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Bending a firehole tube

I'm after a bit of advice. I'm building the GLR vertical boiler and am making the firehole tube at the moment. It's a c...
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posted by me
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Retrofit power drawbar

Anybody know of a supplier of the above to fit to a 40int spindle on my Rambaudi turret mill?I don`t want one of these p...
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posted by mark
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Powder coating in London

hi, Anyone know of a good powder coating place in London that might take on the occasional small jobs? Thanks, Peter --...
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posted by peter
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316L source

Anyone know a source of 316L stainless? I'm looking for maybe 6 inches of 40 mm dia. And I'm nearly-but-not-quite skint...
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posted by zenadsl6186
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Hardinge, still at a very good price

Don't know what it'll get to by Friday lunchtime, but it looks ok at the moment. Mark Rand (no connection) RTFM
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posted by randm
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Spring wire

Hope someone can help me out with a supplier recommendation. I'm looking for some 16swg and/or 18swg spring wire (aka p...
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posted by postmaster
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Lathe or access to in essex ??

I require access to a lathe or metal workshop in Essex (Chelmsford) Any Ideas
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posted by Simonuk_behappy
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TAP & Die recomendations

You may have seen my previous post regarding me wanting to make some turnbuckles for my RC cars and needing left hand t...
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posted by gavin.metcalfe
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You can download my new program for FREE.

Hello, I has written a new program to Convert a Bitmap to G code. You can download it Free from my site http://engravin...
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posted by majosoft
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Maxicraft Spares

http://www.outillage-francilien.fr/produits2/scieelectromagnetiquehobbykidmaxicraft.htm I found a jigsaw in a skip toda...
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posted by dexpharmanautdex
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Red Fibre

I know that Tufnol is (or was) made from layers of linen impregnated under great pressure with resin. Likewise, Permali...
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posted by kim.siddorn
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Workshop clearout

Blatant plug for some bits I'm clearing out. I MUST clear some bench space ! Bridgeport motor: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws...
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posted by andrew
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insurance

I was with AXA before and they covered me how I wanted. They covered me as so.......contents of the house and out build...
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posted by aboard_epsilon
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Marking out solution

I couldn't easily get hold of marking blue, but discovered a recipe in SParey for an acidulated copper suplhate solutio...
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posted by steve.withnell
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by steve.withnell

Thick Felt Pad Source?

Can anyone suggest a source of thick felt as a sheet? Soft stuff about 4mm to 5mm uncompressed would be ideal. I can onl...
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posted by none
13 comments posted 21yrs posted by none