Member postings for Mikelkie

Bought a dividing head of so called reputable urasian makers, quite new too still in wooden box, however when tried to use it, ifound that the the spindle bore MT3 was not concentric to the axis. Took it back to the used tools shop lost some money and bought a used Correa (Spanish make) perfect, and i don't suffer from buyers remorse any more. I'm not impressed by the good looks or price of eastern stuff anymore.

Mike

Place a pouch of sylica gel (freely obtainable) with your instruments into the sealed container.

sylica gel can be dried out by placing in the oven @ 70 deg C for a few minutes, works well

I would like to build a model of a Alldays & Onions steam / air hammer someday if i could find drawings of it,in the meantime keeping myself busy with a Hunslet in 5in.

I had the same problem with my Edwards Trucut some time back, replaced the rectifier with a modern

bridge rectifier and a series diode to take care of the back emf.. works perfectly

Bought two of those chinese chucks, but don't tighten too hard, seems the scrolls are not very hard

one chuck developed bad runout on holding 20mm which i use all the time. Very nice when new though.

What a gifted creator and craftsman

Perhaps MEW may consider some sort of "hall of fame" for such engineering artists

Thank you for the info Nick.

Edited By JasonB on 13/02/2017 20:38:20

Stumble upon this, beautiful Bridgeport

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Edited By Mikelkie on 13/02/2017 20:25:46

Edited By JasonB on 13/02/2017 20:37:57

Check this book out . Wonderful info concerning injectors, problems, trouble shooting etc.

PM me i will try and email details on specific ploblems

Mike

Edited By Mikelkie on 13/02/2017 16:45:27

My visit to the metal monger, found a depth mic and a rare oil can

It pushes out toward the front, the ram has a groove machined at the bottom where a pin in the barrel

locates to stop it from turning, i,m not sure if water treatment will be of any help after it was submerged in oil.

Put it in water and let it soak for a day or two, old engine restorers trick, works every time for me

Martin, check out pics of this grinder on my album

Mike

And why is the shank of live centres so short? one always has to insert something into the sleeve for the drift

to get to it

Bought this one last Saturday for ZAR 500 (about thirty pounds) only 4 imp collets with it but with a diamond

wheel and a stone cupwheel. Pics on my album

Repaired my 70+ year old Desoutter Type G30 "wrist breaker" drill today.

I was told by the late Arthur Prescott who served as a young instrument maker on KG5 during the war that these machines were in use in the aircraft workshops at that time by ladies who worked there. These drills are 5/16 in. capacity and run around 300 rpm. Many times it would bite into the job and twist itself out of the hand often cause injury to the hand or wrist hence the nickname. it runs like new again.

I'm unable to upload the pics for try as i like no "insert" button appears. Any help on this?

Had a couple of CO2 extinguishers, bottom halves makes excellent melting

pots for aluminium