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Mechanical Mind set

Is it just me or do others think along mechanical lines all the while ?? Just got back in from seeing the grandkids ope...
3 comments posted 22yrs
posted by john
3 comments posted 22yrs posted by john

Coming out of the shadows

Hi all and Merry Christmas. I have been lurking around the shadows of this group for a while. Now is a good a time as a...
6 comments posted 22yrs
posted by david.colliver.NEWS
6 comments posted 22yrs posted by david.colliver.NEWS

Marie "E" (2025 Update)

Does anyone have a copy of the articles on Marie E featured in the LLAS magazine which I could buy from? I have started...
3 comments posted 22yrs
posted by helenlv
3 comments posted 22yrs posted by helenlv

Regulator leaks

Happy Christmas Everybody I have a question regarding the regulator on my LBSC Juliet. I acquired the loco partially di...
4 comments posted 22yrs
posted by captain
4 comments posted 22yrs posted by captain

Newsgroup Abuse II

Some of you seemed to be a little suspicious of the motives behind this collection of email addresses to be sent to a t...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by narouz451
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by narouz451

Covering for workshop floor

I have just moved house and now have the task of creating a new workshop from a spare ground floor room with a concrete...
18 comments posted 22yrs
posted by mike.crossfield
18 comments posted 22yrs posted by mike.crossfield

New Years Day Meet

Firstly let me appologise for intruding on this NG but engineering is the name of the game and some of the bikes that t...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by ROBERT_TAYLOR
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by ROBERT_TAYLOR

Internally Splined Bushing

I need a short piece of internally splined bushing about 12mm diameter. Does anybody know of a good supplier, preferably...
3 comments posted 22yrs
posted by wells_hall
3 comments posted 22yrs posted by wells_hall

U clamps

It's a long time since I went and bought a sturdy U clamp. You know, nice sturdy U bolt with a sliding thingy with the...
10 comments posted 22yrs
posted by useless
10 comments posted 22yrs posted by useless

ME / Whit

As the ME series threads are Whitworth form, but a constant tpi (40,32,26), is a 1/8x40 ME thread the same as a 1/8x40 W...
4 comments posted 22yrs
posted by Kevin.Steele
4 comments posted 22yrs posted by Kevin.Steele

Tapping small stainless steel parts

Hi, I have been having a problem with machining the stop valve spindle for a model beam engine (Mary). This part is sta...
7 comments posted 22yrs
posted by russell
7 comments posted 22yrs posted by russell

Model locomotive gauges

Hi all, Just wondering.... Popular gauges for steam locomotive models are 3 1/2, 5, and 7 1/4 inch. Anyone know why? Ob...
5 comments posted 22yrs
posted by russell
5 comments posted 22yrs posted by russell

Lidl offer next week, especially for Mr bean!

Perhaps this may be of some use to Mr Bean, to assist him with is fettling techniques? http://tinyurl.com/268lr Perhaps...
6 comments posted 22yrs
posted by The Human Dynamo
6 comments posted 22yrs posted by The Human Dynamo

Ethafoam - big 21x20x2" pieces, hard stuff

Ethafoam - big 21x20x2" pieces, hard stuff. Basically Plastazote style polyethylene foam. Colleague just sent me two su...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by dorothy.bradbury
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by dorothy.bradbury

New CNC group on Yahoo

For those that may not have noticed, there is a new DIY-CNC group on Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DIY-CNC/ Crea...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by tony
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by tony