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Dave back in my apprenticeship days, the original mole grip was called an "elmo grip" it did'nt have the release lever, later using the same lettering it was changed to mole with the release lever,these grips when closed would get your hand caught, if you were not careful, had many a painful...

Marv Simply Brilliant very handy tool, thanks for showing! Max..............

Sorry Jason I did not realise you had already posted this article, i must have missed it! Max...........

Interesting site from "make online magazine" shipbuilding in the late fifties in England "ships nostalgia.com" William Doxford and sons! well worth a visit some huge machinery and gas cutting some really heavy steel plate, no CNC anywhere in sight I had hoped to post a direct link but it did not...

In my past life as a sheetmetalworker to the food industry the only acceptable stainless steel was 316 which was classed as food quality stainless, 304 was not allowed, as for working it was fairly easy to drill and tap if the tools were really sharp and using slow speeds plenty of coolant and a...

Yes my PC was also fine no problems whatsoever, very interesting engines there, not being up on steam engine history when did stevenson come along in all this developement, as i believe he came up with some great improvements in steam engine design, or was his work and life much later in time...

Bob and everyone else that answered thank you for your replies, Bob i would have thought i needed oil in cylinder if only to seal piston via the oil grooves, as most model steam engines as far as i know, do not have rings this i thought would be fairely essential But the answer to my original...

Gerald it is a steam engine, not sure of the correct name (term) but the cylinder is sealed both ends and steam enters either end ie pushes piston from both ends, my problem is a lot of oil seems to be getting into the cylinder and ejected with the exhaust, i can understand too little oil would...

Hi all, a short question is it possible too have too much steam oil from a displacement oiler, and would it effect steam engines performance in any way? apart from being messy that is! Ragards Max...........

So it seems to be true then! a sad end to an to the Myford era! i will have to look on my old worn out S7 with more care now that it is an orphan :( Regards Max...........

Does anyone know anything about Myford going into liquidation,apparently they are having a closing down sale! or is this i hope just a rumour going around Maybe someone can shed some light on this!! Regards Max...........

Gail that is the thread i was referring to, thank you everybody for your prompt replies, i think i might go along with Chuck's method with the parallel bush and integral split clamping collar on one side i don't trust myself making the tapered type! although it does look the business Thanks...

Can anyone point me to a thread concerning fixing flywheels other than the usual grub-screw method, i have tried search which brings no results! This posting was only a couple of months ago, but i cannot find it for love nor money :( must be getting old!! Regards Max...........

When i first saw this idiot it was on a german site, apparently he reckoned he could hold the lathe ie.stop it spinning! he obviously failed, which was probably a good thing, else he would be trying it out on other machines just to show off his strength! Does'nt bear thinking about Max..........

Bloke here giving a rundown on digital calipers, might be handy for somebody, the readout he comes up with for the mint tin seems a bit thick to me i know US wire guage is different to UK standard so maybe thats the reason Regards Max......... Does,nt seem like the link came up so ignore :(

Rich i just googled 7ba brass nuts and it seems that "modeller's Mate" do 7ba brass nuts in various quantities per pack, ie 25@ £3.32 maybe worth a try! Regards Max.....

A Disc blade according to one of the sites listed by Peter (HS93) above the 355mm Evo Fury disk is £39.99 that is from the "makers" so it might be cheaper elsewhere £39.99 is more than half the total price i paid in "Aldi" as mentioned above They do lose their edge after a time, but i think with...

Ben that's brilliant and a very easy to understand build up! great :bow: :bow: Regards Max..........

This was my version of the rotaty valve engine (i think it is the same one) it is a good engine to build and runs well, i finished mine earlier this year Regards Max.........

Well all seems ok at the moment did not fly to the bottom of the page so thanks to you guys that sorted this out, it seems strange (to me at least) that there are these little minded morons that sit in front of a computer racking their tiny brains out to come up with this sort of c...p to mess...