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Hello all , I have for some time been removing the motors and control boards from powered treadmills. These are perfect for driving workshop machinery and the speed control is very useful. However my latest aquisition has a burned out circuit board. Does anyone know where I might obtain drawings...

It has been well over a year since I started this project to supply castings for the title engine, done a lot of other things too , in-between , but I have just finished the bogie support frame casting, this is the large casting that sits below the inside slide bar frame , as shown in...

Most of my model engineering output is in the form of lost wax castings which I supply to clients wanting the very best that their money can buy. For the most part these castings are destined to become part of the model that the client is building. This work usually requires me to produce a 3D...

There is no doubt that a picture says more than words , most forums are awash with interesting pictures , so I find it strange that this forum removes the IMG tags from photo links . This means that instead of seeing the pictures we have to open and close a series of links , which is often...

Hi all , I have just received a pm from EJSAM who says I must contact "Marcia" she doesn't care about my age she just want's to be friends and will send me a photo and tell me something very IMPORTANT. Admin do something about this crap please !

Hi all , I enjoy this forum and there are some very skilled model engineers post here with some absolutely amazing work. I have noticed however that there appears to be no control over membership and posts are appearing that are from people that I would describe as spammers with no interest...

Hi all , I have just added to my machining capability by purchasing a used Pultra 17/50 micro lathe. I bought it on the basis of photographs and having received the machine , although I am happy with it , I find that the compound slide does not fit the bed , even though it looks identical to the...

I have noticed several posts related to 3D cad software and for beginners , like me , I can highly recommend 2D/3D Viacad by Punch software. It is available for both Mac and PC , I use an IMac and it runs well, it can be downloaded for free trial and if you like it buy a license. At 99.00 USD it...

My speciality is lost wax casting which I have been doing for over 20 years. I got into this from sand casting as I had a need to produce sculptures, business awards, and classic auto spares, but now concentrate on model engineering castings of the more difficult type. mostly in gun-metal...