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It's time to buy a mill but which one? I've got a budget of around £600 I've looked at these two but I don't know which is best. Any advice anyone? http://www.spgtools.com/viewtool.php?pid=22 http://www.chestermachinetools.com/conquest-mill-super-4001-p.asp

I noticed my thread dial indicator wasn't meshing with the leadscrew so I slackened off the bolt and tilted it in so that it would. Should it be like this, just seems odd but it turns now when it goes up and down the screw.

Well after having my mini lathe for a week now I finally got to "make some chips" last night. It may not be pretty and I'm sure I can only get better but here's my first ever part. Yesterday I rescued an old aluminium trolley jack from the scrap when I'd stripped it down I was left with lots of...

Finally got my mini lathe and now i'm looking at for my first engine to build. I first thought maybe a full working scale model of a V12 Rolls Royce engine but after much thought I settled on Elmers Wobbler no.25. I've got the plans (http://www.john-tom.com/ElmersEngines/25_26_WobblerBoiler.pdf)...

Hi my name is Simon. I've been doing some browsing on this forum and would love to take up model engine making/building as a hobby. I have no real machining experience although I have worked with full size engines for many years. Over the next few months i would like to start to purchase some...