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Maximat V10/ Emco FB2 4-speed milling head

On the 4-speed milling head, the tufnol gear on the layshaft assembly has damaged teeth. Despite inspection, I can't se...
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posted by radio.ham
35 comments posted 20yrs posted by radio.ham

Myford Super 7 Speeds

What's the top speed that a Super 7 can be run at? The standard top speed is 2105 rpm. With 60Hz our colonial cousins g...
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posted by charles.ping
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Model Engineer magazine - The future

Mine arrived here on South Uist a couple of days ago together with something from the new owners. Myself, I would prefe...
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posted by scolmor
43 comments posted 20yrs posted by scolmor

Thread Spec for Small Burnerd Chuck

I have a small 3 inch Burned Chuck. It has a knurled outer edge with four holes and the back is hollow with a stub thre...
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posted by dgcollins
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by dgcollins

Toolposts

Hi All, After many years of making do with a rather inadequte (2 1/2 in. square) toolpost on my Atlas lathe I recently...
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posted by russell
17 comments posted 20yrs posted by russell

Lathe Rev Counter

I'm building a rev counter for my lathe. The method is to use a CD with 60 holes to produce 60 pulses per rev. I need t...
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posted by steve.withnell
38 comments posted 20yrs posted by steve.withnell

Identity hijack

Hi All, Some spammer has hi-jacked my domain name (again), but not my address book. I've put a note on my website about...
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posted by tim
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by tim

Where to get electric motor

Where should I look to get a 1/4 HP cap start single phase 220v motor to replace the clapped out one (nasty noises and...
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posted by peter.grimwood
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by peter.grimwood

Moulding Plastic

I'm looking for a plastic material in sheet form that I can mould to a (roughly) U shape but with a squared off part in...
3 comments posted 20yrs
posted by see
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by see

That hole ...

Done! Eventually I used some reasonable-quality (Bosch) cheap carbide tipped hammer action masonry drills, and reground...
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posted by zenadsl6186
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by zenadsl6186

Springs?

Anybody know a nice friendly supplier of small quantities of steel wire compression springs? I'm looking for a light spr...
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posted by tim
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by tim

Highbury sold

According to a colleague of mine who takes the Telegraph it is reported in there that Highbury business has been sold. I...
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posted by alan_marshall
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by alan_marshall

Looking for some big variacs

Hi all, A poster from rec.crafts.metalworking suggested I ask this question here. I'm looking for some big variacs for...
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posted by christopher.tidy
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by christopher.tidy

Vacuum from a compressor?

I just scored a compressor - it's a Bambi electric one with a 50L tank and two pumps. The carpet in the back of my car...
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posted by atdot
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by atdot