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Nicholson The Guide to Files and Filing

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Neil Wyatt

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3 July 2014

These documents should be of interest to all hobby and model engineers. This 2006 version of their guidance, by Cooper […]
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Mini Lathe Changewheel Tables

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Neil Wyatt

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27 June 2014

As published, the tables were for lathes with 16 t.p.i. and 1.5mm pitch leadscrews, as that covers the majority of […]
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Screw Thread Measurement Utility

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Neil Wyatt

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18 June 2014

The three wire method gives very accurate figures for the truesize of screw threads by measuring from the flanks of […]
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Free Plan: Swing Clear Rear Toolpost

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Neil Wyatt

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25 May 2014

The full size plan is contained in these two jpeg files and accompanying pdf versions: Swing Clear Toolpost Plan side […]
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Free Plan: Rotary Table

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Neil Wyatt

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16 May 2014

The full size plan is contained in these two jpeg files and accompanying pdf versions: http://www.model-engineer.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/documents/rotary%20table%20side%20(1).pdf http://www.model-engineer.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/documents/rotary%20table%20side%20(2).pdf Alternatively, the plan […]
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Cutting Speeds Table for Teach In 2014

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Neil Wyatt

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9 May 2014

There were two minor errors in the cutting speed table in David Clark's Teach In article in issue 216 of […]
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Simple Gearing for Metric Threads on Myford ML7 lathes with gearboxes

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Neil Wyatt

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30 March 2014

Unfortunately a number of errors crept in to the large and complex gear tables in the artilce. Brian has now […]
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Vice Squad Clampdown

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Jim Whetren

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9 January 2010

Background Some years ago, a work colleague acquired a fire damaged ‘Startrite’ drilling machine from his local garage, which he […]
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Machine Tool Manuals – A Library

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David Clark 13

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17 December 2009

As model engineers, most of us at some point will buy a second hand machine tool, or will want to […]
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A Toothed Belt Drive for the Unimat 3

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Richmond

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16 July 2009

One of the disadvantages of the rubber drive belts fitted to the Unimat 3 and some other lathes is their […]
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Workshop

Nicholson The Guide to Files and Filing

Mini Lathe Changewheel Tables

Screw Thread Measurement Utility

Free Plan: Swing Clear Rear Toolpost

Free Plan: Rotary Table

Cutting Speeds Table for Teach In 2014

Simple Gearing for Metric Threads on Myford ML7 lathes with gearboxes

Vice Squad Clampdown

Machine Tool Manuals – A Library

A Toothed Belt Drive for the Unimat 3

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