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Fastenings are not so difficult. Most won't be far off the 3.5 / 5 ratio, though you'd probably want to use screws with size-smaller heads in many areas for appearance or accessibility - a spanner takes up a lot of room! A rough guide to the right area is to assess the nut and bolt sizes in full size, and bear in mind they had to be manipulated by blokes with spanners. Looking at preserved machinery, a lot of the ordinary fastenings were no more than perhaps 3/4 diameter; much above an inch was usually for major, fitted bolts holding parts like cylinders to frames; or specials on marine-engi...

Thousands raised after fire destroys children’s railway ride clubhouse It is believed the fire was started deliberately Updated Damage caused to the clubhouse of Merseyside Live Steam and Model Engineers The sun is finally here - but the news doesn't stop. Sign up for our newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe for free When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy noti...

When I got a Myford quick release collet chuck for my S7 Mk1 it also came missing the clevis, it's a simple thing to make assuming you have access to a milling machine, if not you could even hacksaw the clevis cutout, no particular accuracy is required, it only works for a few seconds to open or close the collet, the rest of the time it just sits there, for the clevis pin itself I just drop a m6 bolt through the hole. I've got to go out now but if you want I'll try and put up a photo of it later and list some sizes, but I've no idea what you have exactly with the ML7 attachment so no guarante...

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