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hi the head of bolts in the UK went down a size during the second world war to save metal

the other way of charging small Oilite bushes is to hold the bush over the inside of your thumb , three quarter fill with oil , than put your other thumb on top of the bush and squeeze, the oil will come out of the bush through all the cavities in the oilite

Just to add to the confusion, in South Africa . a light bulb is referred to as a Globe

http://findsminimodelhotbulbengines.dk/twostrokehot-bulbengine.html here's a 2 stroke hot bulb

Hi Jenny where do you buy you battery for your wooden slide rule ? late of Ull upon Umber

as a thought , try a negative top rake on a HSS tool with a bull nose profile , it works on cast iron

can you still buy file cards ?

Only 200 hours ! . that is amazing work , how many days or weeks did you spend on those 4 wheels ? how did you cut the radius in the spokes Regards Tony

And a great Xmas from south Africa and it's 35 degrees in Joburg

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I have just realised I gave a metric bearing number . I don't speak inches

Or you you could change the inner bearing to a 7200 sealed angular contact which will take a higher load

If steel is called simba. Where in southern Africa are you from?

And from South Africa

The Dean .Smith& Grace lathes had an attachment at the wrong end where it had 3 equally spaced jacking bolts to steady long shafts and stop them whipping but you kept far away. Any loose clothing is instantly removed

Hi Shopmate I had 2 Citroen's Both DS 19 s the second one , I changed the wet sleeves and improved the engine from 1900 cc to 2100 cc and also swapped out the gearbox fro a 4 speed to 5 speed . I dont Know where I found the time I also Repaired the hydraulics and recharged the suspension...

Does any one have conversions from the USA material specs to EN or din standards?

Living in south Africa. Johannesburg I spent 18 year's in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe )

the square dog clutch ,under load is Very difficult to disengage. I have made then with a 1 degree taper to assist with Dis-engagement. on the last one I used, the motive power was 15 Kw and 50 RPM

I must be getting Old , I worked on flat belt lathes as an apprentice. if you got things right . you throw the lathe on. then shift the leaver into reverse and the 3 meter belt would jump off the top pulley . and then you had a nice long rest until the maintenance crew came to put it back on...