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It certainly seems as if it was and by a very considerable amount on what the general retailers are selling them for.

It was pure luck on my part as I was not searching for a chuck. It just came up as 'suggested' presumably from previous searches I had done. I think the seller had bought some bankrupt stock from somewhere and just wanted to turn their money over with a small profit as quickly as possible as their previous sales were not tool or engineering related.

As a separate note Jason I have just been doing some turning with mine and noticed that the jaws carry the same serial number as the body.

Nick

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Presumably this will ease any fears of 'too good to be true' we may have had until your delivery man arrives.

Youtube clickity linkity thingy :- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djI7akwo7Ww&feature=youtu.be

Nick

Edited By Nick_G on 17/09/2014 19:17:34

I agree.

There are thousands of properties with damp cellars that never were so before previous owners and botch-it-men sealed up air bricks and general ventilation.

Air movement is one of the best things for curing many damp problems. Even a small extract fan tricking over can work wonders in many situations.

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Thread on these is 10 x 1 so perhaps of no value to you. :- **LINK**

But you may be able to cut the threads off, tap and stud them to your required thread.

Nick

Edited By Nick_G on 11/09/2014 23:51:36

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“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”

Mark Twain

Nick

Yes that's fine providing the insulation value of both is high enough. Which it will be unless you start running door bell and telephone / data cables in the same compartment.

If you wish to be uber posh in your workshop and attach sockets directly to the wiring runs as you hint at, do a search for 'Dado trunking'. They even do versions with several segmented compartments. Nice stuff but not the cheapest option. It would however make alterations and additions at a later stage a piece of cake.!

Nick

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The lid just clips on and off and you can add outlet boxes where and when you need them. The above image is just a sample type. There are many different forms, sizes and profiles available.

Edited By Nick_G on 09/09/2014 23:17:20

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Some very interesting and informative replies here.

How about people posting a few pics of their broad arrow / WD marked items they have.

Nick

They are being governed by what people are willing to pay. - It's as simple as that.!

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Hi John.

I have used Syncback for many years without problems.

As a photographer I have a vast number of quite large files to back up to several places regularly. It can be configured in many ways and is free.

Here you go :- **LINK**

Nick

That was quite tame for him.!

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Yesterday I was given some goodies when visiting a friends workshop. One of the items was a small surface table that had been in storage for years.

It is actually brand new and still had the manufacturers grease and protective paper on it. - It looks 'yukky' in the picture as I have doused it with parafin to help remove the grease. Under the crud it's perfect.

Upon turning it upon it's side there are markings visible. One states 1970 and I am presuming that this was the year of manufacture. One of the other markings is the 'War Department' arrow logo.

When did the government stop using this once iconic arrow marking and generally was the tooling that carried it any good.?

Cheers, Nick

Is it a combination boiler.?

Has the pressure in it dropped.? If it is a 'combi' boiler there will be a pressure guage on it. This should show a pressure of about between 1 - 2 bar. If this has dropped the boiler will auto shut off.

There is normally a 'filling loop' close to the boiler if this is the case. Repressurise by opening the filling loop valve until the pressure rises again. (don't forget to turn off when pressure has increased)

It may of course be something totally different that is at fault. - But this is a common one.!

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I was at an old friend of mines workshop this morning. So I shot a bit of video of it (on iphone so poor quality) as I thought it 'might' be of some interest to some of the sites members to have a nosey.

Edited By Nick_G on 30/08/2014 16:00:34

I 'think' the 290 is basically a larger spindle bore 280.

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Is there any product available that will fill holes in cast iron and then enable them to be drilled and re tapped. Or will it always have a tendency to re follow the original hole.

Cheers, Nick

Pahhhh.!

You are not even offering a packet of Hob Nobs in trade.

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Going back nearly 20 years I had just started to set up a home workshop (Deja vu) To cut a long story short the relationship I was in went south in a right royal fashion and I left leaving behind the machines (which I had only owned for a couple of months )

The other week my son mentioned to me a steam engine I had also left (TBH I had forgotten all about) Memory cogs start turning in my head and I recalled starting a Stuart No.9. So I asked him to bring it.

The photos show what I have :-

Obvious first missing is the drawing.!

I seem to have made a right dogs danglers all those years ago of the PCD on the cylinder ends. Although the covers fit they do so in only one position of rotation.

The main bearings don't look right somehow and one of the caps is AWOL. There may be others missing.

I know spare castings are available from Stuart's for this engine still, but I have mixed thoughts about 're-attacking' the project as in the last 20 years I have become more fussy about standards of finish etc. And I think I will be always looking at faults.

So what is the best plan for this do you think.? Also I am basically a 'newbie' once again to model engineering.

Cheers, Nick

Golly.!

The toilets in China have Wi-Fi. ???

Nick

Unless they get palmed off with the 1st reject.

Nick

Who are 'they' ???? ................. "Name and shame" !!!!!!!!!!!

Nick