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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...
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posted by bfdeal6
0 comments posted 23yrs 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...
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posted by dave
11 comments posted 23yrs 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...
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posted by john
3 comments posted 23yrs 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...
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posted by timleech
4 comments posted 23yrs 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...
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posted by rosbo77
5 comments posted 23yrs 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...
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posted by tcgb
13 comments posted 23yrs 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...
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posted by me
1 comments posted 23yrs 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...
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posted by j.kneeshaw
1 comments posted 23yrs 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...
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posted by clifford
9 comments posted 23yrs 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...
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posted by mh007b7781
4 comments posted 23yrs 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 23yrs
posted by nospam
5 comments posted 23yrs 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...
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posted by ANOther
7 comments posted 23yrs posted by ANOther

Cad software for PDA

Anyone come across CAD software for PDA? Laptop bit bulky to carry around - thinking of getting PDA, or if lucky might...
7 comments posted 23yrs
posted by tcgb
7 comments posted 23yrs posted by tcgb