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Miniature train enthusiasts from clubs far and wide have been invited to the Heritage Park at Kiwi North this weekend, and so have you! The...

The 150th anniversary of the Isle of Man Steam Railway was marked with a series of events over the weekend.

The company plans to launch at least 3 more projects by year-end, CEO Ajmal Saifi said

He supplies clockmakers’ tools for Buckingham Palace and is the only person in the world still doing this elite engineering.

Welcome in sunny Devon. You will get to spend more time in the shed than on the beach this weekend There have been a few people coming onto the forum from north Devon in the last 18 months.If you find the front page of the website and use the search you may find some posts from them but like you do not necessarily mention theri location initially. Also search for dads engine and first engine and you will see some examples of easy build projects. The best place to go shopping BTW is Friday morni...

Just joined the Forum that I found whilst searching for Forums to join for home machining. I dont make models and see on here its not just for model makers, but who knows maybe Ill end up making one Anyway, I am a Primary School Teacher and have managed to build and equip, a MakerSpace in our school. MakerSpaces are designed as a place to get children inspired to make things, both mechanical and digital (virtual and physical or both). We purchased a Warco Hobby Lathe and a Warco Hobby Bench Dr...

I am looing for advice on soldering locomotive copper steam pipes and or finding a suitable solder. Steam at 100psi is at about 170C. Solder weakens about 50C below its melting point. So solder with a melting point well above 220C is required which means typical soft solders leave no safety margin. I therefore intend to use 93.5%Pb, 5%Sn, 1.5%Ag melting at 296C. I need to use a gas flame to do the heating. So far so good. The problem though is that all 296C soder I can find is rosin cored and ...

I have built a workshop but didnt really want to just put my Dickson tool holders on a shelf, I had seen various designs & a supplier of a pre-made one, then a friend pointed me in the direction of a 3d-printed holder that sits on a bar. Using this as inspiration I thought I could design something that I can screw to the wall. I decided I would make them as individual items so I can just print more as I want. Here is the end design. I printed one, only to find that not all the dickson (style) h...

Hi everyone Coming a bit late to this hobby (nearly 50!) - Ive been a plastic modeller for years and always been fairly "handy" (my late father being a DCT teacher back in the day) 25 years in IT/management after a physics degree so applying some science/maths and building something tangible is very rewarding. I recently inherited a Cowells 90ME with a few bits and piece from an elderly gentleman in Ilford and am just starting out on a Stuart 10V and some small workshop tools from various boo...

Posted by Ron Laden on 03/02/2021 06:58:37: I dont even buy Loctite by brand name now I buy the cheaper versions at less than half the price.... I know what you mean, and I understand Duncans comment about not all Chinese stuff being bad, but for me, the difference in cost between Loctite and others isnt worth the risk. For the amount I use Id rather avoid the "just buy the right stuff and this wouldnt have happened" type comments! ... Just my opinion! ... I apply a bit of engineering logic to ...