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ive been roaming around this site for a while and felt compeled to add my lathe to the collection. it is a 1940-50s demco lathe (hercus copy) it has a single phase 2hp motor and a flat belt for drive. still needs work should make a good a project. the guy who sold it to me didnt have the...

i recently bought an old lathe and have been trying to remove the three jaw chuch it came with but cant. the 4 jaw that came with it has a thread so in assuming the spindle has a thread. can some one suggest how to get it off

this is off the question but what do you mean price increase i am going to purchase a sieg lathe will there be an increase in price on them as well?

Ive been looking for a new lathe for my work shop and have been keeping my eye on this one http://cgi.ebay.com.au/METAL-LATHE-180-X-300mm-New_W0QQitemZ320234781519QQihZ011QQcategoryZ92083QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem , has any body delt with company also looking for any other sugestions.

i have been following this project very closely and am amazed at the quality of this engine :bow:all hail Mr standard

congrats you should be proud ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

thanks for the feed back allready started building post pis of progress soon

I'm building a treadle engine for school and haven't the foggiest about dimensioning I'm using skate board bearings to hold the crank shafts what size stroke should i use to make it look right and any other general info would be appreciated

yeah still undesided

im in process of designing a micro v8 (air powered of course) and cant decide on what type of valving to use. a pushrod system would be ideal for scale but to complicated i need something small and not to complicated please help ???

nice to see you joined this site balsa

yeah im from down under

this is my first steamer http://s260.photobucket.com/albums/ii6/thelongestnameonphotobucketandanyothersitelickthis/?action=view&current=14-01-08_1759.jpg http://s260.photobucket.com/albums/ii6/thelongestnameonphotobucketandanyothersitelickthis/?action=view&current=14-01-08_1758.jpg...

what if i were to run a rotary valve of the crank shaft

im looking for a high rpm air motor like this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV6shfdUlVc but only a single cylinder

it runs on the same principals as this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqZyyonyRRI