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Hi folks. I've been asked if I could weld up a couple of low polygon animals, "Yes" I said not really thinking it through. I can model the animals needed in Blender which has some good low poly tools, I can also solidify the panels so I can account for overlap, but I'm then a bit stuck getting...

Hi folks. I have project needing some small stainless gauze tubes, from 6 to 8mm ID would do, this is for fast airflow penetration. I haven't been able to find anything anywhere. I have tried some solid aluminium tube and milled slots or drilled holes but I'm not getting the results I need...

Hi folks. Over the last few months I've purchased a few different tips advertised as being for stainless, but I'm not getting the life out of them I would expect. Turning to a shoulder seems to be where most have struggled, which I guess makes sense. My feeds and speeds are in the ball park...

Hi folks. I have some aluminium pipe, 66 and 44mm (ish) diameter. This stuff isn't top quality, while it serves it's purpose as pipe it's not round. Or I guess it's round ish. I could really do with this pipe being as round as possible. Unified? Standardised? Or is that wood? Both pipe...

Hi folks. There isn't a resin section, for some reason I thought wood people might have more experience with resin than the metal people. No idea if that assumption is correct! Anyway, I need to resin cast a number of clear tubes, around 60mm outer diameter with a 10mm wall thickness, approx...

Hi folks. It's time to give my new gear head lathe an oil change. The manual states Tellus 27 and 33, which I presume are the old numbers and it should actually be 33 and 68. I'm assuming here though. I'm guessing the numbers equate to hydraulic oils of certain viscosity. So should I be...

HI folks. If you happen to have a D1-4 faceplate kicking around that you don't use please let me know! Diameter needed is between 200 and 300mm. Many thanks.

Hi folks. This might not quite belong in this section, but I've assumed the wood working guys have more experience with resin than the metal blokes. I'm both! I need to make some cylinders of resin with loads of sparkly bits mixed in, emulsified if you will. I have no idea what the mass of...

Hi folks. I have a small project coming up where I need to machine a simple 3 journal crankshaft. I'm fine with the measuring and marking out, I need to come up with the final dimensions yet, but I'm thinking we're going to be somewhere near a 35mm cam od, 10 or 11mm journal od and a total...

Hi folks. Anyone know of a source of multifix holders anywhere? I'm in the need of a few 540-113, after hours of searching around I found a company in Germany who had some in stock, sadly they were the wrong size so I'll have to re-sell those. These things are seemingly out of stock...

Does anyone have a link to a list of EN steel numbers, strengths, machinability etc? I can find loads of SAE lists, loads of general steel bumpf and how they’re designated, but lo simple of list of numbers and strength, etc. This must be pretty easy to find so I’m obviously searching for the...

Hi folks. For a couple of years now I've been using a Sieg variant SX4 mill, it's been ok, apart from not being square, nothing is flat and it's impossible to take cuts without the table wobbling around. So, not brilliant! I've got to the point now where I'm chasing better accuracy and...

Hi folks. Can anyone suggest a decent tool grinder available in the UK? I'm looking at something the size and style of the Optimum GH20, but needs to be 240v. I am not at all going to entertain the thought of those small drill doctor things, they're terrible, and I need to grind end mills...

Hi folks. I’m a bit new to thread cutting, I’ve only had a small lathe up until now that just wouldn’t handle it so I used taps and dies instead. I’m moving up a size or two now and need to pick up some holders and inserts. 16er seem to be the right size for what I’m going to be doing, but I...

So, Wednesday is new lathe day. First of all, woohoo! Second, balls, I have to learn all about larger inserts! My little SC4 is being rolled out and in comes the 961v. Larger tools, larger holders, larger everything really. I have a supplier for the small inserts used in the 10-12mm tools...

Hi folks. My experiments with case hardening mild steel were all pretty successful, but I'm not getting results as hard and wearing as I need. I nearly always use Metals4U for small quantities of steels and other material, sure I pay a little extra but they're willing to deliver small orders...

Hi folks. I have a small Seig SX4 variant mill (Axminster) which needs some attention, the table was rubbish from the point of delivery, I have a strange negative nod problem, the spindle needs reassembling hopefully with tapered bearings and I'd like all the ways grinding in. It's a total...

Hi folks. I'm trying to locate, without much success, a large collet system for a lathe. I've used a couple of ER32 and 5C chuck/collet systems with good success, but being limited to 20/30mm is becoming a problem as I'm starting to work on larger parts. It's not often I need the larger...

Hi folks. I have a new lathe coming, while I've lathed a lot I've not had much to do with ordering tool posts. I had some fun and games with the setup for the last lathe and don't want to fall into the same ditches this times around. Could some kind soul please have a look for the ToolFrance...

Hi there. Does anyone know what the motor is in the Seig SX4 Mill? I'm about to get mine refurbished and want a higher power/speed (plus bearings) motor to go back in. Yes I'll know what it is when I take it out, but I don't want the engineer waiting around for days while I order a...