Model Forum / General / Models / July 2008

Thanks for looking!  Most ship for $6.00 to the lower 48.  I'll ship
to Canada and our friends in the "rest" of the US. ;-)  I've never
shipped overseas, and I don't know if I want to try this time or
not.....

I got in some of the XXGT series inserts this week at work. Have not
yet tried them.
 Got some little (1/4" IC) 80 deg diamonds for the small boring
bars,some 3/8" ditto, for the larger boring bars, and some 1/2"IC square

When I try to log onto paypal I get a very comprehensive 'security
questionaire' with the following text:
"We have noticed an increasing fraudulent activity recently. In order
to provide your security and protect you from fraudsters we have

I have an oily problem with a dynamo on an old engine. Oil leaks from
the engine, past the drive gear, lubricates a ball bearing (which it
is supposed to do), defeats a felt seal and then soaks the dynamo
windings.

I`m looking for some info on building a oscillating based on these
plans:
http://npmccabe.tripod.com/45engine.htm
Most of it seems OK but I can`t understand the inlet and exhaust

Just opened my news reader and all of the alt. groups were gone.  Many
thanks to ATT/SBC, they succumbed to pressure from the PC police.
Does anyone out there have a site where one can recapture the alt.
groups?  Any help will be appreciated.

Just bought a Brierley Cadet drill sharpener from a sale,looks all ther
apart from instructions. It was made by Z Brierley of Llandudno, Wales
I got on to directory enquiries, there was one Brierley in Llandudno s
I phoned, a Lady Brierley answered the phione (talking to real uppe

Anybody know where I can get one at a decent price?
Thanks
Carl

Is the 50+ year old pervert John Bunty/Guy Fawkes still boasting of
his prowess inside 13 year olds underwear then? (and 12 year olds
depending on how fast they mature)
What a dirty dirty old man.

I have a small Chester H110 metal cutting band saw which periodically decides
to cut less square than I would like.  When I first bought it, it cut
decidely squint, but the cause was obiously work shifting in the "rapid
action" vice and Chester duly replaced it with one which works ...

I had occasion the other day to contemplate milling a smallish flat bit of
metal to reduce its thickness a bit.  it's L shaped and roughly 2" on a
side, and about 3mm thick.
Since holing it in the drill vice is obviously not going to work, and I

Hi Folks, does anyone out there have access to a decent set of viggen
plans, have the airfix kit and would like to do something with it
rather than my usual OOB build. Have access to several build websites
for encouragement, but have yet to find a decent set of scale plans,

Or close to it,that could look at something in an auction.Got to be
done Monday daytime or Tues am.Will pay.
Mark.

Hi, I`m in the market for a rotary table. I`ve been looking at the 4"
sizes because the table on my Chester Super B is 310x148, but i`ve
been told that a 6" will fit, i`m a bit confused (that doesnt take
much these days) because the base measurement on a 6" RT is 220x160

I purchased 3   x  400ml aerosol cans of 'oily brown gunge' from Scewfix a
couple of years ago at quite a reasonable price (about £3.60) but I now find
that they no longer stock it.
Farnell have 2 or 3 available at far greater cost or a carton of a dozen is