Model Forum / General / Models / February 2009

I am building a "Coffee Cup Stirling" to Jan Ridders design.
Needed to lap the work barrel. Could not find the tin of "fine"
lapping compound that I know I have somewhere!
In the kitchen I found a tin of "Astonish" a bit dried out. Scraped

Somewhere in the house I've got lots of new grub screws. I can see that I
could employ them to make home-made brass shaft couplers for fractional
motors and stuff. If I had my own lathe I'd simply drill brass rod for the
shaft, and drill and tap for the grub screws.

Having purchased a blade from the nice lady in Chesterfield,
I've lost her name and contact details for re-ordering tips.
I've even travelled over to her home, found no-one at home
and left a note for her in the door - all to no avail

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richards_internet/TEMPORARY/DCMOTOR.html
I'm going to lengthen the 1/4 inch diameter shaft by 80mm. It's 11mm long at
the moment.
I can use brass coupling, or the 1/4" extention shaft could be welded. How

Two mates (from Germany) recently bought the 3-D Testers from Chronos. Both
were off by 0,35 or 0,4 mm. Both have been properly adjusted. Both were
returned.
What crap is this? Anybody got one from Chronos that actually works as it

I've just about got my new (to me) old round top Student ship shape and
Bristol fashion with a nice quick change tool post and some tooling from
J&L.
I was wondering if a coolant pump would be a good idea, all the original

I get them on several email addresses and recently they are blank - no
newsletter at all, just the email...
anyone else?
Craig

I see some boring heads advertised as boring and facing heads  - whats
the difference ?
thanks
Tim

I was watching TTT yesterday on AMC while at work, (slow day). I've
done a couple of Harvard/Zeros & have done some cutting for the Kates
& Vals but never finished them. I was think of doing a TTT Yorktown
with WWII Jap a/c onboard. The only thing is, I think all of the 1/700

I recently won a Dormer 108 Mk2 Drill grinder on eBay, which seems a
nice capable machine, and if the seller had strapped it properly to a
pallet for transport would have been an asset to the workshop. In fact
he didn't, it slipped out of the pallet wrap that was all that held

Does anyone know where I might be able to purchase (in the UK)
'sensible' lengths Fenner "PowerTwist SuperGrip Top" or maybe
"PowerTwist Friction Top" belting in B or C section ? I need around
1.5m (tbc) and all I've been able to find so far is Fenner themselves

Anyone want a 1/48th scale B-36? Have a look:
http://www.hph.cz/gallery.php?click=1&zazn=s_b36h&lang=en

Hey I am watching SuperBridge by Nova on DVD.
Just saw a clip of a model water basin they used to iterate designs.
Besides bridges, there were a couple of tugs/barges cruising by.
Looks like fun.  The models looked off the shelf.

Kit Review: cyber-hobby.com (Dragon Models Limited) 1/35 scale Upgrade
Sets for German Track
    Kit No. 3852; Magic Track for Panther Ausf. A/D (Kgs 64/660/150); 170
links in dark grey styrene; retail price US$19.95

I'm looking for a source of A section steel pulleys 5/8" shaft 1x 55mm
and 1 x 65mm.
The smallest RS carry is 80mm
This is on behalf of someone else and yes I could make them but they are