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German VDF lathe

Hi all, I have just purchased a vdf lathe does anyone have one or know anythin about them. Thanks Dic -- rjelli -------...
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posted by rjellis.1g4wwa
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by rjellis.1g4wwa

Looking for bright gold coloured aluminium

Hi, I need to source a piece of aluminium 12.7mm x 1.2mm x 229mm with a polished gold coloured finish on 1 face. It is...
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posted by 123
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by 123

Buying a Mill - Supplier Service

Earlier this year I decided to buy a chinese milling machine. Chester Champion, Axminster or Warco ZX15. Yes, I know th...
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posted by russell
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by russell

OT- A real piece of lifting gear

Dad bought this piece of US military surplus when I was about 3/4 years old and vowed it would be the last thing he eve...
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posted by steve.withnell
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by steve.withnell

Request for suggestions

Hi everyone, I intend to have myself initiated in model (I.C.) engine construction. As a first step, I need a lathe. Wi...
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posted by mkurban
6 comments posted 21yrs posted by mkurban

OT, but made me smile

http://monkeyup.my-bulldog.com/pages/monkeyup_my-bulldog_com/Ooops.html I don't know where or when this happened, but I...
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posted by kevin.newsgroups
33 comments posted 21yrs posted by kevin.newsgroups

Colchester lath bed stop

I've got a bed stop I think came of a Colchester lath. It's to small for my triumph and to big for a student. It's marke...
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posted by jbarnes6
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by jbarnes6

Help bending tube both round and square!

I hope some of you good people can help me with this one. If you have a hydraulic pipe bender, could you tell me what t...
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posted by adrian
9 comments posted 21yrs posted by adrian

B&Q Linisher?

B&Q have a unit consisting of a disk sander together with a linisher-type belt, for about £67. Anybody used one of these...
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posted by me
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by me

Cutting long racks

Has anyone tips for keeping cumulative errors out of long racks cut using B&S type cutters. Or indeed any tips rack cut...
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posted by andrew
8 comments posted 21yrs posted by andrew

Tank Manufactures

Continuning my search for parts, I now need to find suggestions for a company that could build be a tank. It needs to b...
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posted by stephen
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by stephen

New Toy

Picked up the Newing-Hall NC engraver today from Worthing. It's a lot heavier than the photo implied, and almost as sol...
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posted by diesel
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by diesel

Digital Scales

Anyone know where I can get a set of (cheap) digital scales for weighing 50L gas cylinders, foot print about 400mm x 40...
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posted by stephen
13 comments posted 21yrs posted by stephen

sources for small 3-jaw chuck

The 3-jaw chuck on my Cowell 90-ME was discovered dead today (two teeth missing from one of the jaws, and not the end o...
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posted by me
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by me