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Would stainless suffice?

Are you by any chance a member of the Hamilton Model Engineering Club which celebrated 25 years in October? I passed through Hamilton 2 weeks before their 25'th anniversary celebration at the waterworks, but did get to see some of the models that were there, and of course the two beautiful...

Thanks for that Bogs. That reduces the cost by at least half. Ken

Thanks Bogs. I was aware of the connection from the thread about your new shop and the tooling going into it. I was just hoping that someone over here had picked it up.

Arc Euro has a spin indexer which also accepts er32 collets: http://www.arceurotrade.co.uk/Catalogue/Collets/5C-Fixtures Scroll down to "Stevenson's 5C Indexing Head with ER32 Nut and Adaptor" Is there a source for this in North America?

Although Canada has been metric for decades you can't get a set of metric drills to save your life.

Actually I do have some speckled blue stuff, but it didn't seem appropriate some how.

I emailed Eric, fearing madmodder had been attacked, but he has replied that it is a hosting service issue (Hardware failure) and they will be back up soon.

Thanks Matt.

Would some kind soul with an SX3 measure the base of the mill and post the numbers. I've ordered mine and need to make a base for it before it arrives.

OOPS! - Cedge has been there, done that and documented it. Thanks Cedge - looks like it's a winner.

I've decided on a Sieg SX3, and I found this: http://cgi.ebay.com/3-axis-DRO-Axis-Linear-Scale-Kits-Mill-Sieg-X3-/400166317750?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d2bc56eb6 Anyone with any experience with this unit/supplier?

When I was in grad school, one of my friends fell horribly ill. He was hospitalized and diagnosed eventually with mercury poisoning. Because he was a grad student in Chemistry, a search was conducted in his lab for the source of the poisoning. It turned out that he was in the habit of warming up...

Thanks for that Jason - I've emailed the company for pricing and other information.

I should have said that it can be ordered with a factory DRO. The factory DRO can also be ordered as an add-on. Presumably the mill has all the attachment points machined in - but that is something I need to confirm.

I'm planning to order a mill, and these 2 seem to be on the top of the list. I had intended to go with the Craftex from Busybee http://www.busybeetools.com/products/MILLING-M%7B47%7DC-MINI-DIGITAL-READOUT-MT3.html but I'm now leaning toward the one below because it can be had with 3 axis...

I knew I had seen one of these somewhere: http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/at-the-garage/fixed-engines/ericsson-hot-air-pumping-engine/

So much to learn..... While traveling in September I encountered this engine: http://kjkretired.dyndns.org/nfld_trip_files/engine.jpg What is this style of con rod called? http://kjkretired.dyndns.org/nfld_trip_files/conrodend.jpg

Positively brilliant. This posting goes into my tips file.

Thanks Dunc1 and Steamboatmodel. I'll check out Active Surplus and Lee Valley's Ottawa Store.