Model Forum / General / Models / October 2008

Boy,  this group is quiet atm !
I'm trying to source M8 square headed toolpost screws but google
doesn't seem to be much use.  Does anyone here know of a UK supplier
who actually stocks these ?  I tried my list of usual suspects but

Anyone know of a good source of  second hand "Britsh Standard
Shelving" - the sort with pressed angle uprights with holes every 2",
and folded steel shelves. All the stuff I'm being offered, and the
stuff on ebay has tacky chipboard shelves and clips together

Decided to fit stepper motor onto bull wheel of lathe
to create a dividing head via a worm.
Reasoning that the stepper had a ball bearing embedded
in an aluminium casing at one end, that there was no need

I need to make a gear carrier for keying two gears together to make
new cluster and I will need to fit the 1/8 inch sq key to the 1/8 inch
x 1/16 inch slot in the carrier.  I'm interested to know what is the
best way to go about this ?  The key has nowhere to go when the gears

found this while googling the evening away. text is in German.  need
more shelf space now!  best price I've seen so far is $63.
Craig
http://www.ipmsdeutschland.de/FirstLook/Revell/Preview_Rev_Ju88_A-1_2/Preview_Re
v_Ju88_A-1.html

I have a pair of reading glasses that had a huge scratch in the main
viewing section and it was driving me nuts. I cleaned the lenses and
then dipped them in Future, no more scratches..........................

Morning All
Just come back from the scrappy - with most of the scrap that I took :o(
I have been expecting the prices paid for scrap to drop for some time
but had a real shock this morning.  I had a load of

Boy, is it quiet here these days !
I', trying to get hold of 12 off M8 square head toolpost screws and
haven't had any luck via gogle.  I've tried all the usual suspects so
if anyone can tell me anywhere I can actually buy these from I'd be

There are some pictures here
http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/tru/kit_tru_1654.shtml
Belly tank looks too deep there, that could be the angle it was taken from,
and the afterburners look too small. According to people who have had their

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dauoL7U7zEU
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0OTX4IwSOo&feature=related
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=EK4Yg3kU4oE&NR=1
Enjoy!

At a recent factory auction, the auctioneer stopped the sale of a second
press brake and really verbally laid into one of the bidders, saying he was
"auction ringing" and then refused to continue with the sale and removed the
item for the auction. It sounded as though he knew the ...

My ArcEuro X3 was delivered today.
What a nice thing it is. I've never owned a brand new machine tool
before, and so far I've not really done much past get it installed and
take a few test cuts, but it is very pleasant to use.

A local garage has a newish looking Bradbury car lift which siezed
the nut on an elevating shaft. Bradbury fitted a new one and the old
one is out for scrap.
Shaft is about 2400 mm overall with screwed length 2080mm and 40.24mm

Anyone on here ever tried mig welding cast iron using stainless wire
and pure argon gas?
Had a search on Google and some say it can be done with good results
but others say you are just waisting your time. The tips that i have

I have about 4 gallons of old coolant (soluble oil and water) that I need to
dispose of; the local council tip only accepts used motor oil so that's out.
I had thought of trying to separate out the oil so that I only have a small
volume to dispose of but can't think of anything ...