Member postings for clogs

I will alway use decent Jacobs keyed chucks...in lathes and mills..

never had any luck with keyless.....

but I do have one of my bench drills with a keyless chuck....

but all the drill bits used in it I have milled 3 flats on the shank.....so no probs with turning bits....

this machine is just used for rough drilling ......I make a lot of dog kennals and most of the frames are bolted together.....ie...10mm holes for 8mm bolts....

as my Hitachi battery stuff dies I now buy Milwukee...expensive but prof qual....18v fuel.....

I just bought the 1/2 nut gun, already having the 3/8's model.....

Mine came from Germany at around 1/2 the UK price.....

so u can have the best for a good price if u shop around.....

Shame we cant buy their stuff at American prices....blxxxx government........

I have a similar prob...the HYD oil tank is leaking on my forklift.....a large crack where the engine mopuntig braked is welded on to the tank side....

to repair it prop the engine needs to come out.....grrrrrrr....

I used a Polyurethene sealant and a metal patch plate.....is's a bit like Silicone but much better....

cleaned everything off with spray brake cleaner.....

then a dollop, tech term, on the patch plate and slapped it on....

been there for 2 years now and not leaking........

I have a Super 7 with a thread cutting g/box plus a really sweet Colchester student Square head......

very happy with both....

Dont get to hooked up on who's bigger lathe u get....more important to find one thats not a junker....

Peter G....

well, we have lived outside the UK for almost 25 years now......

Mostley France but now Crete,

you have to understand that starting a DD in France is easy but stopping one is a nightmare.....

The company has the right to keep taking ur money until u've jumped thru all the hoops and this can take months....

then u actually never get the overpayment back.....

god knows how the poor French get on with it all......

perhaps thats why they are so miserable.....hahaha...

they only accept instruction from u via a registered letter and other oddaties.....to long a list....

for example...

we closed the water bill down the proper way, then actually actually tried to stop the water comp taking more money from us so in the end we closed the bank account down with the min of 25euro's needed.....and just let em take it.....

actually it was cheaper than all the extra registered deliv letters, on top of those we sent allready.....

Banks are useless and u think u have it bad in the UK....

A lot better here tho......

when a bill comes thru it has a special code number on it.....

so u go to the hole in the wall....dial in the number and state the amount..press the green button.....job done......

this way she say's she can keep control.....!!!!!

It'd be highly unlikely that we would change our phone or internet suppliers and the electric comp is a monopoly so where's the problem I say....?????

another odd one......we have 2 water supplies, domestic and agriclutural......

one you pay the water board via the hole in the wall and the other u pay the local council at the town hall in cash.....

no cheques or bank cards accepted.....strange or what......

it does keep the brain cells moving tho tho......hahaha...

It's just we had so many probs in France it messed with her head....

lastly a joke......

Whats the best thing about France....

the sign that says u are now leaving FR.......hahaha.....

we drove here, what a pleasure to cross the border into Spain....pre brexit.....can u say that word here.....hahaha...

does anyone know.....?

lets say overnight all gas supplies dried up......

we have enough power supply, wind Nuc etc.....just dreaming......

can the grid actually carry the load without melting.....?

plus,

I'm sure a lot of houses would have to be rewired if that were the case....

might also be a good excuse for household to have 3 phase.....what a boon that would be to our hobby......

we only have a mobile phone now...actually 3......

as for the internet it's by Satelite......2 seperate systems........

We're rural so the gas cooker is propane....

Central heating, has a duel fuel boiler, we use wood sourced locally....

will not give extra money to the tent dwellers of this world......

Car n house plus public liability ins is by our local broker....

Hardest thing about it all, my wife will not use a direct debit which would make easyier...Dohhhh

all depends if the spring eyes are open or shut......

I would guess they are the open sort.....I would say .25 -.5 of a mill would be enough..per inch of diam.....

subject to wall thickness.....

if the wall is thin it will alter the size of the hole......

most spring bushes of modern decent were made so that once pressed in they ended up the correct ID size.....

In the old days they were roughed out and reamed once fitted....

also be careful that the eye is prop round.....if the tail of the spring is not prop formed it can distort the bush....

look at the old bushing for extra marks where the spring eye ends....often a big gouge mark....

Nearby to our house in France there was a Nuc powerstation.....always had power cuts and needing a stand by Genny....

every house, factory should at the min have a solar water heater.....and compulsary on any new prop where the roof is suitable.......all systems/parts should be VAT FREE...........

I've had em in the last 2 houses I've owned and saved a load of money....

I wonder'd why in SW France there were so few.....

after I enquired it seems the French seemed to think that a price of more than double the cost on average to everywhere else is OK.....I bought mine in the UK.....

I wish I had enough funds to get the Photo voltaic system for my roof so that I could go off grid.....

but I need three phase.....

Mr Duffer,

that just about sums up all the pick up drivers here in Crete......

plus, often with a fag, a coffee and a phone on the go......

I dont drive much anymore.....which is nice....

Can't wait untill my Indians are finished....I'll never be at home....hahaha...

M.G.

I did follow ur link but it's a bit heavy for me...I like his ideas tho.....

I just want the simple life now......

going to spend the rest of the day in the garden as its warm n sunny.....

I want/need to go and use the grass cutter and strimmer but the wife wont let me.....

she says it's to near Christmas.....bah Humbug........

first time I hear a chainsaw I'm off.....lol.....

it's 14 plus deg outside and the weeds are going nuts.....

so will go trim the grape vines and perhaps run some string lines for the new workshop....160m2....

All the best ........

I know it's been done to death....

I have searchd and found nothing....

It's been a while since I posted a photo and would like to do so....

do we still need to load it into an album first ?

and where do I find instruction how to do it...?

guess its an age thing.....

to me other forums have it easy to do just this.....

ta.....

wow.....

I'm also a member of the thin nut on top brigade.....

For a laugh,

when I was in development of wind turbines we reg used bolts over 50mm in dia...

all were hand made with x ray testing etc etc....we used geared nut driver heads/torque multiplier's.....

often over hundred of lbs/ft....

no need for any kinda lock nut....we just relied on bolt stretch.....

ps... some of the bolts were 1.5m long....

seem to remember a firm in France that make rasps etc by hand....still working.....

no idea of the name now....

ment to have bought a couple before I left but just plain forgot....getting old and excited by the move....

following with interest......

is gas, ie propane hotter than D fuel or not.....certainly cleaner to use.....

I want to cast bronze items.....getting close to serious about this.....

we do have a place near but they only work during the tourist season.....they manufacture small castings to go with/ display their custom glass works of art........

I know nothing of these tiny lathes but would it not be better to upgrade to at least 240v motor or even a 3phase with a VFD...?

no idea if that s the correct term.....

small motors and electronics........grrrrrr....

arn't they always in trouble this DC stuff.........?

that shouldn't happen EVER......

make sure the blade and backing washers are clean and free from dust n stuff.......

I'm 72 and in all my years I have never had one of those bolts come loose......

I've had em when I needed an air gun to get em off tho.....

if all is well u can use a little thread lock compound, more like screw lock.....it's a weak grade.....

but really should not be nec.....

also,

try and find somebody local who will help u with the odd stuff.....is there a local Mod eng club near u.....?

U say English is not ur first language...but are u in the UK...? if so should be easy to get help......

I'd gladly help but I'm a 1000miles away and incedentally here in Crete it's hard enough to find a proper engineering shop with a 2.5 hour drive (each way)...