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ERDE 122 Trailer wheel bearings

One wheel bearing has seized, there is a dust cap protecting the bearing how does this come off? and how do I replace th...
4 comments posted 16yrs
posted by Donwill.seesig
4 comments posted 16yrs posted by Donwill.seesig

Frustration is .....

Pulling a nail from a spare piece of wood. Despite your vice-like grip, the pliers slip off, your elbow travels back at...
2 comments posted 16yrs
posted by Multum.In
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by Multum.In

Condensers - Vintage Cars

I've been asked to measure the capacitance of a "New Old Stock" condenser for a 1929 Singer motor car. I can measure ca...
8 comments posted 16yrs
posted by steve.withnell
8 comments posted 16yrs posted by steve.withnell

Maho Overarm - 90mm Diameter Tube

I've decided that I'm going to have to make the horizontal overam for my Maho MH600 since the chance of finding one is...
5 comments posted 16yrs
posted by charlesp
5 comments posted 16yrs posted by charlesp

Bosch drill

My old (30+years) Bosch two speed hammer drill shed a tooth off a cog a few days ago after one of those oversize blacks...
22 comments posted 16yrs
posted by someone
22 comments posted 16yrs posted by someone

Selling an EMCO FB-2 milling machine.

A colleague at work has had a relative die and is trying to sell a milling machine for the widow. The machine is an EMC...
2 comments posted 16yrs
posted by randm
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by randm

Indexable counterbores - metric

Does anyone know where I can get a set (M4/5/6/8/10) of indexable counterbores at a sensible price? Chronos and Warco s...
9 comments posted 16yrs
posted by pcb1962
9 comments posted 16yrs posted by pcb1962

Laycock 1551 Garage Press

If any of you trip over a Laycock 1551 'Garage Press' - it's a 60 ton H frame hand operated hydraulic press - then I'm...
16 comments posted 16yrs
posted by andrew
16 comments posted 16yrs posted by andrew

Seeking good home for old mechanical stuff

Hi all a family relative has died recently and left a garage full of ... stuff. This consists of a large mixture of too...
1 comments posted 16yrs
posted by jkn
1 comments posted 16yrs posted by jkn

Newbie lathe question - turning a disk

I have a disk of aluminium alloy, thickness 8 mm, OD approx 70 mm, with a 25 mm hole in the centre. I need to turn this...
7 comments posted 16yrs
posted by news
7 comments posted 16yrs posted by news

Silly insert question

Lots of inserts seem to have conical, or rather tapered, holes in them. How exactly does that work? Looking at one I ha...
2 comments posted 16yrs
posted by zenadsl6186
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by zenadsl6186

daily email

Hi all I've been getting the daily digest email for this group from Google Groups for seveal years now, but lat week th...
2 comments posted 16yrs
posted by tobybishop
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by tobybishop

Reseating a tyre bead

Pulled the old 100kva generator out of the store yard with the tractor to get ready for eldest daughters birthday party...
18 comments posted 16yrs
posted by andrew
18 comments posted 16yrs posted by andrew

Trouble at t'mill ?

I am a member of the forum over on the Model Engineers site, currently known as My Hobby Store or better known as My Kn...
3 comments posted 16yrs
posted by john
3 comments posted 16yrs posted by john