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a bit OT:Repairing brushless DC motor?

A customer has a failed 24V heating circ pump on his boat. It's based on a standard domestic ('Grundfos type') central...
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posted by duttondock
20 comments posted 16yrs posted by duttondock

Bristol Exhibition

Nicely presented this year, apart from the cloudburst at 0950 just as we were all driving onto the field. A new Mamod 3...
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posted by invalid
4 comments posted 16yrs posted by invalid

Anyone in NW UK want a lathe?

Have been asked to look into finding a home for a lathe - Details are . . . Findlay Wilfin "Electrolathe" Free to a goo...
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posted by mike
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by mike

Aldi this Sunday Tap and Die Set

if its anything like the last ones they gave us .. its will be quite good quality .. =A314.99 note the split dies .. an...
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posted by aboard_epsilon
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by aboard_epsilon

Slightly O.T. Soldering silver jewellery

SWMBO has asked me to attach a ring to the back of a silver broche so that she can wear it as a pendant. The item in qu...
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posted by mike.crossfield
5 comments posted 16yrs posted by mike.crossfield

Smart and Brown model L bed geometry

Hi. Does anyone know is is able to measure the included angle in the front bed guide of a Smart and Brown Model L lathe...
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posted by youra.turceninoff
4 comments posted 16yrs posted by youra.turceninoff

Chester 920 or Warco 918 lathe spindle registers

Hi all. Does anyone have either one of these lathes and could measure the spindle nose thread and spindle register diam...
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posted by youra.turceninoff
1 comments posted 16yrs posted by youra.turceninoff

After market power feed.

I bought a power feed for my milling machine from CDCO of Tower Road Schaumburg , Illinois . Being in Australia I recie...
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posted by bluey69
1 comments posted 16yrs posted by bluey69

vids: Jets over Pampa, Helchteren/Belgium

Goedendag ;-) July 25 and 26.More videos on Youtube Compilation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHnVSv5F8ms (deel 1, 8:5...
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posted by ron.van.sommeren
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by ron.van.sommeren

What does it do?

I've just acquired a Clarkson Mark 3 Tool and Cutter Grinder in not quite working condition. (At some time someone melt...
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posted by rsss.3x4vwn
1 comments posted 16yrs posted by rsss.3x4vwn

PC133 SDRAM - just on the off chance

Bought a couple of 256mb sticks of PC133 sdram on Ebay last week to upgrade my antique 733mhz pentium to its maximum 51...
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posted by Null
35 comments posted 16yrs posted by Null

8 kg end mill?

Just shows you need to watch out for postage charges on eBay. I was just thinking of bidding on a nice-looking new 15 m...
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posted by david
6 comments posted 16yrs posted by david

"Blacking" Steel

I ahve just finished the Hemingway, Trent Pinion mill and have taken it all apart to finish the parts. The steel parts...
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posted by david.rogerson
12 comments posted 16yrs posted by david.rogerson

OT but someone here might know

Years ago, there was a prototype electrical generator shown on TV - possibly Tomorrow's World etc. It was a low ramp on...
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posted by nospam
15 comments posted 16yrs posted by nospam

Cutting a vee groove with basic equipment

I wish to cut a 90degree vee groove about 5/16" / 3/8" deep across a piece of flat steel about 3" wide. I have a small...
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posted by MikeHur_2005
4 comments posted 16yrs posted by MikeHur_2005