sharpening HSS and cobalt
Wed, 4 Jun 2008 13:29:41 -0700 (PDT)
Hi all, to sharpen HSS and cobalt lathe tools should I get a green
wheel for my bench grinder? Pete ...
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Iron casting
Tue, 3 Jun 2008 12:16:04 +0100
Hi all,
I am planning to make my own furnace for Iron Casting (as well as ali, brass
etc.). I have seen various sites around that suggest I can use Waste Engine
Oil to fire it, so this is what I intend to do (make very cheap
castings...). I have some old machines (a reasonable size turret lathe, a
J&S surfa ...
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Laser pointer experiments
Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:18:53 +0100
Pointers are now a cheap commodity item and, although the
quality is pretty variable, most can be persuaded to produce a
spot at least as good as the centre/edge finder versions.
The pointers incorporate three main items plus the
battery.
The laser diode itself which is a near "point" source and emits ...
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Any Clock / Watch Repairers About?
Sun, 1 Jun 2008 14:29:29 +0100
I've a steam engine which appears to be made of early 20th Century (pre-
1910) pocket watch parts, the governor is driven off the flywheel axle by
a couple of bevel gears and one is missing, I'd like to source another.
Most of the screws appear to be pocket watch / clock screws two are broken
off in the stea ...
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Belclere mains transformer data?
Sat, 31 May 2008 15:59:59 -0500
Anyone know where I might get a datasheet for a Belclere toroidal
transformer stamped TR7401? It was in a Datel Unicase 4001X box
(modem?)
Thanks in advance :-)
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hydraulic /pneumatic cylinders
Fri, 30 May 2008 20:10:05 +0100
can anyone point me in the right direction?.... I want to make a couple of
small ones, running 8-10 bar max to operate the undercarriage on an RC
'plane. Are there any designs around? Size needs to be approx. 20mm bore,
50mm stroke, double acting, single rod.
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Need advice on rebuilding drill press
Fri, 30 May 2008 11:21:14 -0700 (PDT)
Hi
I bought this Rexon drill press at a reasonable price but it needs
some serious work - I think it may well be the most abused drill
press in the whole world !! ( but its a stout one so it is worth my
while to rebuild it) Considering the shocking state of the table and
handle section I cant understand how t ...
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Mimik Tracer Manual
Thu, 29 May 2008 22:53:37 +0100
I don't suppose that anyone has a manual for a Mimik UT tracer that I
could borrow to copy?
Thanks
Charles
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Re: Tyzacks & Sons Lathe
Thu, 29 May 2008 14:33:31 -0700 (PDT)
On May 29, 10:11?pm, Tony Jeffree <t...@jeffree.co.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, 29 May 2008 22:04:20 ?, Tony Jeffree <t...@jeffree.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> >On Thu, 29 May 2008 21:00:06 ?, "Dragon"
> ><qz39dragon.trapb...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
> >>I thought they were 'chooks'.
> >>http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-sla ...
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Re: Tyzacks & Sons Lathe
Thu, 29 May 2008 22:11:47 +0100
On Thu, 29 May 2008 22:04:20 +0100, Tony Jeffree <tony@jeffree.co.uk>
wrote:
>On Thu, 29 May 2008 21:00:06 +0100, "Dragon"
><qz39dragon.trapbait@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>>I thought they were 'chooks'.
>>http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html#C
>>
>>I wonder what you can do with that funwise?
>
>St ...
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