Model Forum / General / Models / November 2006

Does anyone know where I could buy a Y-piece (basically a straight 2.5"
diameter pipe with another forking off at 45 degrees) off the shelf, or
is it something I'd have to get made up?
It's for a car exhaust thing I'm working on...

I am in the process of building a driving truck for one of my engines.
It is a single bogie that needs to pivot freely (the other end of the
truck attaches to the locomotive, so it is a sort of "trailer".)
I have two roller bearings to reduce the friction of turning, but I am

Thank you all for the hint about WWI Russian uniforms. The very large
batch of Osprey books at Borders netted me their Men-at-Arms book
Russian Army 1914-18 by Nk Cornish. It has just about everything that I
need and looks to be a good read tonight. To add to the pot, it was

"By order of the Directors due to cessation of re-manufacturing Gardner engines"
Auction being held by Edward Symmons on 21st November at Green Lane, Patricroft,
Manchester, M30 8AA.
http://www.edwardsymmons.com

Looking for a few issues to complete the set:
Vol.18,#1,2.
Vol.25,#4-12
Vol.26-27 all

I have recently bought a Myford Super 7; it is in great condition. I
have stripped and reassembled it. My problem is that when I can a cut
in mild steel I end up with ridges in the metal. I have tried varying
the speed of cut, depth, cutter type, height etc to no avail. I have

Check your listings. 2 hrs and looking good so far.
WmB

I tried to do some work today on the Harrison mill, decided I needed to
fit the vertical head, I did and found it was duff with very little drive
to the spindle.
Anyway replaced the sheared key in the input shaft and

After my several posts regarding cutting rings from stainless steel
sheet, I finally bit the bullet, purchased a grinder and made my own
tool:
http://www.creffield.plus.com/stuff/trepan.jpg

My saga with restoring back to operation my ML7 long be
continued...need some information help pleeease!
Two questions basically
1. OK, I finally got all missing parts. My ML7 topslide arrived, bu

Came in today.  BIG...NICE

Im looking at buying a rotary table and wondered if anyone here has
experiance of the Shoba tables from Chronos? The 6" one with dividing
plates and tailstock looks quite reasonably priced at 140ukp?. Or any
recommendations for what to get? my budget is less than 150ukp, and I

I live in a city (Manitowoc, Wisconsin) where we are fortunate to have
a Gato-class submarine (The USS Cobia) moored in the river mouth
downtown.  While it wasn't built here, 28 others of its class were.  As
we passed by it the other evening, my 9-y-o daughter remembered how I'd

I shall be starting to collect items for a new project soon. I want to make
a CNC XY table to use in conjunction with my Myford VMC vertical milling
machine.
I’m taking this approach as a easy way into CNC experimentation without

We now pretty much know what is going to happen with Airfix/Humbrol. But
what about Heller???
As I am from Sweden I hope they will survive or at least sell the "Swedish"
moulds to a serious kit maker.