⚙ Model Engineering in the UK

M3 clinch nuts in NW London?

I'm looking for a bag of M3 clinch nuts, like ... http://cpc.farnell.com/duratool/dp/FN01867 Problem is in this situati...

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posted by email

19 comments posted 15yrs posted by email

old electric cookers - power circuitry

OT, I know, so feel free not to answer; Does anyone know how, prior to thermistors being so easy to use, how electric c...

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posted by bugbear

6 comments posted 15yrs posted by bugbear

Small BA Taps

Does anyone have any suggestions about the best source for small BA taps? Sods law operated on me last night; I needed...

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posted by david

14 comments posted 15yrs posted by david

I thought I'd left this behind me

I thought, moving to a more moderate climate, I had left the problems of cold damp workshops behind me. But a somewhat...

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posted by kevin.newsgroups

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Best Quick Change Toolpost for Mini Lathe

It's time to get a quick change tool post for my Super C3 mini lathe. I've looked at the made to measure holder at ARC...

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posted by nospam

16 comments posted 15yrs posted by nospam

M30 X 200 A2 Stainless Bolts?

On the completely off-chance that somebody 'may' just have a couple, I'm looking for a pair of these to make up some pi...

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posted by diesel

2 comments posted 15yrs posted by diesel

Wheel tread tapers

If one were to make some uncoupled wheels for a trolley to run on the underside of an RSJ, should one make the treads m...

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posted by randm

10 comments posted 15yrs posted by randm

Carport Tarp

Hello again, Photos at www.flickr.com/photos/halgate Tarpaulin used to cover the south end of my carport extension, wit...

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posted by halgate

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To recondition or to buy new, that is the question

I have an aged Atlas 5" lathe which needs reconditioning. To have the bed ground flat, buy a new leadscrew, new half nu...

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posted by harriscamley

24 comments posted 15yrs posted by harriscamley

Tom Senior M1 lead screw

Hello all, Long time no post. Too long, but cancer treatment has laid me low since Feb 2007. However, I now have the en...

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posted by halgate

0 comments posted 15yrs posted by halgate

Gear cutter info required

I have come across a YouTube clip of cutting helical gears by john5tevenson that uses what appears to be an endmill. Wh...

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posted by dgcollins

2 comments posted 15yrs posted by dgcollins

Anbody do small lathe jobs ?

A simple job that has become a problem. My Father has an Aluminum Greenhouse (Marley make) and the door is a sliding ef...

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posted by rick_hughes

2 comments posted 15yrs posted by rick_hughes

thin washers

Hello everyone, I've come here hoping you guys might be able to help me find some washers. I'm told that the members of...

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posted by bill

18 comments posted 15yrs posted by bill

MEW mags

Sometime last year I downloaded a set of scanned MEWs off usenet binaries. Could anyone tell me where to find an index t...

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posted by howkersNOSPAM

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Pipe burst pressure

I'm trying to calculate pipe size for a thin copper tube used to feed a 10,000 psi pressure guage. The original was inv...

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posted by andrew

11 comments posted 15yrs posted by andrew