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    Hello from West Cork, Ireland

    welcome from Scotland
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    Starrett dial test indicator

    you get lots of dti and clocks sold on e-bay, all makes and you can get anolouge ones fairly cheap
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    newbee from canada

    welcome garry a great place to learn and pick up tips, hope you enjoy your new hobby Rab
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    a kiwi and a tich steam engine

    hi there everybody i was givin these two engines from my uncle a few years ago when he gave up our hobby, ( he has since passed away). i was planning to put them up for sale on E-Bay to raise some money for a 3 phase motor and invertor for my myford super seven, the kiwi is fully...
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    Electronic Dividing Head using the Arduino

    hi john thanks for the infomation rab
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    Electronic Dividing Head using the Arduino

    hi there when you have connected your stepper motor to your RT via your divison master can you control the rotational speed of the RT thro the division master for machining. regards rab
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    broacning press

    hi Stuart I do appreciate your comments, but I can reduce the inlet pressure down to a few pounds / square inch I just gave the 10 bar as a max pressure, The manufacturer of the broaches say the cutting force for mild steel is 45kgs which is roughly about 100 lbs which is about 6 bar but...
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    broacning press

    morning everybody first of all thanks for all the comments, i have took them all on board,the broaches i will be using are to cut 1/8 max down to 1/16, when i charge up the cylinder with a constant presure of approx 10 bar and as paul says throttle the exhaust port with the needle valve the...
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    Scrounged Materials

    too true I like the way you think rab
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    broacning press

    hi brian I am suppying the cylinder with about 10 bar with a needle valve in the line so that the preasure will build up, the piston dia in the cylinder is aprox about 3inch so there will be a fair amount of constant weight behind the piston, I have not worked out the exact weigh/mass as...
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    broacning press

    hi there this is my first thread for me, i am building a small press with a pneumatic cylinder to use for broaching keyways in small bores, I must admit it is not so exciting as the other post on here but it is my first, I am going to try and upload some photos of the start of the project...
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    Tubing bender (updated)

    your model looks great I would mind a look at the drawings for your bender too cheers rab
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    hi every body

    hi every body My name is rab douglas and i live in scotland, i have been a member of this forum for about 9 months, i have only read the excellent artilcles and information on the forum, I thought it was about time i introduced myself. I served my time as a turner/miller and was time served in...
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