Light engineering / machining workshop W London?

[Sergeant Pluck]

Hi all

I need to modify a small part - I need 1mm taken off the side of an alloy spacer about 10cm long. The 1mm needs to be machined flat and parallel with the opposite side.

I'm in TW1 - does anyone know of a small workshop somewhere that might do this small job?

[rogerzilla]

Is it a job for a lathe?  A few people on here have them.  I need 1/16"* taking off a bronze bush, as it happens.  Not the same ones as a YACFer kindly did for me last year, which are now in service.

*Moultons are relentlessly imperial

[BFC]

Hi all

I need to modify a small part - I need 1mm taken off the side of an alloy spacer about 10cm long. The 1mm needs to be machined flat and parallel with the opposite side.

I'm in TW1 - does anyone know of a small workshop somewhere that might do this small job?

Sounds like a job for a milling machine, set up and clamping the work piece will take longer than the machining. There are milling adaptors available for use with lathes also.

[BFC]

Is it a job for a lathe?  A few people on here have them.  I need 1/16"* taking off a bronze bush, as it happens.  Not the same ones as a YACFer kindly did for me last year, which are now in service.

*Moultons are relentlessly imperial

Most "metric" sizes on bikes are conversions from imperial. Mostly down to 1/16" (1.6mm) resolution, occasionally 1/32" or better, applies to anything made from or interfacing with tubes.