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Last Monday I purchased a second hand Cowells lathe, and over the next few weeks I plan to "restore her": This weekend I chose to start by remounting her, this was necessary as on her original mounting the primary belt was only tensioned by the weight of the motor, which meant that she...

Hi Guys, I have just acquired, after twisting the previous owner's arm for many years, a very well equiped early Cowells lathe: A question: she comes with the full set of screw cutting gears for which I have the thread cutting chart, but she also came with an additional 40 and 16 tooth wheel...

I have been making various small BA bolts and nuts over the last few weeks. One of the things that I keep having to do is to find the correct head height and calculate the correct allowance for the nut (nut height plus one and a half threads) on the end of the thread. So finally this morning I...

Hi guys, I was lucky enough to acquire a part built Centaur gas engine at my club auction last week and over the weekend have been examining my purchase. Yes there are good bits and badly machined bits but it is the crankshaft that is puzzling me. The crankshaft is 3/4" too short and has been...

One of the things that I always seem to put off making is those fiddly small strangely shaped links which seem to be forever associated with governors! On Mary is there is a short 1.6mm square rod which has 2.8mm heads on either end. On Lady S I had made this using separate pieces but this...

I was requested to post a few photo's of my shed where I make swarf,: This is my "new" Prazimat lathe: It was purchased in 2009 along with my BCA to mark the completion of my University studies and being allowed to return to the love of my life: making things in my workshop! Moving round...

Having started Lady Stephaine in 1995 late last year I finally picked her up again and at the beginning of this October finally finished her. : For those of you who maybe thinking about building this engine a couple of items to think about: 1, The columns are good fun they are both tapered...

Over the years I have tried mounting various chucks on my rotary table to enable me to hold a small diameter item to enable me to machine it. The problem has always been that the chuck adds so much to the height of the work. I have tried various "buttons" to hold the work but find the following...

Hi Guys, I have been making swarf in my workshop since my mid 20's and over the intervening years have acquired a comprehensive workshop including 4 lathes, 3 mills and 2 shapers. I have a reputation at the Guildford model Engineers for buying castings at every opportunity (a girl cannot have...