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Lionel Pullum’s Minilathe Tailstock Seals

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Neil Wyatt

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5 August 2021

Download the files to accompany this article here:
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Chris Gills Phone Apps

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Neil Wyatt

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4 March 2019

Two Useful Workshop Phone Applications As explained below, these apps are not available through app stores but source code and debug versions of the Android and Windows Phone installers are available from www.model-engineer.co.uk/apps. This note also explains how to build the apps or derivatives that might be based on the code. App Installers Source Code…
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Alibre Atom3D

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Neil Wyatt

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24 October 2018

This page will be the ‘hub’ for links to example files, tutorials and more so make sure you drop in regularly to keep up to date! What is Alibre Atom3D? Alibre Atom3D is the ideal 3D modelling program for hobby and model engineers and makers. Easily craft, edit, and refine your idea and then send…
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The MEW Boring Head

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Neil Wyatt

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12 October 2018

Yes, this is a rendered 3D model of the boring head, not the real thing! If you want to find out more about Alibre Atom3D and the free offer for Model Enginbeers' Workshop readers visit http://model-engineer.co.uk/Alibre You can download the article about the boring head HERE. You can download the plan for the boring head…
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Unimat Belt Drive

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John Olsen

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22 May 2018

I first bought my Unimat 3 nearly thirty years ago and took no time at all to become thoroughly disenchanted with the O-ring drive belt system. Although small, the lathe itself was quite evidently capable of some good work, but the irritation of disentangling the drive belt from itself, and all too frequently replacing them…
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L00 Spindle Nose Protector

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Neil Wyatt

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5 December 2017

I own a Brazilian made Nardini 350 lathe with an L00 spindle nose. This style of spindle nose includes a taper, a threaded locking ring and a key way. The locking ring pulls any attached chuck or faceplate tight against the external spindle nose taper. The locking ring is rigidly held in place when a…
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Torsion Dynamometer

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Neil Wyatt

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28 April 2017

torsion_dynamometer.zip
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Silly Old Duffer’s Arduino Indicator

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Neil Wyatt

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10 November 2016

Click Here To Download the Source Code
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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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Screw Thread Measurement Utility

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Neil Wyatt

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18 June 2014

The three wire method gives very accurate figures for the truesize of screw threads by measuring from the flanks of the V rather than from the crest of the threads. As the crest are normally truncated, measuring across them gives a false reading. The problem with the three-wire approach is the complex trigniometry involved! This…
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