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CVA 1A Lathe Oils and Capacities

Does anyone know how much oil the various gearboxes on the CVA 1A hold please? There's the Headstock, the motor gearbox...
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posted by parkinsn
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by parkinsn

Hot double sided tape

I vaguely remember a reference (possibly in Model Eningeer) to a replacement for double sided tape that was applied by w...
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posted by andrew
10 comments posted 21yrs posted by andrew

Fly cutter question(s)

Why is the slot on the body of a fly-cutter offset from the centre? Is it so that the cutting edge itself is brought on...
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posted by Me
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by Me

Milling Taper Identification

I have a milling taper question. I've got a milling head that takes an odd taper as in the attached (rather bad) photo....
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posted by Wells_hall
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by Wells_hall

gee bee sea hawk .40 glow

wanted to know if the plane was a good trainer -- flifree1 ------------------------------------------------------------...
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posted by flifree13.1jgo0a
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Warco Minor mill

I am just about to finish my first project, the Stuart V10 steam engine My next project will be the 5" Sweet Pea 0-4-2,...
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posted by westgard.1jeywa
10 comments posted 21yrs posted by westgard.1jeywa

FA: 3 inch square electrical trunking

Currently on ebay, item no. 3869516441 9 x 3 metre lengths of 3 inch square galvanised steel electrical trunking with l...
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posted by aholeintheground
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Ball bearing with a hole

Anyone here ever managed to drill and tap a hole in a ball bearing. Gavin
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posted by glm590620
25 comments posted 21yrs posted by glm590620

Impressions of Ally Pally Show.

1. The parking (and the marshalling of parking) was atrocious. Despite the car park at the top of the hill being jam-pa...
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posted by Me
24 comments posted 21yrs posted by Me

GEAR CUTTERS!!!! - Who was asking?

At the Ally Pally show, the firm RDG TOOLS were selling 14.5 PA 20 DP gear cutters (Myford type) for £12-50 ea. (£100 f...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by Me
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by Me

Model Engineering Show

I went to the Model Engineering Show at Alexandra Palace yesterday - lots of lathes, tooling, glue, paint, boats, train...
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posted by steve
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by steve

DTI on eBay

Bought a DTI off eBay last week for £14 +£1 p&p from "PJ Tooling". Didn't expect much for the money, but its actually g...
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posted by steve.withnell
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Cheap drill chuck

One of my other purchases at Ally Pally was a remarkably cheap 16 mm drill chuck. At that price I did not expect any so...
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posted by clifford
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by clifford

Thread guage markings

I bought some Whitworth thread size guages at Ally Pally yesterday and am puzzled by part of the markings. They all hav...
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posted by clifford
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by clifford