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L 00 Spindle parts

On the basis that I would like to use the selection of chucks that I have for my lathe on my dividing head I need to ma...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by wells_hall
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by wells_hall

Tap burner - remover for sale

I've just put this tap remover / burner on ebay if anyone is interested: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem...
0 comments posted 21yrs
posted by andrew
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by andrew

Benchtop CNC Mill for sale

I am putting my Denford Triac on eBay if anyone is interested: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&ite...
0 comments posted 21yrs
posted by andrew
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by andrew

WTD:small brass gear pair.

Sorry if this is the wrong group, but its as close to the right one I suspect I can find. I'm an astronomer, and I am b...
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posted by nowhere
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by nowhere

Moving house

Hi, Has anyone moved house using a 'standard' removal firm and had their machine tools transported? I'm thinking of mov...
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posted by callum
8 comments posted 21yrs posted by callum

Taper Dimensions

I had a few spare minutes today, so I did what I promised a year ago and scanned the drawings of the more common tapers...
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posted by diesel
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by diesel

Machinery Dilemma

A multitude of riches.... Now we have the Beaver turret milling machine, one of the other machines will have to go. We...
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posted by diesel
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by diesel

Chinese milling machine

Does anyone have any exp. of using this pattern of machine, I looked at something like it a few years ago and the quali...
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posted by oldlock
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by oldlock

How bloody weird is that?

So I set up my account with J&L to get this special 8.04mm reamer for making bronze valve guides with on the lathe and...
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posted by Pumaracing(NoEmails)
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by Pumaracing(NoEmails)

taper question

I have a shaft and quill(?) with some rather nice and solid bearings - runout is unnoticeable on a 0.002 mm dial gauge...
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posted by zenadsl6186
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by zenadsl6186

Newton Tesla

Rich mentioned Newton-Tesla in his "Real Bridgeport or Warco" thread and I thought I should give my appreciation of thi...
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posted by brian
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by brian

DC Dart conrod help.

Hi guys, can anyone help me out with the measurements for a conrod for one of these engines. Got a new one to make for s...
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posted by jenesisjoules
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by jenesisjoules

Heads up - 25% off most stuff at J&L this week

Ref the thread about reamers the other day. The J&L website was apparently not working properly the first night I tried...
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posted by Pumaracing(NoEmails)
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by Pumaracing(NoEmails)

myford oil

Having run out of my supply of Esso Nuto H 44 oil, I was advised by Myfords that I could use any oil meeting ISO VG32 f...
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by geoff
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by geoff

Watts' Parallel Motion

Having finished my Stuart Turner 10V, SWMBO complained that she what really had wanted was a beam engine. I now feel co...
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posted by Me
12 comments posted 21yrs posted by Me