⚙ Model Engineering in the UK

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Seized Raglan 5"

I've eliminated most of the causes relating to why the spindle is seizing. The sliding back-gear selector seems to be p...
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posted by noentrance
4 comments posted 22yrs posted by noentrance

Woodworking machinery for sale - Pictures

Following is the index for the pictures on our webpages: http://www.oldengine.org/members/diesel/Dunstable/Dunst1.jpg T...
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posted by diesel
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by diesel

Adcock & Shipley

Hello Gentleman Do any of happen to have a manual for Adcock & Shipley 2AG, or failing this an idea of its weight? I wa...
12 comments posted 22yrs
posted by newsgroups
12 comments posted 22yrs posted by newsgroups

WTD - 290x290mm x 2.5-3.0mm thick aluminium sheet

Anyone have a cropping/shearing machine and such a piece? It's small, 290x290mm, and 2.5-3.0mm thick is fine. I can sen...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by dorothy.bradbury
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by dorothy.bradbury

OT slightly - Warren Trophy / George Thornberry

Hi, I'm keen to find out about the modelmaking of my partners grandfather. He was called George Thornberry and live in...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by jon.hutchings
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by jon.hutchings

static to rotary phase converter?

I have a 5hp static phase converter.If I connect this up to a suitable 3 phase motor with no load and then take output...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by paul
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by paul

co-polymer, PTFE

looking for a PURE white plastic. I have a meter of it not so long back but I cant remember what it was.lol. it machine...
7 comments posted 22yrs
posted by carpshed
7 comments posted 22yrs posted by carpshed

Bean-free zone

The most recent outbreak of Bean-related posting has (at one level) been mildly entertaining, but for those that prefer...
12 comments posted 22yrs
posted by tony
12 comments posted 22yrs posted by tony

OT Newsreader choiceI

With all the junk flying around in the NGs recently, I'm looking for a newsreader (ideally freeware) that permits the a...
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posted by bob.minchin
22 comments posted 22yrs posted by bob.minchin

Weiler Collets

Does anybody knoe what kind of collets are supplied with the Weiler lathe. I have checked in my Machinerys Handbook and...
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posted by tony
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by tony

Cruelty to ORSM

Will all you naughty, naughty boys please stop being nasty to our ORSM*. A little bird tells me that the RSPCA is gathe...
4 comments posted 22yrs
posted by brian
4 comments posted 22yrs posted by brian

Is this a forum for civilised technical discussion?

Is this a forum for civilised technical discussion? Is it possible that technical points in disagreement can be discuss...
33 comments posted 22yrs
posted by airy.r.bean
33 comments posted 22yrs posted by airy.r.bean

Airy R Bean

Hi Guys, "Airy R Bean" in his various guises of socket puppet has repeatedly directed comments at my daughters on the b...
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posted by brian.reay
88 comments posted 22yrs posted by brian.reay