Model Forum / General / Models / October 2007

I'm trying to print out a program that has been saved on an old Heidenhain
ME 101 cassette tape deck. Whilst everything works fine with the operation
of the tape deck, despite connecting direct to the 101, I feel my computer
printer is too "new" for the tape deck. I expect an old ...

I have a small Mkron (Swiss) universal milling machine which I hav
owned for nearly 40 years. The quality of this is absolutely amazing
it has a table 15x5 inches with power feed the heads can be changed i
minutes from vertical to horizontal. In all this time there is n

I'm just completing my first clock - an 8-day skeleton. I want to make
oil sinks for the pivots in the plates, but I have no info about size
and shape. Looking at photos of other skeleton clocks, the oil sinks
seem to have a maximum diameter around 3-4 times the pivot diameter,

Is there a better fate for redundant floppy discs than throwing them
in the bin?
I'm trying to make a bit of space, got things like (most of) Corel
Draw 5 on 18 floppies, never used because at that time it was supplied

could somebody set me straight ?
in england do we have 230v 3 ph ,which is 230 v from each ph to th
next ,and 400 to neutral , so one can run both sorts of motor ? or hav
i got myself totally tangled up ?

Gentlemen,
At the moment this is only curiosity, tomorrow I am collecting a Centec 2B
horizontal mill for my workshop and I am wondering if anyone knows of a
vertical head attachment that maybe available in the near future. I have a

I see that Hannants now have this in stock.  Anyone seen one yet?  Is it a
new tool or is it a re-pop of the old Hasegawa or even Frog kits?

Heya!
Looking for a pair of kits so that I can complete
my collection of ND ANG aircraft in 1/72.
Thanks in advance!

Does anybody know if the company which made these is still in busines
as I need some metric collets for my chuck?
I've done a search on Google with no success and the web site link
have goes nowhere.

    --Have a problem with my Super 7 and would prefer *not* to telephone
them from California! Does anyone know if they're still asleep at the switch
via email; i.e. have they progressed to the late 20th Century yet?

As title suggests I've got a bar bender for sale, pics can be seens
here:
http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=3415
Can bend up to 65x6mm flat, 18mm sq mild steel.

Anyone else likely to be going to Internal Fire's end-of-season day on
October 14th?
http://www.internalfire.com
'cos if so we could meet up, since I will be, other things being equal.

The Student[1] says it should run on Shell Tellus 27.  I doubt that this
will be readily available.  I noted today that the level is a bit down on
the sight glass, although it still has oil in it.
What else is suitable and will it mix with whatever's in there (which might

Does any one have the specs for the 231 tripan dovetail only I trying
to get more holders of a 3rd party supplier
I think they are the same as fitted on the colchester master
Thanks Andrew Bishop

Someone has given me a pile of Model engineer magazines but, as I'm in
a clutter clearing mood at the moment, I want to get shot of them.
You can have them just for the cost of postage.
If you have a particular requirement for any then please let me know