Member postings for dave greenham

Hi Guys

Having just read a post where the author could not decide whether to go into the shop, or listen to an audio book. This prompts me to ask . When in the shop, what do you listen to? Radio ( what station ) CDs, what type of music. Tapes, music or Audio book. I personlly tend to have Radio 4 on myself not really listening to it, but now and again something catches my ear which is interesting. So, what do you listen to?

best regards

Dave.

I agree about the painted tools, they are a bit crap

I tend to use 3/8" square HSS

Dave

Hello guysI

Not sure what happened then lol. I'm give it a trtry .

Dave

Thanks Andy I'll give ttry davetry dave

Hi Andy

have sent you a PM

regards

dave

Re AA And X. Feeler goes in on the X side

Hi Andy / les

Hi guys.

I have a problem that I hope one you you may know the answer to.

The lathe is a 7 x 14. Real bull lathe. what's happening is the top slide is loose on its slide. It's Not the Gibs , they will not go any thighter than they are. The play is in the dovetail. When parting off or straight cutting for that matter. The top slide ducks as soon as it hits a hard piece then jams the m/c. In the case of parting off the cutter dives under the steel. Short of replacing the whole lot or having it machined does anyone know of a cure. ? I've tried everything I can think of. So it's over to you. I'm sure I can't be the only one that's got / had this problem. But with my luck perhaps I am.

Brill I love it .

Hi guys, Happy new year to you all.

The other week I was reading a thread on end mill sharpeners, and someone said to whoever was asking the question. Have you checked out the one that Amadeal sell, it's under other machinery.

It looks O.K.but does anyone know anything about this item ? E.g. Not very good or takes an age to set up, brill bit of kit ? Any info from the experts would be great.

many thanks

dave

Have we got nothing better to do than to slag each other off ????

get a life. Go to the workshop and get something worthwhile done instead o bitching on here.

Hi guys

I think my black hole is in a corner. The reason I say this is because we have a saying. If its not on the floor, the m we've lost it. As for the gremlins. They wait until I put something down and turn round before they nick it, when I turn back, it's gone. I have found stuff the odd time in the seal of the washing m/c I think they hide stuff there to make me think I going mad ( mind you, they ain't far wrong sometimes when I try to read some plans )

happy new year all of you.

p.S. I have heard they store things in Doctor who's Tardis. So they could be anywhere.

What about. making things with odd's and sod's

Hi Jason

LOL you live and learn . I wonder how many other things I'm doing wrong

Hi Guys

Hi Everyone

Wow, so much advise. This is great, thank you all very much. Terryd has kindly offered to come over to try and sort me out tomorrow and I'm looking forward to it , as at 65 i need to retain as much hair as i can ( it gets cold in the garage lol )

once again thank you all very much

Dave greenham

Hi jason

i'm using a machine mart blow lamp running on a large propane cylinder

dave

Hi Guys

Is there anyone out there thats local to Sileby Loughborough ?

I keep being told that silver soldering is easy ( yeah right ) I can't seem to do it to save my life. everything is clean, I've tried the flux both thick and thin but nothing seems to work, it just wont run . If enyone is local and would be willing to come and show me what I'm doing wrong that would be great . Transport is not a problem I can pick you up and return you to home. Its driving me mad and I'm useing so much solder but getting nowhere fast. I'm at home 99% of the time so anytime of day is fine for me .

Very many thanks

Dave Greenham

Edited By dave greenham on 17/11/2012 09:14:36

Hi All

Well I've now got enough kit to get me going, I just need to know how to use it all. here's a question perhaps someone can answer.

Has anyone made the end mill sharpening jig from the book the milling m/c by Harold Hall and did it work ? I've looked at the plans but it looks to me that some measurments are missing on the rest part of the plan for slot A ( size and length ) and the 2 degree lines (how far from the edge do they start ) any help would be good as I'm running out of end mills lol

cheers

Dave