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Strip bending roll

Hi folks, I'm looking for a bending roll that can handle alloy strip upto 1" wide and 3mm thick. Would one of the 12",...
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posted by jenesisjoules
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Anyone here do a bit of casting?

Hi. I may need a small casting job doing. I'm not sure yet. I've got something called a water rower and it seems to me...
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posted by useless
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Lead Clearout

Got a bucket full of scrap lead. Free to good home or exchange for Petter A spares Lowestoft Suffolk.
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posted by colin.jacobs
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64ths of an inch to mlliimeters

Can someone cut and paste a table showing 64th of an inch in one column and millimeters in the other to 4 decimal place...
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posted by useless
8 comments posted 21yrs posted by useless

Fred's programme

I was interested in the boiler inspectors work on Fred Dibnah's programme last night. Obviously it was only the steam t...
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posted by alan_marshallthomas
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0.T. Steam valve

As my currant project is a Stuart 10, I can't pretend the steam valves I need are for it :-) I need a 3" bore pressure...
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posted by jbarnes6
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by jbarnes6

Set the Video

Tomorow night (Tuesday) 8.30pm on BBC2 the first part of the new Fred Dibnah series. Regards Kevin
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posted by kevin.newsgroups
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Q: Stuart 10V Cylinder / Working with castings

Hi all, I have recently started work on a Stuart 10V (for which I bought the castings a couple of years ago). This is t...
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posted by anton_600
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by anton_600

Sheet metal in electronic gear.

It's often coated mild steel I think. Anyone know coated what with usually? And where do you buy it (1, 1.5, 2mm thick)?...
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posted by useless
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by useless

NASA World Wind OT

Someone in response to the Machinery Handbook thread gave another large download from NASA. Unfortunately I have forgot...
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posted by davecroft
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Makrolon sheet

Hello all I want to make my own chuck guard for my lathe and some for my surface/tool grinder. I had bought a smallish...
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posted by muscot1
9 comments posted 21yrs posted by muscot1

Aluminium alloy machinability

Amazing results ! Some of you will have read my post and the follow ups on heat treating LM26 (85% Al, 10% Si, 2% Cu, 1...
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posted by andrew
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by andrew

Angle Grinders

Hi can anyone recommend an angle grinder for heavy use? I mainly restore agricultural & horticultural equipment. CJ
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posted by colin.jacobs
20 comments posted 21yrs posted by colin.jacobs

plaster of paris ???

hi all ,i'm hoping for a bit of advice ! ive offered to make an adapto for a boat steering wheel . the new wheel has a...
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posted by willowkevin.1lf6wb
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by willowkevin.1lf6wb

Oh Bu**er! (Transports of delight)

I'd booked a Transit"35 cwt" pickup for today to go up to Scotland to collect my new lathe, 29 cwt of it. I phoned one...
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posted by duttondock
56 comments posted 21yrs posted by duttondock