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Noisey brushed motor

I have taken a brushed motor out of a Flymo, It is approx 900 watts, and when left running is very noisey - Now i was j...
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posted by ed
3 comments posted 23yrs posted by ed

Happy Halloween

Have a good one! All The Best, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oliver Head, OTronics Media Services, Warminster. {...
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posted by communityfm
6 comments posted 23yrs posted by communityfm

Liberty Ship pictures

For those that are interested, the first pictures are up on the web pages. These are the Jeremiah O'Brien engine room e...
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posted by diesel
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flycutting

I need to flycut an ali casting. being as i haven't had a mill long and had very limited tooling i did the deed last ti...
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posted by richard
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Liberty Ship engine room pic's

We had a decent break last week/end and had a happy few hours wandering around a well-known Liberty Ship in an equally...
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posted by diesel
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Powersaw for Gareth

Gareth, This is genuine and 100%, no wind up. If you are in need of a powersaw I have one of these Taiwanese 6" x 4" ho...
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posted by john
2 comments posted 23yrs posted by john

ML7 - Value?

Evening all, I'm thinking of selling my ML7, it really gets very little if any use these days. I'm struggling a bit wit...
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posted by nigele
1 comments posted 23yrs posted by nigele

fluorescent lamps

I see that I can buy different types of lamps: industrial and domestic. Thinking back to the dim past of college, I rec...
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posted by facade
7 comments posted 23yrs posted by facade

Blackgates casting.

We are taking this very unusual approach to clarify some problems we have been alerted to. Two different readers of thi...
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posted by rlyon
20 comments posted 23yrs posted by rlyon

Sweet Pea Cylinders

Progress on the Sweet Pea is slow, but continues. Can anyone give a reason for the gunmetal gland covers to be top hat...
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posted by facade
0 comments posted 23yrs posted by facade

A Hack's-Awful Mess Resolved....

After posting my previous comment, I heard the binmen turn into the bottom of the road, (a day late, fox-scattered debr...
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posted by me
0 comments posted 23yrs posted by me

Free to a good home

I recently purchased a kit to make up a powered hacksaw from Blackguards. The kit is an over-priced heap of poor-qualit...
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posted by me
9 comments posted 23yrs posted by me

Buffing compounds

I have just bought some woodworking tools (gouges) and the manufacturer recommends sharpening with a buffing wheel and...
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posted by henry.springer
3 comments posted 23yrs posted by henry.springer

Setting Piston Valve Gear Timing

Hi Can someone tell me how to set a steam engine's piston valve gear please. Have timed slide valves ok - but not sure i...
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posted by chas
1 comments posted 23yrs posted by chas