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Some time ago this thread ( http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/showthread.php?t=23164&highlight=BENDING+ALLOY ) I Came up with the above idea, I did make a new bender one far stronger but still used the winch and It has worked great just a little slow I made this the other day (...

Hi GUYS/GALS This may be of interest ,I had 500 round plastic billets to face and drill I normally only do 30 at a time as it gets boring winding the crossfedd and tail stock in and out . So I bought a plunger type attachment for the tail stock and fitted my battery drill to the cross feed...

I came across these today on the web ,has anyone had a go with one as they seem to be ok . I do need a new compressor soon so could get one that will give enough air . I like the idea of not using cutting oil . Rob.

Hi Iv just ordered an SX4 and have a question if anyone has one or the SX3 Its regarding tapping, can you tap blind holes with it , im wondering how you stop it from bottoming out as im sure you wont be able to reverse it before it hits the bottom of the hole . Rob.

Hi Guys I needed to bend lots of alloy flat bar 44mm x 12mm I had been doing this by hand but then I had to have a pacemaker fitted and of cause bending was not going to do me much good . So I came up with this idea cost was around £400 hopefully the pics will show what its about ,Iv bent...

Eddit (The one i bought was the M5 to M10 ) I have lots of tapping to do M8 size in alloy and just bought one of these . It works great and is simple to set up you just have to make sure things are lined up, i use a mixture of cutting oil and parifin as a lube about 60/40 parifin to oil ...

I was drilling quite a few hole's today in alloy and was brushing some paraffin on the alloy but it was making a mess then I had the idea of using a syringe so I got one I had for filling ink cartridges with a long blunt needle it was so easy to just add a drop now and then . thought i would...

Hi Guys Im not a model maker but have come here as its about tooling and im sure many of you have in the past had the same type of question. I have been looking at 3 Mills the warco wm16 ,the Chester champion 20V and the ama25lv Are these all about the same regarding the spec ? and do any...