⚙ Model Engineering in the UK

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

Workshop calculator

Does anyone have a manual for a Sharp EL-9400 calculator, or could do a copy please? I have been given one for use in t...

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posted by mffq25

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LOX generator....

Hi all, There was a thread here a week or so back (that I can no longer find) about building a liquid oxygen generator...

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posted by dmills

2 comments posted 21yrs posted by dmills

Stuart No 1 Steam Engine.

Hello folks, just found this brilliant web site for anyone building o proposing to build the STUART AND TURNER NO 1 ste...

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posted by redstar.1fok0a

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Anyone got a LARGE bridge rectifer ?

>I'm looking for a BEEFY bridge rectifier to give me DC capabilities on my >Oxford stick welder - peak current 500Amps...

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posted by diesel

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Beginner needs help with gaskets

I'm building a 5" gauge 0-4-0 loco, 'Dougal' which has a port block the full width between the frames. What sort of gas...

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posted by hattermadmark

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Myford gearbox

Hi all, I have a Myford ML7 with a standard gearbox (where you have to take the cover off etc.) I am having to recondit...

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posted by dave

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Linear bearings

I'm kicking some ideas about in my head to construct a cutting table to take either an oxy-acetylene or plasma torch, a...

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posted by andrew

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Rubber

Hi Im looking to add some caterpillar tracks to my submarine. I need some long strips of rubber. Does anyone know of a...

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posted by no

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Slot Drills and End Mills Question

Going great guns with my new mill, but questions arise which are not in the book. Tubal Cain says to use slot drills ra...

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posted by steve.withnell

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desperately seeking compressor for airbrush

Just wondered if anyone had come across a cheap compressor capable of 30PSI for home use with an airbrush (model painti...

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posted by radish4mickey

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MEK&Acrylic

I think you were after a source for MEK, John, in-amongst other posts, any decent plumbers merchants sell it for cleanin...

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posted by markgengine

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rivets in blind holes

I believe there was a previous post about the type and name of rivets that are hammered into blind holes but I cannot f...

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posted by alan_marshallthomas

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newbie question

Ok, I've got the 48 mm dia bored cast iron first stage cylinder, and the 22 mm dia drilled-and-reamed cast iron second...

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posted by zenadsl6186

12 comments posted 21yrs posted by zenadsl6186

acrlyic crackling

okay - yet another question here - this time its about something I've done by accident before but this time I would lik...

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posted by james

17 comments posted 21yrs posted by james