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Is it possible?. Im working on a stuart V10 engine which has a cast iron flywheel. Most of engines I see have a highly polished rim. Is it possible to achieve this with grey cast iron or are the flywheels I'm looking at steel. If it is possible whats the basic process? cheers Mat

Im cutting some dovetails on a hemingway kits ball turning tool. Whats a typical speed to run the cutter at? at widest diameter cutter is about 1" diameter. do I calculate cutter speed for tip diameter or for average diameter? I'm cutting en1a steel on an x3 mill. Also what sort of depth of cut...

Hi all I've got an X3 mill and it doesnt feature a spindle lock. Normal method is to make a pin spanner to engage on a couple of holes on the bottom of the spinde but this is a bit awkward to use. The top of the spindle consists of a 20mm shaft with six equidistant 4mm wide by 2.5mm square...

anyone know a good uk source for spur gears? I need a mod 1 48 tooth steel spur gear that i can bore out to 14mm. RS and farnell have both discontinued the size and hpc are out of stock. Anywhere else I can try without silly minimum orders or delivery charges? Cheers Matt