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Well spotted Martin. I missed that. I have sent a copy of the image to my FIL who is a Prof of Mathmatics maybe he has seen something like it.

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It appears to be a calculator that can be used to add fractions together. Also seems to be in 1/64th increments. I have a huge collection of calculators & sliderules but this one has escaped me.

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Edited By Oldiron on 12/03/2021 11:21:05

I have never had that happen to me on this forum. I cannot see how attacking someone for their views can help any thing. I did get some really vile messages on the old Boxford forum when I suggested a few changes I thought might help improve some aspects of it. Some on my email which could only have been revealed by the mods. Soon left there and never went back.

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Once it gets a bit dodgey mark the bad edge with Tippex and turn it round. Of course you could be OCD like my brother and make up a spread sheet with hours run etc for each tool/tip.

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Hopefully the "mens sheds ( ladies accepted )" will be open soon. There is one next to Bitterne Bowls club SO197NP. There are others, you can search here>> Sheds

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When I had a wood lathe many years ago I always fouind the 4 prong centre to be very inferior to a 2 prong or a serrated ring type centre. Always difficult to get a 4 prong to bite unless you bandsawed a cross into the end of the block. I much prefered the centre and 2 sharp outer pins to all the others.

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mrpete still uses the monica Tubalcain ( no space between ) It is in every title of his video's.

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Edited By Oldiron on 10/03/2021 17:14:37

I can remember way back using Gem desktop UI on I think an Amstrad IBM compatible machine. If I had a really good search through my old floppy's I might still have a copy. Or maybe I copied it to a cd when I was compacting my software library.

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Most if not all "hobby" machines should be able to cut a 4mm groove in M/S. My little Chester Conquest will cut 10mm wide by 2mm deep in one pass with out struggling. A lot more if I take it easy. It all depends on diameter/RPM/speed (FPM)/depth of cut & sharpnes of cutter.

If you are having trouble at 4mm diameter maybe if you tell us in what and how you are trying to make a slot we may have some tips for you.

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Best to let the air bleed out from the vavle under the tank so as to drain any water accumalation.

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I use go there quite often and have no problems with it. Malwarebytes does not report it as dangerous.

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IMHO. Just clean it up and replace any dodgey bolts etc. Replace the cable ties for nice shiny new ones and sell it on. Anybody looking for a second hand wheel will want it cheap so will not be willing to pay the price for a shiny new VFD & motor.

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Yes a very good collection of models he has there. Collection

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See here Moving mill Plenty of other threads on this subject.

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For anyone missing the model engineering shows here are a pair of videos of an American show. It took me 2.5 hours to get through the first one as I kept pausing the video to get a better look of what was on show. The second one I will watch in a few days when the fancy takes me.

Model engineering show part 1

Model engineering show part 2

enjoy.

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The Boxford chuck back plate will tighten up before it settles onto the spindle spigot unless either part has a badly worn thread. "been there done that" It is the difference between 55Deg & 60Deg thread.

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Edited By Oldiron on 04/03/2021 10:04:51

Edited By Oldiron on 04/03/2021 10:16:55

Those 4 men are probably very out of shape due to gyms being shut for the last few months. Also not able to help due to Covid restrictions.

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Graham Check your inbox at top of page.

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No idea what that site is. Give me a clue.

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