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Anodising at home?

How practical is it to "anodise and dye black" aluminium at home? ( "Anodise and dye black" was the standard finish I r...
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posted by see
12 comments posted 20yrs posted by see

Model Engineer magazine - gone?

Apologies if this is old news, but does anyone have any further information on the publisher of Model Engineer magazine...
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posted by max
72 comments posted 20yrs posted by max

London ME Exhibition questions

Hi, The happy coincidence of a family gathering means I am thinking of going to the London MEE at the Alexandra Palace...
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posted by reply_to_group_not_me
14 comments posted 20yrs posted by reply_to_group_not_me

Spray booth

Hello all, While getting the garage sorted out, time to start thinking of making a spray booth, not bigger than 500-100...
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posted by nospam
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by nospam

Sources of cast iron

A thread in the group that ran a long while back now debated the use of sash weights as a good source of cast iron. In...
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posted by steve.withnell
7 comments posted 20yrs posted by steve.withnell

Repairing iron castings

Does anyone here have experience of repairing cracked iron castings?, I'm renovating a Lister D generating set and the...
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posted by news
13 comments posted 20yrs posted by news

Plating Plastic/Resin

Hi, Has anyone tried the aluminium leaf [similar to gold leaf] that I have seen advertised. I am trying to plate resin/p...
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posted by alan
7 comments posted 20yrs posted by alan

leather belting

anyone know of a scource of flat leather belting tree eigths thick and three inches wide? TIA
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posted by bulawayo
5 comments posted 20yrs posted by bulawayo

That hole again - progress report

(for those not following the saga, I'm trying to drill and ream a 4mm dia 60 mm deep hole - and some other holes - in I...
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posted by zenadsl6186
10 comments posted 20yrs posted by zenadsl6186

Happy 1st birthday to the Home Workshop Team!

I note that today is the first aniversary of the Home Workshop web site - it sure doesn't seem a year since it started....
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posted by tiggurrman
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by tiggurrman

Early Super 7 Manual

Anybody have a manual for the early (drip feed headstock) Myford Super 7? Emailable version would be superb but the loan...
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posted by charles.ping
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by charles.ping

Circlip grooves

Here is a question that will be simple for most. What is the easiest way to cut internal circlip and O ring grooves on m...
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posted by Reeferjon
21 comments posted 20yrs posted by Reeferjon

Cheap Model Engineering Books

If anyone is looking for popular model engineering books or any books for that matter try searching the books section a...
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posted by paul.swindell
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by paul.swindell

Slightly OT : Steam trains

On some Steam trains, there are two big vertical metal plates at the front, one either side of the box at the base of th...
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posted by see
5 comments posted 20yrs posted by see