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Taper roller

I want to install some taper roller bearings on a shaft. My problem is that the force-bearing faces are on the outside...
10 comments posted 16yrs
posted by zenadsl6186
10 comments posted 16yrs posted by zenadsl6186

Rapidor machine hacksaw blades

Hi All, Anybody know a source for Rapidor or similar machine hacksaw blades 8" between holes 8 3/4" overall length x 3/...
3 comments posted 16yrs
posted by vickentallen
3 comments posted 16yrs posted by vickentallen

spark eroder plans

As part of my new fishing/boating hobby I find myself working on outboard motors. One thing I have discovered is that w...
9 comments posted 16yrs
posted by kevin.newsgroups
9 comments posted 16yrs posted by kevin.newsgroups

Correcting an Incorrectly Broached Keyway

One of our engines has a new flywheel that we had cast and machined some 10 years ago, but we always suspected that the...
15 comments posted 16yrs
posted by diesel
15 comments posted 16yrs posted by diesel

Yum !

eBay item 200447916714 (no relation - I would not be selling). Feeling rich, punk ? David
2 comments posted 16yrs
posted by mangled_us
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by mangled_us

Schaublin 13

Has anyone on the list got a Schaublin 13? I would be very interested to hear what this type of mill is like to operate...
3 comments posted 16yrs
posted by poundeater
3 comments posted 16yrs posted by poundeater

Easy casting metal?

I wonder if anyone might have experience of using the metal tubes within which tomato paste is supplied as a source of...
2 comments posted 16yrs
posted by no.spam
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by no.spam

Scale head

Hi, Any chance in reviving a chinese scale, when: battery ok, it blinks very fast, readings at random, sometimes steady...
8 comments posted 16yrs
posted by df.ganzinga
8 comments posted 16yrs posted by df.ganzinga

Vices

(no, not the pachinkonudenoodleparlour nakedopiumlash kind) Looking for vises for two milling machines, an X3 and a sma...
19 comments posted 16yrs
posted by zenadsl6186
19 comments posted 16yrs posted by zenadsl6186

L111 Aluminium Plate

I have a source of Extruded L111 Aluminium plate. (Aircraft quality) Size 30mm thick x 325mm wide x 1000mm long. Price...
51 comments posted 16yrs
posted by poundeater
51 comments posted 16yrs posted by poundeater

Pultra 1750/1770 Manual

I am trying to find out what lubricants Pultra recommended for use with their small lathes for the headstock bearings a...
2 comments posted 16yrs
posted by alanb+news
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by alanb+news

Arc Euro X-3 mill offer

Guys, Does anyone have any thoughts/experience of this mill: http://www.arceurotrade.co.uk/Catalogue/Machines-Accessori...
11 comments posted 16yrs
posted by DR_G.473dgn
11 comments posted 16yrs posted by DR_G.473dgn

Sheet metal folder plans

I could do with a small sheet metal folder as since leaving work I've lost the ability to pop into their workshop and u...
14 comments posted 16yrs
posted by bob.minchinREMOVE
14 comments posted 16yrs posted by bob.minchinREMOVE