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you might have seen this from my workshop post but this is my vice after i used it as a bearing press its not the expensive but i cant a new get one during the bank holiday weekend and Ive really missed it. at least i have plenty of scrap cast iron for future projects. Calum

hi all, thought id show you some pictures of my workshop: this is the shed in my parrents garden. i built it of my own design with wood from a local timber yard. it has a concrete floor and 3 opening double glazed windows i made from 5mm acrylic. there a 2 20w solar panels that generate...

thought some of you may enjoy browsing through this interesting website like i did. some very interesting science toys and a few steam engines and ic engines. http://gyroscope.com/default.asp Calum

Hi I bough my lathe second hand locally. Unfortunately this means I don't have original specifications or instructions. It recently bought a 4 jaw chuck self centering chuck for my rotary table and at the same time I bought a d1-3 back plate assuming that this is what my lathe had because it had...

hi ive been working on my stuart 10v and i had a go at the flywheel. i think i rushed it a bit... when i mount the finished flywheel on the crank shaft and into the brass bearings the outside of the flywheel runs very true however looking into the flywheel i can see alot of "wobble". im quite...

hi just thought id introduce myself, Ive been lurking on this site for about 6 months or so reading with awe the projects you guys complete. I'm 22 and i live in Essex in England (would be interested to hear from any members who live near by). i bought a mini lathe about 3 years ago and used it...