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[boslab]

My excavator is a bloody antique to be honest, 30 years plus, I once had to repair the swivel hydraulic connector, also a hose problem thank heaven, a...

[boslab]

The 3m one is good, 727 I think, fairly thick soft annealed.
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[boslab]

You do very nice work, to be commended well recovered machine, well done also very nice pulley
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[boslab]

My dad was stationed in the Orkney isles and outer Hebrides wartime, as a kid he told me he saw the lights dozens if not hundreds of times during the...

[boslab]

Definately annular cutters, no flighting so must be thin stock as stated, handy in a rotobroach
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[boslab]

If it was a model I’d be tempted to drill a hole longitudinaly, tap it and screw the eye on leaving the coating undisturbed as opposed to replicating...

[boslab]

Threaded stub to screw them on, and a lock ring for hook spanner seems quick, looks like the ends of air transport system canisters I used to make ( Larmson...

[boslab]

There’s a guy living in a housing complex aka estate not far from me, makes picks and such for the tubular ones, he’s got a cnc vmc and lathe from...

[boslab]

Check out the Dan Gelbert video “ shop tour” also, he shows a heat treatment oven with methyl alcohol drip feet to give a carburising atmosphere and...

[boslab]

It’s become a hobby of mine though can get expensive if you buy picks I found, there are so many tools available, I often sit with a padlock watching...

[boslab]

Cold feet, I get it but they are a symptom, not an end, if your suffering it seems indicative of poor circulation, cold feet and hands do often precede...

[boslab]

Also called a luffing jib, at least demag do, mind they weren’t small things! The SL 1100 was 3/4 of a football pitch at a guess
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Good Welsh name Bronwen, mines a Sian, we talked about network as per internet connection recently oddly
dioch yn fawr ( thank you very much in...

[boslab]

Sprag clutch
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[boslab]

Harder to set up than a slotter but still a good way to do it, fixing the thing to a gear and direct indexing works, if you have a change wheel with the...

[boslab]

I’d guess the mould mass is implicated, where the mould mass is highest ie thicker the rate of heat extraction causes the phase change faster, shrink...

[boslab]

Nice when something comes out right, I still mostly fry bacon (dip transfer) out of laziness even though the set shout support spray, good job nice as...

[boslab]

I bought an infra red patio heater lamp for the shop, wonder if it cures paint
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[boslab]

Odd I was thinking of sticking some steppers or servos on and locking the panto for that!, see how it goes
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I’ve got a clone of that in the form of a Taylor Hobson round column machine, I use it but not a lot, I’ve only 2 sets of copy a capital and lowercase...