The_Yellow_Ardvark
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Yes 4X was. Plus it was Ozzie made.
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Yes 4X was. Plus it was Ozzie made.
Shox Dr
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That was/is fosters. Rat wee.
Iain Westland
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Headache... And not from wine.
30 years since I had to take proper measurements in earnest. Need to make one of these at some point and only have this for a reference.. and it's home made itself so trying to work around the measurements.
Phosphor bronze the best medium for a cross slide nut?
30 years since I had to take proper measurements in earnest. Need to make one of these at some point and only have this for a reference.. and it's home made itself so trying to work around the measurements.
Phosphor bronze the best medium for a cross slide nut?
Arc Tourist
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Is it from a Boxford ?
Iain Westland
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Colchester bantam, 1920s... But I don't know if the cross slide came from elsewhere since...
Biggest problem for me is the thread centre is 0.075" off centre. The gib is holding it off
Biggest problem for me is the thread centre is 0.075" off centre. The gib is holding it off
bigegg
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Castlemaine XXXX
Shox Dr
Chief Engineer to Carlos Fandango
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Shox Dr
Chief Engineer to Carlos Fandango
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Thought it was about time the truck Acquired a bit of TLC. Usually its given a good coating of WD40 every month, but it needs jet washing off after a while as the dirt sticks to it. Every so often I strip it all off and give her a good polish
Shiny
Shiny
Yes the preferred choice.
Lazurus
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I still want that truck!!!!!!
eLuSiVeMiTe
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No new tools. The opposite
But a new toy.
Midi and control voltage keyboard
With a built in sequencer. Perfect to go with other new toys
But a new toy.
Midi and control voltage keyboard
With a built in sequencer. Perfect to go with other new toys
Olderisbetter
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Two puncture repair kits in old tins and s small old bottle for my future display.
Iain Westland
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An email from Colchester confirming the lathe I bought when slightly very mished was built in 1922. ..
Iain Westland
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Actually, a very nice man (Mick Senior) at Colchester decided to double check his info... And it turns out it's from 1928 not 2 as he thought. And the firm it was sold to, my lathe still has their name plaque. It's nice to roughly date, but I'm stoked to be able to sales date it.
5913
5913
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go a couple of booklets (one is 55 and the other is 64 pages)from the 1950's about steel production and finishing into raw materials today. I got one off ebay for £0.99 and £2 postage, and then she said she had the other one for free if I wanted it, as she was just going to throw it away. How can you refuse an offer like that.....now I get things like this to donate to the industrial museum that I volunteer at, so I think they will be a welcome addition to the library. it would be rude not to show a couple of random pages
Iain Westland
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wonderful 
eLuSiVeMiTe
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Got any pics of it's original.Today I acquired....the ability for my DeWalt strimmer to cut like a STIHL.
Would you believe it....they use exactly the same thread, pitch etc.
I bought the DeWalt on a recommendation....but it turned out they redesigned the head to be a load of rubbish.
So happy today
Never had issue with mine and curious.
Plenty of power for the job though
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Yup...when my mate bought it and recommended it they had a double spindle. They switched to single....so as it's feeding it all gets tangled up.
The bonus is I can also use the 2.4mm line which does cut a lot better I think....and is easier to work with.
It's a simple bolt on job...no mods required. I really like the STIHL one as the spool has clips for easy reload...and the feed holes are open at the top too....lot less faff.
Excuse the cat...he has to have a sniff of everything!
The bonus is I can also use the 2.4mm line which does cut a lot better I think....and is easier to work with.
It's a simple bolt on job...no mods required. I really like the STIHL one as the spool has clips for easy reload...and the feed holes are open at the top too....lot less faff.
Excuse the cat...he has to have a sniff of everything!
