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Conduit taps

Metric conduit taps are all 1.5 mm pitch, but is eg a 16mm conduit tap the same as a standard M16 x 1.5 mm tap? A 16 x...
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posted by zenadsl6186
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Hobbyjets

Is "Hobbyjets" the model turbine maker still in business? Thanks
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posted by bill
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Suffolk to Sussex

Probably a bit late in the day to post this, but I have a trip this Thursday (6th) from near Ipswich down to Worthing a...
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posted by panuno95-ukrec
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Munich Germany for a Hacker Motor

I will be in Munich next week and I'd like to pick up a Hacker brushles motor while I'm there. Do you know of a great R...
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posted by LaxLife.1wdv8c
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Powertwist belting installation

I bought, at great expense, a length of that powertwist belting for my Myford Super 7. The installation instructions in...
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posted by creffield
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Myford Tumbler Gears

Hmmm, (not me - a friend) managed to strip the teeth on my tumbler gear Have ordered replacements from the famous Maryp...
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posted by nephrotic.1wd90b
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Books - free to good home

Or a bad one for that matter. 14 general books on Electrical engineering or similar. 3 volumes of Practical Electrical...
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posted by john
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trying to id this lathe anyone know?

Hi , I got this lathe a few days ago and have been trying to find out what make and model it is. the tool post says col...
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posted by null
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Polishing polycarbonate

I tried cleaning one of the lenses on the new gauges on my kit car with acetone, as I'd somehow got something sticky on...
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posted by creffield
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eccentric turning

Hi all just a quick qustion, do I when turning eccentic (on the lathe) using the four jaw, have the offset the same as n...
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posted by m.cole153
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Looking for D1-4 lathe spindle

Hi, I'm after a scrap D1-4 spindle nose that I can adapt to a 4th axis on my mill so I can mount my normal range of chu...
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posted by andrew
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Shortening Brammer(?) T-Link belting advice

Hi, My Boxford has the headstock driven from the countershaft by an orange-coloured T-Link belt which annoyingly slips...
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posted by mangled_us
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Shaping Machine Books

Hi, Can anyone tell me the difference between two Ian Bradley books? At Abe books I can find "SHAPING MACHINE AND LATHE...
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posted by zedbert
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Advice Required. . . Please

I`m looking to buy a "hobby" lathe; and I`m stuck between 2 suppliers, Warco and Chester UK. The 2 lathes are 920 from...
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posted by gahan
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Copper washers

I need to make, buy or beg a small number (half a dozen will do) of copper washers, 1" x 1.25", thickness not critical,...
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posted by duttondock
17 comments posted 20yrs posted by duttondock