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Two Free Apps for every MEW Reader

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Neil Wyatt

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19 August 2016

Screwmez is a utility by Peter Worden that takes all the head-scratching out of the three-wire method of screw measurement. DOWNLOAD SCREWMEZ IN A ZIP FILE Some people get a missing DLL message when trying to run Screwmez. This link should install the missing DLL and allow Screwmez to work: download.microsoft.com/download/vb50pro/utility/1/win98/EN-US/Msvbvm50.exe Gear Calculator by Dave…
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Corrected Dividing Tables for Vertex HV6 Dividing Head

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Neil Wyatt

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24 February 2016

The table has been produced by Howard Lewis. Download Howard’s table HERE. To download the spreadsheet used for generating the table click HERE For more information and discussion, please see the thread HERE.
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Minnie Traction Engine in 3D

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Neil Wyatt

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11 February 2016

David says: I’ve just read MEW #238 and saw your comment about the latest X3 mill 3D pdf model in the “ Visit our Website” box on page 7 : “It is worth taking a look to see …”. If you care to put the attached model of “Minnie” up on the website it might…
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Adding Belt Drive to an X3 Mill

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Neil Wyatt

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5 December 2015

MODEL 1MODEL 2 A third model of the modified cover has been added: MODEL 3 Use the above links to open the 3D-pdf documents. If they display in your browser, you may need to click on the images or the Adobe symbol to enable the 3D features of Adobe Acrobat Please note, to enable 3D…
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Why Climb Mill

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Neil Wyatt

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11 October 2015

Climb milling remains a risky strategy on machines where the slides are liable to sudden movement under the forces of a climb-milling cut. If you have ball-screws, anti-backlash feed-nuts, a preloaded table or your machine has been carefully adjusted so that the cutter cannot grab the table, then climb milling has advantages, especially with carbide…
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3-Phase Conversion and Other Alternative Methods of Powering a Mini-Lathe

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Neil Wyatt

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2 July 2015

3-Phase Conversion and Other Alternative Methods of Powering a Mini-Lathe Photo 1: Clarke CL300M The Original DC Motors My Clarke CL300M mini-lathe was my first lathe (photo 1). Unfettered by experience or education, I assumed that anything I could fit in it, I could turn in it. One of the side effects of this approach…
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Model Engineers Workshop 25th Anniversary Photography Competition

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Neil Wyatt

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28 March 2015

Supported by Arc Euro Trade The Challenge The winning photographs will be featured in MEW later in the year together with other entries that achieve an ‘honourable mention’. I’m hoping that some of the images will provide us with striking covers for the magazine, and any images used for this will bring the entrant our…
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Free Plan: A Fretsaw and Filing Machine

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Neil Wyatt

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10 March 2015

There is one big caution with this design – in filing mode the end of the file extends above the machine and could pose a mjaor hazard to your eyes if you lean forward over it, equally in jigsaw mode the blade is exposed . There are 101 ways to fit a guards to this…
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Don’t Do This at Home – A T-slotted Slide for a Mini Lathe

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Neil Wyatt

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5 February 2015

For users of the increasingly popular mini-lathes, after some time a question arises – just what can this lathe manage? This project was an attempt to ‘push the envelope’, test what could be achieved and produce an accessory that helped put CL300M mini-lathe in ‘serious lathe’ territory. In doing so, I had to adopt a…
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Free Plan: Four Jaw Chuck

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Neil Wyatt

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21 January 2015

This is a particularly pleasing plan to present as the resulting chuck is very neat and practical. As usual, the full-size plan is contained in these two low-res jpeg files and full detail accompanying pdf versions: Download part one of the plan as a PDF Download side two of the plan as a PDF Alternatively,…
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