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Well I finally get to go back into the workshop this morning after a while out and My Bica DRO monitor as they call it) has developed a fault...it won't work! I switched it on and got lots of rubbish in the readouts, so switched it on and off several times until it came up with some semblance of...

I have a new member that followed a link from my site to the forum. He is having difficulties and emailed me because of access problems. I have cut and pasted part of his email below. Ca anyone help him? I am quite happy if you wish to email him direct. Mike. "After following the V8 build as...

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I am stuck!!! I have a 7" long by 1.5" diameter HT steel bar that I need to saw in half for two crankshaft blanks for the Seal project I am building. I tapped one end to fit two 'ears' of steel so I could hold it and have tried carbide tipped saw, band saw and now a 4" diameter slitting saw...

Well I have at last managed to get into the workshop again and am in the middle of making a power feed (to my own design) for my RF25 milling machine, bought from Axminster tools some years ago. I will be writing up the design including drawings, when I finally complete it. The only work that...

Has anyone here bought or know of the book "Machine Shop Trade Secrets" by James A Harvey? MM

I have a separate post running on my building a pair of Seal engines (Edgar T Westbury design 15cc 4 cylinder petrol engines) and have gotten to the stage where next week hopefully, I will make the cylinders. Now I am tempted to go two different routes. One set of 4 cylinders in Cast Iron and...

Couldn't see a slot for this post really since its not to do with engines, although prompted by my two wobbler's as Christmas presents last year. I wanted to make something in the workshop that I could give to more members of my 'own' section of the Freeman family. Looking through the Axminster...

Hello all. I have been asked to do a little job for someone who wants a couple of gears making. However I am having a problem finding a supplier of an involute gear cutter 0.75 module and 15 teeth or 34DP 15 teeth. The only ones I have found so far are really silly prices and the usual...

I saw the USB microscope on the UK Maplin site for just under £50 (have since seen one on eBay for around £23)and it seemed worth buying to see if it had a use in the workshop. When it arrived I was very impressed with its performance and ease of use. It has the facility to make videos as well...

I am not sure if this is the right heading for this new tool build but I suppose I am modifying the electric motor......forgive me if the subject area is wrong........ Carbide tipped saws have been recommended for metal work in the past, especially when they are slitting saw size. In the UK I...

Since refurbishing my Myford ML7 I have learnt not to trust tooling and now measure everything (including finding the toolpost on my nearly new tailstock out of true) so when a new ER25 collet chuck from a well know UK tool supplier I tested it for running true with a stainless steel bar in the...

When I sold my Myford ML10 recently the purchaser didn’t want the home made stand that was built for it to stand on. So it sat in the garage part of my little empire being of no use. When scanning through a tools catalogue recently I saw a stand that had an angled top for use in warehouses. It...

As part of my Seal engine build I need to inline bore the cylinder block. Whilst making the boring bar is relatively simple, setting the tool in clear increments of adjustment after each cut seemed a little more complicated. I needed a method of moving the tip of the cutting tool in steps that...

Hello all. I have some very expensive special steel for making a crankshaft for my Seal 15cc Westbury engine build. The size I have means that if I can slice it I can have enough left over for another and it seems a shame to just mill it away. It is two long to use my bandsaw and if I use a...

I have at last started on the refurbishment of my speculative purchase of a Myford ML7 lathe on eBay last February. With the recent sale of my Myford ML10 I had the space for the lathe to go into and the funds to carry out the refurbishment and upgrade. My intention is to have a Myford with...

Just to let you know I am selling (UK) my Myford ML10 on eBay. Or at least attempting to....... the link is...

Hello, not really for me but I have just seen these on eBay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Old-Gade-hit-miss-gas-engine-model-casting-kit-steam_W0QQitemZ120358588588QQcmdZViewItemQQptZBI_Farm_Supplies?hash=item120358588588&_trksid=p3286.m63.l1177 in case any one is interested. Mike

Today I started on the building of a 15cc, 4cylinder, petrol engine from a design by Edgar T Westbury. I won't say the design is old but the construction article was published in the British magazine, Model Engineer. In fact it was over 62 years ago! Having said that, it is a well known design...

My last post of the night! Wishing you and yours a very merry Christmas or holiday to all HMEM readers. I hope you all have a safe and happy time. Best wishes, Metal Mickey.