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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...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by chas
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by chas

Adept shaper and milling machine

I have an Adept No. 1 and No. 2 shaper along with a Super Adept lathe. I have heard that a No. O shaper may have existe...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by bfdeal6
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by bfdeal6

Metal Filling

Hi all, I've just been given a rather nice bench drill. All it really needs is cleaning up and re-wiring, but the bed i...
11 comments posted 22yrs
posted by dave
11 comments posted 22yrs posted by dave

Been a bit slow lately

Well now we have got rid of that thorn in the side it's time to drum up a few ideas for the winters nights. Anyone got...
3 comments posted 22yrs
posted by john
3 comments posted 22yrs posted by john

small shaper on ebay

One for those building the smaller models: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2565234768&category=633...
4 comments posted 22yrs
posted by timleech
4 comments posted 22yrs posted by timleech

toothed belts

Hi, Could anyone help with a UK source for toothed (timing) belt. I need a belt - 2.5mm pitch about 310mm circumference...
5 comments posted 22yrs
posted by rosbo77
5 comments posted 22yrs posted by rosbo77

PC controlled microscope

Some time ago I saw a microscope that connected to PC via USB. Forget where it was now possibly in ToysRus. Anyone seen...
13 comments posted 22yrs
posted by tcgb
13 comments posted 22yrs posted by tcgb

Un Oeuf Est Un Oeuf.

There was a time when this NG was an interesting place to be, with a great deal of technical merit. Unfortunately, the...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by me
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by me

Don't forget ukmodeleng

Those of you who are fed up with the daft personal abuse which seems to fill a lot of space in this newsgroup might lik...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by j.kneeshaw
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by j.kneeshaw

Enough is enough

Gentlemen. It grieves me to say this, as I have found this to be a fascinating and useful newsgroup, but my patience ha...
9 comments posted 22yrs
posted by clifford
9 comments posted 22yrs posted by clifford

Anodising Alluminium

A while ago there was a thread about anodising aluminium, Stupidly I didn't put the "links" into my favourites - can an...
4 comments posted 22yrs
posted by mh007b7781
4 comments posted 22yrs posted by mh007b7781

Turning v.small diameter materials

I have a piece of 2.4 mm silver steel, I need to turn two bands in it, 22mm wide by 1mm deep with a 1mm gap between eac...
5 comments posted 22yrs
posted by nospam
5 comments posted 22yrs posted by nospam

Was Quotion Mistress-making your own

Somewhere in the loft I have one or two stepper motors taken from broken plotters, some power supplies from broken elec...
7 comments posted 22yrs
posted by ANOther
7 comments posted 22yrs posted by ANOther