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To keep Neil happy:

http://youtu.be/XJf9EsRtVec

Geoff - House (bungalow) spring cleaning duty today

Edit:

http://youtu.be/XJf9EsRtVec

Well I tried Les, but no luck. Give me bbcode any time.

Geoff - House work muddling the brain

Edited By OuBallie on 13/04/2015 11:39:35

Edited By Neil Wyatt on 13/04/2015 12:16:07

**LINK**

Crossposted on the AustinSevenFriend forum as also appropriate. (Ducking as during the era of Newsgroups/Bulletin Boards this was considered a No-No and condemned in no uncertain terms)

How the heck do you get a singe word for that link?

Geoff - Tried bbcode but no luck.

Crossposted http://pub25.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=2099944454&frmid=5&msgid=991330&cmd=show

Edited By OuBallie on 11/04/2015 17:11:

pub25.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=2099944454&frmid=5&msgid=991330&cmd=show

Aargh - bbcode doesn't bleeping well work!

Edited By OuBallie on 11/04/2015 17:15:16

Edited By OuBallie on 11/04/2015 17:25:34

I'm getting ready to have another go on the Austin Seven rejuvenation saga, now that weather has made working in the Carport more conducive.

I need suggestions please on getting that vice mounted, and due to space limitatikns, am thinking of a horizontally hinged/pivoting frame, with loose but attached bracing to the floor.

I will only need to use the vice if hefty work needs doing, so allowing it to swing down is my thought.

Vice in question:

It's been lurking on the Mitco base for years, and now time for use if I need to persuade car parts parts to behave.

Geoff - FeedRodMotor (FRM) on hold for the duration.

Exit: There should be a 'V' after the '4'

Edited By OuBallie on 11/04/2015 12:58:27

Yep, the drilling machine chuck IS throwing a shadow, so will fit a larger dia Angel Eye to the outside of existing.

Measure the angle of the dangle first to see what diameter LED will work.

Haven't tried the one on the Marlow yet.

Geoff - Will be asking advise on mounting a bench vice later.

Correction to make Bazyle happy.

BrainFade episode when I measured.

Although the Headstock is 10" from the wall, the end cabinet is 18" (547mm) away, thus allowing me to get feet against cabinet, back pressed against the wall and knees round my chin. Quite comfy once in place, but oh the palava getting out again and unwinding was something else.

The two end cabinets are connected with 2" (50mm) angle the previous owner fitted, making the whole stand pretty rigid, with me adding some ubiquitous 2"x4" (50x100mm) wood.

Geoff - In tidy up mode.

Cannot find a dedicated thread covering something this important, so I'm going to start this off with my take that I hope helps newcomers and those like me who always find useful info here. Apologies if already done.

1) Position - NOT hard up against the wall if possible, as I found with my first lathe.

I wish I had not done so with the Emco V10P, as it did not have a splash back meaning that some of the swarf ended up on the floor between machine and wall, and access to the motor was impossible.

Never occurred to me to make a shield too busy with making things and running the shop

My Warco BH600G, on the other hand, on a reinforced factory stand and raised 6" (150mm), is at an angle to the wall with Headstock 10" (254mm) away.

This givies me easy, albeit cramped, access to the rear of lathe, and enabled me to fit the 3-phase motor quite easily. (needed a week to unbend myself, but heck it's part of the fun!)

Also, with the Tom Senior being within spitting distance, the angle allows long material to be fed through the spindle if ever needed.

It does of course depend entirely on the space available, and where the lathe is positioned.

2) Spindle height - Mine is 50.1/2" (1.28m) from the floor.

I stand on a 5" (127mm) high duckboard. I learned a hard and painful lesson from having to bend over to work on the Emco.

I can easily make a lower duckboard if needed, compared with the much much more difficult task of raising the lathe.

3) Lathe stand - As solid as possible goes without saying, with adjustable lathe hold-down bolts being an absolute must.

4) Motor - Fit a 3-phase motor with VFD control if finances allow.

Most new lathes appear to come with finger twiddling speed control nowadays though.

Fitting one absolutely transformed the BH600G and with luck the FeedRod mod, when done, will do something similar.

5) Lighting - As much as possible.

I have one of those IKEA flexible LED lights pointing at the chuck and being easily repositioned having a bulldog style clip at the end.

Enough from me, so over to the Collective for any other suggestions/recommendations/experiences?

Geoff - In recovery mode from gardening yesterday

Claude,

Ditto what Graham said.

What motorbikes and where do you live?

I ask, as you could find someone from the Forum living near you.

It happened one in the shop, when two customers found that they lived a street away from each other.

Geoff - No wind again! Scary or what?

Neil,

No doubt the web will survive my antics.

Well I was going through my periodic moments (months) of being sidetracked.

I forgot to take a video of it in action, so will do so at the next visit, as it was left there at GD's insistence.

Now ready to finish that FeedRodMotor. Bets anyone?

Must NOT be sidetracked into mounting chucks onto backplates, and figuring out how to xfer blind mounting holes.

Geoff - 'Bleep' gardening duty today 'bleep bleep' etc etc!

Yesterday two things.

Hemingway KnurlingTool:

Knowing my ability to spend ages searching for stuff, decided to secure the 'straight' knurles to the side of the upper arm.

No doubt will forget they are there

Petrifying Prisoner:

Finally got this working after trying just about every sensor I could lay my hands on without much success, so giving up in disgust before trying out the last one.

A TEPT5700 was that last one but it has sat in its protective bag since.

It was the one to bring the beast back to life, other than the test button I had taped to one of the 'bars', so success at last.

What an ordeal.

Took it to GD in the afternoon and she jumped when it was activated, hiding behind Mom, but very soon demanding it be activated again and all afternoon. Still wouldn't get too close though.

Geoff - Well things take time at chez OuBallie

Another machine into the Workshop from the shed.

It needs the chain oil cleaned off, as I covered it with the stuff before it went into the shed.

No name visible, but it appears well made.

The screw feed for the saddle has a RH thread, so if was case of "OH" when I twiddled the knob after oiling up

There is a capacitor under the base.

Had to make a chuck key and need a set of turning tools.

Any info about it would be appreciated.

Geoff - No wind! End of the World is nigh

I am using those Ikea ones on the lathe and at the Workbench.

Am trying one on the Tom Senior,that I keep in Horizontal mode, but if it wasn't for one of Ketan's guards keeping the swarf and coolant in check, the stuff would be thrown well clear of the table, so putting a light in front of the cutter is out.

Does anyone have a solution for lighting the mill please?

As an aside, the swarf produced using a slab cutter consists of razor sharp slivers, so am I taking too fine a cut?

Not used a horizontal milling machine before now?

Geoff - Always learning, but whether I remember or not is another matter altogether.

Our district council has started switching our street lights off at the bewitching hour and back on at 0600h, all in the name of economy.

For the first time I can now see some of the stars, but I estimate less than 1% of what I could in SA, due to pollution.

Since being back in the UK, however, I haven't seen the Milky Way as it's something to behold, as is a sky covered in stars.

Geoff - How many people look to the sky at night and wonder?

Tim,

Details, details, details please.

Geoff - %*^+# wind!

Edit:

Tim,

Are they per chance 'Eagle Eye' ? Just done a search on the site you mentioned.

Note to brain: Search first!

Edited By OuBallie on 01/04/2015 09:53:14

Mike,

I have no doubt that I used your idea as a basis to do mine.

My memory is no better than a sieve of late, otherwise I would have acknowledged your useful site.

Still haven't finished the lathe's power feed that I based on yours, just need to yada yada yada.

Geoff - I blame it on all the flippin' other things that get me sidetracked.

Haven't tried them in anger yet John, but will soon find out if I run into the same problem that you had.

Would be easy enough to fit larger diameter ones if needed.

The PSU should be capable of powering two lots at once, adding a larger one to outside of existing.

Geoff - Mind a blank

With LEDs now easily available and in various forms, though I would kick-off with my usage.

I have just fitted 90mm diameter LED Angel Eye lights to my Marlow milling machine and Mitco pedestal drilling maching.

Although I have good lighting in the Workshop, there are times when I need more right at the point of action.

Although the Marlow has articulated lamps either side of the main column, I have not found them very convenient to use, being difficult to get the workpiece and cutter illuminated to my satisfaction on occasions.

The twin fluorescent above the Mitco is fine, but light aimed at the the drill bit and workpiece would be desirable.

Much searching for a solution, the excellent Ikea flexible long necked ones being dismissed as they just mimicked the existing ones on the Marlow, with the same shortcomings if used on the Mitco.

A mention of Angel Eyes on this or another Forum had me straight onto the World's favourite auction/selling site, resulting in a number of different sizes being ordered from the manufacturing centre of the World, all at prices that make one wonder how they do it.

Some time ago I had bought 230vac/12vdc LED psu to power strip LEDS so decided to put them to good use.

New Album added, but here are photos of them fitted.

Just need to sort out some for the Tom Senior I keep in Horizontal mode.

Geoff - Severe wind warnings for the whole country today & tomorrow

Edited By OuBallie on 30/03/2015 12:55:36

Bunked out of high school with a mate one day, and we then tried our best to demolish a wall in a derelict house (bungalow), using various mixtures of fertiliser, tamped down off course.

We made a few dull thumps, bits of brick blown out, but wall remained in place.

Ran out of money so had to give up.

Oh, engrediants got from the local chemist!

We also had a long 'foofy slide', from the side of a hill downwards, the wire rope passed through a piece of conduit to act as a handhold.

Tried DIY Molotovs out of sheer curiosity, but in the open veld of course, but failed miserably as we didn't understand their workings.

Can just imagine the uproar those antics would cause today.

Innocent days they where.

Geoff - LED Angel Eyes fitted to two machines.

Right handed, but use my left for mouse operation.

Taught myself to do within weeks of getting my first computer, as was touch typing.

Right hand now deals with the keyboard.

I wonder how many hours are wasted daily by computer users who continually move their hand from keyboard to mouse and back ad nauseam.

Every time I see this happening I shake my head at so called improvements.

DOS had keystroke shortcuts for every command.

Brother is ambidextrous, and this first time I saw him switch whilst doing homework, I just gaped. He said he did so when his fingers/hand/arm became tired. No noticeable difference in writing style that I could/can see.

Geoff - Cutting keys that locksmith couldn't do.

IanP,

Common and garden DIN plugs, so nothing as fancy as those LEMOS.

The one I did do, for the FeedRodMotor RemoteControl box, had some of the pins come loose as they softened the plastic insulator whilst soldering, but that one is plug it in and forget.

The four DIN plugs connecting the scales to the DIY TouchDRO box, however, need to be solid as the unit will be switched between three machines to start with.

A resistance solder unit should work I would think.

Geoff - Another off day, so not much done.