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We are off to Spain for 2 weeks, driving down and staying in the mother in laws flat (luckily she is not coming). I'm sure it will be fun. Is our hobby or any steam rallies in Spain? Kevin

Hi all, I have just purchased an ER25 collet chuck and backplate for my lathe. The chuck has 3 tapped holes and the backplate has 4 clear holes. I can't easily drill more holes in the back plate so are there any suggestions how to fix the 2 items together? I have thought about an intermediate...

Today I fixed my lathe to my concrete garage floor. The lathe is a BH600 from warco. I did this because at the higher speeds I noticed it vibrating. I used those coach bolts that don't need a sleeve. I managed to get a total of 5 bolts into the floor. 3 into the headstock end and 2 into the...

I'm well chuffed becuase I've just finished my power hacksaw that i made from angle iron. I'm really supprised how neat the cut is when finished. I was lucky enough to inherit a 240v motor with worm gear box. I think the cost was about £150 in all but i was given the motor. I could have bought...

Hi all, I am wondering what the best material is for a steam engine piston rod. I think I read somewhere about using drill rod or tool steel, but how would I put a thread on such a hard material to attached it to the piston? I think/thouht that these materials were only grindable and not...

Hi I am relatively new here. I am ok cutting striaghts on the mill but I would like to know how to cut a radius using a rotary table. I have seen the method where a drill bit goes through a hole and the curve is cut by moving the work by hand. This seems rather dangerous to me, and how do you...