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Can only read back to MEW May 18 if clicking onto library in the archives iam i stupid

What is the name of the stuff

I have one half built from many years ago engine and boiler built never finished it (some day) saw one running at Cardiff track years ago went good and fast,remember something about the frame drawing I made my buffer beams solid steel for extra grip .

Found it 1955 built a traction engine in 11 months and won the students cup at the me exibition nor bad at 16 year old where is he now

does anyone remember I think in the 60s tong appelby built a model traction engine when he was in his teens exibitied at the ME exhibition when was that and what happened to him

What is the grade of mild steel that has very little spring back when you bend it

Thanks

Round die blocks will not revolve they will just slide .

Hi Diane i am in Houston Renfrewshire about 12 miles fro Bute + 1 ferry

going next week

Robert

Can none of our Aussie friends tell what happened to this fantastic site

Is this website finished ca not get into it

You are possibly thinking of Midge Martin Evans did a upgrade on the boiler the modern version is

the 0-40 Dock tank by Jim Vass now Horley

Hi John

I started in cnc in 1982 at work neither having seen a cnc or heard of them told i going on a weeks cource to Watford to learn about cnc .The first m/c i was on a vertical m/c centre with Fanuc 6m the only way of getting the program into the m/c was write the program on A4 notepad doing the trig etc(no cad cam) the typist would type a paper tape to get it into the memory was it was proved a copy was punched out onto a tape and stored ,that was the start.I always thought about that a small version in the home workshop would be great,at this time no home computer nor did not know about the internet,went to Florida on holday and found Home Shop Machinist in a mall and adverts for small cnc,then it started i bought Ahha cnc software which i think John and i were some of the early one using it on this side of the pond and still use it suits me could go on still use a very old version of bobcad on DOS

This my adventure in home CNC

Were used all the time in the old days by the radial arm drillers ,the the bar which had a blind slot in it was put through the hole then the spotface cutter was inserted in the slot.

any experiences with myford screw on er 25 collet holders

If the material is non-magnetic and machines easily probaly 304 if magnetic 416 or mild steel

I agree solid carbide slotdrill no problem