Member postings for Andrew Tinsley

Hello Ron (Laden),

I certainly take your point. Being "old", certainly my remaining life is too short! However "Get a life"? I certainly have a very good one and would not swop it for any other.

Regards,

Andrew.

P.S. Yes I probably am getting an irritable old git, but I do seem to enjoy life all the same.

Jason is quite right about not criticising individual's mistakes. Because I make them myself!

I have no intention of criticising mistakes per se, it is the common usage of say my initial pet hate, ill instead of I will. This seems to have entered the English lexicon as a genuine word, NOT as a mistaken spelling. I see it all over the place, both in the US and UK.

It is travesties like this that make me irritable, not genuine mistakes by those that are for whatever reason, challenged by spelling and language.

Andrew.

Just noticed another travesty on the forum. There instead of They are. Quite a good example I have not seen that one before.

It is either the subject or my laughable errors, that are amusing people. I have never managed to get onto a fourth page of responses before.

Andrew.

I have used some US based forums over the last few years (OK Shame on me, if you must). I have a nasty suspicion that some of the more offensive mangling of the English language seem to originate "over there". The younger folk in the UK seem to ape our American cousins in speech and other things. Maybe this is where some of the worst offending words and contractions come from?

Just looked over the above, to see if I have made any obvious howlers, or shot myself in the foot yet again. Looks correct to me, but I am sure there is a split infinitive or other lurking to catch me out.

Andrew.

Gentlemen,

I am highly delighted at the response to my miserable topic. I seem to have left myself wide open to ribald comments about my lack of grammar and maybe spelling. Well I don't care a fig! This is another facet of a miserable old git, they don't care who they offend.

Please feel free to use me as an Aunt Sally as long as the missiles are not too damaging!

Best wishes to all,

Andrew.

At least my mistakes have brought a smile to some faces. I plead spluttering incoherence about these young folk. But I did say my English wasn't the best, as my ex English teacher, wife is always reminding me.

Andrew.

Of late I am getting quite irritated about some of the (I suspect younger) members of the forum. Their atrocious English just makes me wince. For example they use ill for I will, not even an apostrophe before the ill either! There seem to be no end of like examples.

Now my English isn't all that brilliant, so maybe I am not the one to talk! However things like the above do make me cringe, quite literally.

I suspect that there might be others who think "Truly there goes a miserable old git" and to those people I do apologise. It takes all sorts I suppose. Maybe, ill, is a texting abbreviation, but then I never abbreviate when texting, maybe that shows my age.

Andrew.

Hello Martyn.

Please note that Myford DO NOT have any white metal bearings for the ML7. What they do have are some type of bronze bearing(?). But these MUST be used with a hardened main shaft which they now supply. You must not use the new type bearings with your current unhardened shaft. The two are incompatible and will cause rapid wear on your shaft.

Regards,

Andrew.

Hello Hopper,

I am faced with scraping the bearings on a friends ML7. I have managed to get scraping down to a fine art on "the flat", but I am blowed if have the faintest idea of how to scrape journals.

I have several old books on how to do this. But either the guys writing them have not done it in practice or those that have, don't seem to be able to get the message across in an understandable way.

Where would I start to get this skill? I don't want to learn by messing up someone else's bearings! The other thing that truly bothers me is how do you make sure that the axis of the spindle is true? No one seems to mention this rather tricky problem.

Presumably if the wear is large enough, then the vertical height of the tail stock would be out, after scraping, or isn't this going to be significant?

Andrew.

The old round bed Drummond that I have, didn't take much refurbishment. It is far more accurate than I ever expected. Far from a boat anchor! now has anyone got a back gear for them?

Andrew.

My workshop is the coolest place in the house. Its a converted garage, with full wall insulation and an insulated sectional garage door in white. I retire there when it gets too hot!

Oh and I hardly need any heating in the winter. Well worth the money spent!

Andrew.

I have a small lathe which I used to teach my 6 year old grandson how to do lathe work. He is now 7 going into 8 and he is quite a good turner. He seems to have a knack of getting DoCs and feed rates just right.

He is always closely supervised, but I hardly ever need to intervene. I seem to remember that Tubal Cain had a similarly aged grand daughter who was perhaps even better than my grandson on her small lathe.

Before I am roundly denigrated for risking my grandson's life and limb. I took a long time explaining the dangers inherent in lathe work. He has a retentive memory and I have hardly ever needed to intervene. I would think a 17 year old would be easier to teach.

Andrew.

Just don't do it! A waste of time and effort for the above reasons. Save your cash for a proper mill!

Andrew.

+1 for the Tracy Tools Rohm chuck with a 1 or 2 MT. Mine is very accurate and very inexpensive too! I have a fair amount of Jacobs and a few other Rohm chucks. All very fit for purpose.

Someone on here has got a down on Rohm chucks and must have got a bad one!

Hello Andrew (Johnston),

I use my slitting saws on a horizontal mill Centec 2B). The saw is aligned accurately with the table and everything is tight (no detectable wear). I still get the saws running off and I am now at a loss to work out why. There is no perceptible eccentricity and the saws are new, by good quality manufacturers.

I have tried varying the speed and depth of cut, not to mention tooth size. Hence my query "are slitting saws good for anything!). I am using free cutting mild steel so that can't be the problem either! The thinner the blade the worse the problem.

Andrew

Hello Andrew,

I have found the hard way, that slitting saws tend to wander. This being so, are there any applications for them where they can run true? If not why on earth are they made?

This isn't intended to be a smart a**ed enquiry. Just curious and feeling slightly annoyed at my lack of success!

Andrew.

Hello Neil,

I have tried the cutters in the gears that I have to hand, with no luck. I shall be asking around friends to see if they have a better selection of gears that I could try.

Hello Hopper.

I have tried using the radius gauges and find that it isn't too easy to select the correct radius. Need to go to Specsavers! I shall dig out the Shadowgraph and see if I can get a better idea of the radius.

The cutters came from a gentleman who was a locksmith and clockmaker. There were also some cutters to produce ratchet teeth.

Regards,

Andrew.

Right,

A little more information. One side has a K followed by a 4 figure number. The one I have picked up has K 3879 stamped on (or may be etched, difficult to tell). They all have K followed by the 4 figure number. This mark looks like a manufacturers mark.

The other side of this cutter has V 11-35/1. They all have V followed by varying numbers, but with the same hyphens. This number has been done freehand with an engraving pen.

I have 5 of the cutters , so maybe they are part of a series of 7 for simple gear cutting. Or perhaps this is a red herring!

It looks as though the cutters have been cut down on the side with the freehand engraving. So it looks as though Brian is correct in his surmise. They look to be 3/4" bore. I don't know what a close, in size, metric cutter would be

Any suggestions would be welcome. I have already given away those cutters that I am unlikely to need. If I can identify the cutter spec for these, I can probably gift them to a deserving cause.

Thanks,

Andrew.

Hello All,

Thanks for the help in the Unicorn hunt! I do have sets of radius gauges, so it is worth having a go as per Hopper (Thanks mate!).

I will dig out the cutters and sort out the codes on the ones I have. They seem to have been engraved freehand, but the quality does indicate they have been professionally made. A visit to the workshop will follow shortly!

Thanks everyone,

Andrew.

P.S. It just seems a pity to have what look like brand new cutters consigned to outer darkness..Even if they are no use to me. Someone else may be able to use them

Thanks Brian,

I thought that might be the case. It is a pity as they are pristine and very sharp! Now where did I see my last Unicorn!

Thanks again Brian,

Andrew.