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Fuel for boiler burner

I have just got a model horizontal boiler. It's about 3" diameter and 11" long with three fire tubes under the shell. t...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by jbarnes
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by jbarnes

So here's what I've been up to...

http://www.eaton.me.uk/footrests/ Rearsets for a racing Kawasaki 750 motorbike. The hangers and gearlever are milled fr...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by nigele
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by nigele

Shun

Some time ago on this NG it was suggested, by John Stevenson, that we should shun Airy. This meant no-one responding to...
11 comments posted 22yrs
posted by Kevin.Steele
11 comments posted 22yrs posted by Kevin.Steele

Ball nosed slot drill

I need to machine a square aluminium bar on one side such that it will sit flush with a 20mm OD stainless tube when pla...
15 comments posted 22yrs
posted by sensph
15 comments posted 22yrs posted by sensph

Feedscrew Problem

Whilst fitting the DRO to my Kerry lathe I investigated the source of the backlash in the cross slide. I guessed that I...
3 comments posted 22yrs
posted by Wells_hall
3 comments posted 22yrs posted by Wells_hall

Transporting milling machine (UK)

I have to move an Elliot Sturdimill 1250 from Manchester to Baldock (North Herts) shortly; anyone here have experience...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by a_hole_in_the_ground
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by a_hole_in_the_ground

What Taper Is This?

I came to the conclusion after an exchange of e-mails that this: http://www.btinternet.com/~steve.withnell/lathe/DSCN23...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by steve.withnell
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by steve.withnell

Re Sad News

I read this item with some sadness. It has been with sadness too that I have read some of the ensuing comments. I am re...
30 comments posted 22yrs
posted by gphawksford
30 comments posted 22yrs posted by gphawksford

metals

Have bought a secondhand loco boiler. Have been advised that the fittings should be bronze or gun metal and not brass....
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by mauriceed1935
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by mauriceed1935

Sherline lathes and mills - what are the alternatives

I'm not sure if it's just me, but I'm looking for a modelling CNC lathe and mill, and I know of the Sherline make (they...
5 comments posted 22yrs
posted by theNOSPAMkellys
5 comments posted 22yrs posted by theNOSPAMkellys

Camlock info required

Does a D1-4 camlock always have 3 pins? And should a D1-4 camlock chuck/faceplate etc fit any D1-4 spindle nose (minor p...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by fazspam
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by fazspam

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posted by 54
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by 54

Sad News

We were expecting Mike Chrisp (editor of ME) to attend our 50th Anniversary, this weekend at Guildford MES . However, a...
3 comments posted 22yrs
posted by ifc
3 comments posted 22yrs posted by ifc

Problem with a model I am building

Hi all, I am trying to build the Lady Stephanie beam engine, Vol 3 page 211 in Engineering in miniature. I have started...
7 comments posted 22yrs
posted by david.colliver.NEWS
7 comments posted 22yrs posted by david.colliver.NEWS