Projects & Articles

In these pages we will be bringing you a series of projects showing how to modify your machines using some of the products available from Arc Euro Trade Ltd. We hope you find them useful!

Don't forget to check out our links page to other interesting websites un-related to us.

The C3 Mini Lathe Part 1 - Thanks to Magicalia Media and the author, Dave Fenner, we are pleased to be able to show a copy of Dave's article, the first in a series of articles covering the set-up and use of this machine.
C0 Baby Lathe Product Review - Read the British Railway Modelling Magazine C0 Baby Lathe Product Review written by Mick Nicholson. (675kb pdf file - Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
C3 Mini Lathe Headstock Bearing Change - A guide on how to reduce vibration on your C3 (or similar Mini Lathe) by replacing the single row ball bearings with Nachi 30206 Taper Roller Bearings. (Also see the the more up-to-date C3 Mini-Lathe Preparation guide below)
NEW C3 Mini-Lathe Preparation Guide (5.2Mb) - A highly detailed Picture Story Book to guide you on each step of preparing the C3 Mini-Lathe for use. The guide also includes updated information on the C3 Bearing Change. Download free of charge.
X3 Preparation Guide (6Mb) - A highly detailed Picture Story Book to guide you on each step of preparing the X3 Mill for use. Download free of charge.
Myford ML7 Cross Slide Leadscrew Thrust Bearing Modification - A simple modification to the Myford ML7 that will:

Eliminate any backlash between the cross slide and the leadscrew
Eliminate wear in the cross slide end plate
Reduce operational friction

Reasons to convert a mill to CNC - A light-hearted (but very true) view on why you should consider converting your mill to CNC. By John Stevenson (well worth reading!)
Review and CNC conversion of the Model X3 Small Mill - a series of articles by Dick Stephen.
Reproduced with kind permission of Dick Stevens and Model Engineers Workshop.
Suggestion for a Stepper Motor Controller Power Supply Unit - If you are looking for a power supply for our Hybrid Stepper motors and controllers and can't find one ready built, then here is a suggestion. (We recommend that only hobbyists with sufficient mains voltage electronics knowledge and experience consider undertaking this project.)
Bearings - A Suppliers Viewpoint. A copy of the letter published in Model Engineer No.4249 discussing the use of Drawn Cup Needle Roller Bearings, Deep Groove Ball Bearing VS Taper Roller Bearings for lathe headstocks and an expaination of the different bearing "clearances" available.
Arc Euro Trade supplies bearings for an Austin A101 restoration being undertaken by Peter Eveleigh (aka Tinworm).

Arc Euro Trade Ltd has taken all reasonable care to ensure that the "Projects" pages published here were accurate on the date of publication. Arc Euro Trade Ltd takes no responsibility for the consequences of error or for any loss or damage suffered by users of any of the information published on any of these pages, and such information does not form any basis of a contract with readers or users of it.