⚙ Model Engineering in the UK

  1. Home
  2. ⚙ Model Engineering in the UK
6651 Threads Posts
to

Worth reading in ⚙ Model Engineering in the UK

Alan Keef open day

In a slightly larger scale (12in to the ft narrow-gauge) than we are used to, there is an open day tomorrow at the works...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by me
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by me

Help Please - screwthread ideas

Hi all, A couple of us want to build an actuator for a large (3m) satellite dish. It only needs to wind it up and down...
9 comments posted 22yrs
posted by m0jjh
9 comments posted 22yrs posted by m0jjh

K.N.Harris - Sweet oil

Hello all, Was reading ME V98 p502, and article by K.N.Harris "Making Hand-Wheels for Models" in which he gives his sol...
6 comments posted 22yrs
posted by halgatenospam
6 comments posted 22yrs posted by halgatenospam

chemical etching/milling

I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction with regards to chemical etching/milling? I have all the equ...
19 comments posted 22yrs
posted by james
19 comments posted 22yrs posted by james

aluminum mesh

I'm looking for this sort of mesh: http://www.jamesvarga.com/projects/blue/mesh.JPG in aluminum say 6060 to 6063 or som...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by james
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by james

Epoxy casting repair?

(Posted separately to uk.rec.engines.stationary) I've got a badly corroded cast iron gearbox casing to repair. It's the...
9 comments posted 22yrs
posted by timleech
9 comments posted 22yrs posted by timleech

Centec Raiser and ad-Vice

Jim, Have you done the raiser yet? Are the the drawings you refer to easil aquired? (Dick Ganderton's) I just need that...
3 comments posted 22yrs
posted by elj221c.1bydgc
3 comments posted 22yrs posted by elj221c.1bydgc

Unusual Swap

When we moved house a few months ago the new kitchen had "integrated" appliances fitted, so our existing ones were surp...
4 comments posted 22yrs
posted by Kevin.Steele
4 comments posted 22yrs posted by Kevin.Steele

fwd:- Auction in Cowes

May, or may not, be of interest to anyone but I thought there were one or two interesting lots:- http://www.goindustry.c...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by randm
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by randm

Trying to find 1/2" UNC eyebolts

Looking for a source for a 1/2" UNC eyebolt (in the UK); I can get metric and BSW but cannot find UNC. Can anyone help?...
5 comments posted 22yrs
posted by a_hole_in_the_ground
5 comments posted 22yrs posted by a_hole_in_the_ground

Centec mill paint colour

Hello folks, Does anyone know "the nearest equivalent" to the green Centec mill colour? I have a Centec 2 horizontal th...
17 comments posted 22yrs
posted by johnmontrosetoenails
17 comments posted 22yrs posted by johnmontrosetoenails

CNC Testing - Random G0 codes

Some of you will remember the fun and games I had getting PSU's and steppers to work last week with steps being missed...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by postmaster
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by postmaster

anodising and dye

Okay - I just set up a wee anodising station and successfully anodised my first part!. The one thing I did have problem...
17 comments posted 22yrs
posted by james
17 comments posted 22yrs posted by james

Riveting

Hi Chaps, Could anybody offer any advice on riveting. I'm just starting a 5" gauge 'Dougal' 0-4-0 tnak loco. The buffer...
4 comments posted 22yrs
posted by hattermadmark
4 comments posted 22yrs posted by hattermadmark