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A Top Slide for the Unimat 3

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Neil Wyatt

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13 December 2016

Intended for use on the Unimat 3, it should not be difficult to adapt the design for use on any other small lathe. Perhaps one could even make a small vertical slide using the same design principles. Download side 1 of the plan as PDF Download side 2 of the plan as PDF
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A Sharpening Jig for End Mills and Slot Drills

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Neil Wyatt

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22 September 2016

DOWNLOAD THE FIRST SIDE OF THE PLAN AS A PDF DOWNLOAD THE SECOND SIDE OF THE PLAN AS A PDF Or download the individual A4 pages – right click and ‘save as’: Thanks again to Nick Farr for scanning this useful project.
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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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The Crayford Telescope Focuser

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Neil Wyatt

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22 July 2016

They may also be surprised to learn that subsequent to publishing a description in the British Astronomical Society’s journal, he wrote a constructional article, with plans, for Model Engineer, having decided not to patent it. The basic design has since been refined but what is fundamentally John Wall’s design is now found on telescopes made…
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A Heavy Duty Boring Bar Holder

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Neil Wyatt

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14 March 2016

An email to the Editor in the January Scribe a Line (MEW No 237) from David Byways asking for his help caught my attention concerning a boring bar tool holder illustrated in issue 235, pages 64 and 66. The query elicited a reply from Ian Strickland which referred David to an article in Model Engineer…
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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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Free Plan: Cross Vice to Vertical Slide

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Neil Wyatt

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14 September 2015

This time we bring you the article text (right click and choose view image) as well as the plans as jpeg and full res PDF. Download side one of the plan as a full-size PDF HERE Download side two of the plan as a full-size PDF HERE The design uses a tapped table together with…
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