by Mustardmender-one
29 comments posted 20yrs posted by Mustardmender-one

Help please with wire supplier

Am looking for a supplier of steel wire of about 0.7 to 0.9mm diameter in order to restore an American planetarium by H...
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posted by peter.grimwood
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by peter.grimwood

Nylon Machine Screws

Hi, Bit of a cheat this message, as it's for a project at work and nothing to do with my home workshop activities! Anyh...
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posted by alastair.j.m.clarke
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by alastair.j.m.clarke

More OT: Silicon Bronze Woodscrews

I am currently in the process of giving my boat her hundred and first year refit and am on the lookout for around 200 t...
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posted by scolmor
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by scolmor

Dremel type tools

Good morning Group My miniature drill has recently died and I am about to replace it with a Dremel type tool. These see...
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posted by Russell
18 comments posted 20yrs posted by Russell

Slightly OT: Timber supply?

I'm after a supply of Spanish Cedar (Alias Cigar Cedar) to make a humidor. I havent had much luck either locally or on G...
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posted by david_perry
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by david_perry

A0 Plotter & Pens

Shameless plug, so I'll apologise in advance I've just put my A0 extended Pen Plotter complete with loads of new pens a...
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posted by panuno95-ukrec
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by panuno95-ukrec

Oil and grease guns and nipples

I think I need to get an oil gun. Can you tell whether you should be applying oil or grease by the shape of the nipple...
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posted by oldnoccer
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by oldnoccer

Cleaning aluminium off polyurethane

Evening chaps Just wondering, does anyone have any good ideas for cleaning polyurethane foam from some aluminium parts,...
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posted by bank
5 comments posted 20yrs posted by bank

Lots of Workshop Tooling available

I was over at TJH toolmakers in Clacton today (the one that shut up shop a month or so ago). All the machines are gone...
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posted by panuno95-ukrec
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by panuno95-ukrec

Carbon Fibre Sheet

Can anybody point me in the direction of a supplier who supplies small quantities of carbon fibre sheet? I want to make...
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posted by gavin.metcalfe
15 comments posted 20yrs posted by gavin.metcalfe