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  1. Local Company With a Lathe??? 
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    Hi, I need some one off parts for a project machined on a lathe, nothing to fancy but they must be accurate and a good finish anybody recommend a local company (Melksham) who would be happy to help?
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    Toph??
     
     

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    Sorry mate, turning/ precision work isn't my line, we have two lathes at work, both turn things oval!!!! ;D ;D ;D
    Sorry!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by python
    Sorry mate, turning/ precision work isn't my line, we have two lathes at work, both turn things oval!!!! ;D ;D ;D
    Sorry!!
    Lol now THATS a science!
     
     

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    t1pper,

    What exactly to you need doing, to what finish and how many??
    "there's no aspect, no facet, no moment in life that can't be improved with pizza"

     
     

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jon_W
    t1pper,

    What exactly to you need doing, to what finish and how many??
    Hi, I need two fork sleeves making up 50 mm dia and 145mm long and a 36 mm ID, it needs to be reasonably well finished as I was going to chrome it afterwards.

    Hope you can help I do not want to take pot luck.
     
     

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    Can't guarentee that level of finish. You'd want about a 3.2 micron and out old lathes are too worn to be sure.

    Try Swift engineering in Bristol. Will Pm the number.
    "there's no aspect, no facet, no moment in life that can't be improved with pizza"

     
     

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    if you go to a metal supplier this may be a supplied diameter of pipe already, simply cut to length and turn off the ends in a lathe ?
    youll have a very good ground surface to chrome then.....
     
     

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    Thanks for the tip, I have just asked a hydraulic ram repair shop if they can make it from a cylinder rod hopefully job done.

    Plus it should be chrome finish too, just waiting for a price.
     
     

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    Try a company called Avonside Engineering in Melksham. They have done some work for me in the past and are very good.
     
     

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