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FS: Pillar Drill

Old Atlas Pillar Drill. GWO, big and grey. Guard and light fitted. £50 buyer collect or arrange some other form of remov...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by david_perry
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by david_perry

More Transformer Oil

Before we took the main plating transformer to the scrappie, we drained out about 100 gallons of very clean oil, which...
9 comments posted 22yrs
posted by diesel
9 comments posted 22yrs posted by diesel

Howto enlarge an 8mm hole ?

Hi, I have an 8mm hole in a piece of 3mm ally plate (a patr for an electric helicopter sya), unfortunately while the ho...
3 comments posted 22yrs
posted by boo
3 comments posted 22yrs posted by boo

recommend a lathe?

I run a small engineering company that creates prototypes, and the time has come to buy a lathe. I'm looking for someth...
4 comments posted 22yrs
posted by Jameson
4 comments posted 22yrs posted by Jameson

Oxy-acetylene alternative

Hello all, General model engineering usage ie boilers and fabrication. With British Gas Oxy-acetylene set-ups costing m...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by halgatenospam
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by halgatenospam

Startrite drill press spindle adjustment question

I've just set up a Startrite Mercury II drill press in my workshop and have noticed that there is a lot of radial play...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by a_hole_in_the_ground
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by a_hole_in_the_ground

Trick passsage for sliding valve steam engines

I'm looking for some information on a sliding valve assembly for steam engines that contains a "trick passage" or "tric...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by chavez9mm
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by chavez9mm

Where to get a small radius cutting end mill?

Now that I have my cnc mill setup I am in search of tooling. I just have two collets for the time being, one 3/16" and...
10 comments posted 22yrs
posted by milgo.1d470b
10 comments posted 22yrs posted by milgo.1d470b

Myford Steady Casting Q

I was thinking of making a travelling steady for my ML7 (the new part from Myford or 2nd hand on ebay are a bit too ric...
11 comments posted 22yrs
posted by rocketry
11 comments posted 22yrs posted by rocketry

Threading

Hi I need to make some 1/2" whitworth studs, what is the best way to do this on a lathe? In the past I have cut the thr...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by liamhoskinAT
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by liamhoskinAT

Thackeray washer supplier needed

Delurking in search of help. I'm looking for a supplier/stockist of Thackeray Washers (helical spring washers, similar...
4 comments posted 22yrs
posted by arthur
4 comments posted 22yrs posted by arthur

Somewhat OT - Transformer oil

I picked up an Oxford oil-filled welding set the other day, a bigger size (250A) than I've been using for years. It was...
24 comments posted 22yrs
posted by timleech
24 comments posted 22yrs posted by timleech

5.4mm end mill

I've been told that I can get a 5.4mm end mill for but cannot find one - is this a custom tool or is it generally avail...
16 comments posted 22yrs
posted by james
16 comments posted 22yrs posted by james

PVC/PP Tanks

I'm looking for some cheap 90L and 450L tanks here in scotland - they can be castoffs if someone knows a company that wo...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by james
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by james

Centec 2a vertical head

Anyone want to buy a vertical head for a Centec 2a ? Just trying to help someone
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by emimec
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by emimec