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Thread: centec 2b
10/12/2010 22:10:51
Thanks, but I've obviously not explained it properly, I want to remove the table quick feed spindle, not the quill downfeed
10/12/2010 12:35:15
Anyone know how to remove the quick feed spindle, I don't use it and it just gets in the way. I've got a copy of at least part of the manual, but it doesn't cover that bit
Thread: Quorn Construction
13/09/2010 12:49:44
You can buy  handles from Arc Euro (and no doubt elsewhere) at between £2 and £3 each depending on size. They are adjustable to get alignmet right so save a lot of messing about. Unless you are a purist that's the way I'd go
Thread: Bridgeport spares
12/07/2010 12:31:19
Bridlington Remanufacturing Services, they take in old Bridgeports and send them out as new
Thread: ED Racer 'times two'
14/04/2010 21:11:14
Very impressive, now all you have to do is publish details of your cross slide drilling gizmo, which looks really useful
Thread: Cover for a milling machine table
24/02/2010 22:01:10
to clear the tee slots of chippings, find a short length of 22mm copper water pipe, and a rubber bung which is a nice fit in the end of your hoover pipe. The make a hole in the bung to be a tight fit on the copper pipe. I used the high tech method of sharpening the end of the tube and hammering it through!. Then flatten the other end of the copper tube to fit into the tee slots. Best used with machines which have a catchpot before the filter bag, mine is an old hoover wet'n'dry. I did use SWMBO's Dyson a few times, but any cutting fluid tended to muck up the inside, so I desisted before I was caught!
Thread: crankshaft bearing material
05/07/2009 20:24:50
If you've got room you could bore out your phos bronze bearing and line them with white metal. It's not that difficult, you tin the bore with soft solder, then warm up the bearing and white metal to the appropriate temperature ( a cheap non contact thermometer would be a good investment), then pour the molten white metal into the bearing, let it cool and remachine. You can fit a sooted steel plug in the middle to reduce the amount of white metal, or just use newspaper to catch the swarf as you machine it and save it for re-use. Then of course, next time you need to fit new bearings, just melt out the old stuff and cast in some new.

We used to gauge temperature with pine sticks, like skewers, dip it in the molten metal and if it chars it is hot enough. there must be better ways! 
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