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Nice one.

1:12 model of the Forth Bridge maybe?

Do you per chance have a warehouse for a workshop?

That brute would fill a third of mine.

Had to decline JS's offer of a Bridgeport not only due to its size, but mainly because of the limited height a standard flat roof garage has - pity.

Geoff - Finger ready for its next adventure

Edited By OuBallie on 11/08/2013 08:22:19

BobH,

I will be doing a video and putting photos up, so don't dispair.

Neil,

0 for effort, must try harder!

It's a portable device that makes life so so much easier when needed.

Bib and tucker will be kept clean when in use.

Geoff - 1935 Austin Seven Ruby owner.

Watch this space.

All will be revealed in due course, once I've sourced the required material.

The cunning device can be used on any vehicle built between the wars, and just after WWII, and possibly on later models.

Geoff - I love an intrigue

Found this free-hand method.

http://metalworkingfun.com/showthread.php?tid=1079

Works for me, albeit with 'larger' bits.

Geoff - Must make a start sewing leather on the Singer 660 A1, now that I have speed under control.

Edit:

Must learn how to do proper links.

Edited By OuBallie on 10/08/2013 10:40:20

Here goes:

http://metalworkingfun.com/showthread.php?tid=1079

well well well something works when the gray matter pulls finger!

Edited By OuBallie on 10/08/2013 10:46:41

With VFD control on my drilling machine, shaper and lathe, I adjust speeds until the swarf comes off in a nice easy spiral.

A wonderful sight to behold compared to pre VFD.

Milling machines to follow, so Trevor's method will be used.

Geoff - Too many bl**dy projects, I really need to get organized!

Edited By OuBallie on 10/08/2013 10:10:01

Thanks for all the quick responses.

Some of the sources mentioned just didn't enter my befuddled brain, brilliant!

Sorry about the description I gave, not very descriptive from reading it again, so here goes:

Lengths no more than 250mm, any material except soft aluminum, so the walking sticks/tripods type ideal.

Tolerances are not critical, but should not be sloppy. It's not a precision instrument, just a work horse to carry in the car.

The inner and center tubes are locked together when extended, with a small three gear head* attached to the end of the inner tube, the complete assembly being turned by a folding handle at opposite end, with the loose outer tube providing hand support, with a moderate turning force only being needed.

*The three gears are arranged in a triangular form ala geared bending rolls, the main (upper) gear being driven via the center tube, the other two being supported by the end plates and free to rotate on axles, the whole assembly itself free to rotate about the main gear, for ease of positioning.

This is the best description I'm capable of right now.

Geoff - Coffee time.

Edited By OuBallie on 10/08/2013 09:28:58

Edited By OuBallie on 10/08/2013 09:56:41

Need help please in sourcing the following for an item I wish to make.

I need tubing that will be a sliding fit if possible, the inner and centre being the most critical as they will be locked when extended and telescoped for storage.

The outer tube is loose on the centre one, held in place by collars, thus allowing the other two to rotate whilst gripping it.

All dimensions as a guide only.

Inner tube - 16mmø

Centre tube - 19mmø

Outer tube - 22mmø

The above would be ideal, but failing sourcing the tube, I could make the inner & centre of the same tube and screw them together, and the hand grip tube of larger diameter with bushes, sources for this idea as well please.

Geoff - Thinking cap on.

TrevorH,

This topic is being 'done to death' because:

1) The publishers obviously DO NOT bother to read the posts that effect them, from their deafening silence.

2) They either DO NOT, or have NO acceptable excuse for the price rises.

3) They DO NOT care about the goodwill they are destroying.

They could have nipped this thread in the bud if they wanted to, but obviously didn't care.

What we should NOT DO, however, is heap any blame on the Editors, as pricing is outside their control, I think.

I agree wholeheartedly about the wealth of info and talent on this Forum, BUT similar forums/fori flourish without a commercial parent in sight.

If I had approached my pricing policy in the way MyTimeMedia has, I would have been out of business PDQ.

Geoff - Can only shake my head in utter dismay.

Something for the publishers to mull over, and not just the bean counters who appear to have taken control:

Since my subscription ran out 3/4 years ago, I've only bought 2 paper and 2 digital editions of MEW and no paper and only 3 digital of ME.

I just could not justify the combined costs compared with contents, a pity as I have full sets of both publications.

Before the split, ME would take me a week to read from cover to cover, but that stopped happening years ago.

The new MEW WAS very interesting, but no more.

I have now relegated both magazines to the 'buy only if interesting article appears' category.

Model Engineer has the honour of giving me the impetus to start my own hobby shop in 1978.

Unfortunetely the split made ME half of what it was, with MEW, from being a VERY worthwhile purchase, now regurgitating old articles albeit from new contributors, and that has been the last straw with me, with little of interest in ME now.

If I was a new comer to our hobby, however, both magazines would be of interest, but where, however, are the new breed for our hobby coming from, but more seriously how many, Very very few if my club is any judge to go by.

I certainly wouldn't want to be in the publishers shoes, BUT they WILL kill the golden egg laden geese with their price increases!

This goose has cried enough!!

i haven't seen any circulation figures of late, but they could/will be very revealing.

Combine the magazines, and I could be tempted to return to the fold, but the cost would decide.

Do the publishers/bean counters even bother to read what their CUSTOMERS have to say I wonder?

It appears not, if their deafening silence on the issues raised on his thread is anything to go by.

Rant over, calm down OldMan

Geoff - I have years of ME to read to keep me occupied.

Jason,

If I HAD managed to close the door, I wouldn't have been in a good mood, or able to write about my stupidity so soon afterwards

Reminds me of the time a shipmate did the same to me, closing a bulkhead door on my LH fingers, but those doors don't have sharp corners, so only slightly painful.

jk1,

Zam-buk is a green ointment for mior minor wounds, scalds, burns etc. and available on-line. (Disclaimer)

Prooved its efficacy today, and appears to ease arthritis as well.

Geoff - Finger back to normal

Attempted to close kitchen door on RH index finger when in was in the hinge side door jam!

Good leverage + finger in jam = howl in pain!

Took a second for the pain to register, then it was a case of hopping around swearing at everything in sight including myself.

An application of Zambuk soon had the pain under control and the blood blister disappearing.

Strangely, when the heel of my LH palm made contact with a spinning circular saw blade, there was no pain whatsoever, just a tearing sensation and "Oh f*ck!", whereas the injections prior to having stitches made me flinch.

Geoff - Finger nearly back to normal thanks to Zambuk.

Dank U speelwerk, the perfect solution! You have made my day!

Wonder how many knew about this nifty devise, I certainly did not.

Now I can duplicate that V10P feature I so miss.

Geoff - A skipping with joy.

speelwerk,

I and no douby others would appreciate details of the clutch please.

Geoff - Time for nosh

Forgot to mention, that I DID have to file a flat on the stud for the chuck to grip on to stop it spinning after two threads where cut.

Didn't matter that it was turning off centre as the die holder just self centred on the work.

The Jog feature proved its worth.

Geoff - Been watching hill climbs on ***Tube, on public roads!

Agree Derry, but you still have to reach over the headstock, and that flat surface is just begging to have stuff plonked down on it, even with the best of intentions not to do so.

That 'lever' looks like an overgrown/elongated button with far too many functions, especially the motor control circuitry. That's just inviting a wrong move/confusion is it not, or am I missing something?

I know I would get confused if I didn't use the machine regularly

Geoff - Calmed down now.

Thanks for all the advise, much appreciated.

No press available Neil, but a good excuse to make one.

Nice idea speelwerk. Praat u die taal?

Will decide what to do once I've calmed down fully and can think properly.

Bazyle, I've been meaning to replace those shear pins with brass, but the usual 'will do them tomorrow' excuse.

Lesson learned so they are next before I use the lathe again.

I do so miss the clutch I had on the V10P!

JS, 12,456 revs? BH

That casting bouncing off of your bonce explains a lot

Geoff - 18 month old GD just visited, and she has lifted my spirits no end

I'd be thoroughly confused no end as well with that stupid layout!

What on earth were/are they thinking off doing it like that, especially those buttons virtually out of reach?

Made me think of the V10P horizontal controls on the headstock, but that was a small lathe, unlike the GH1322.

Trouble is, manuals made available are pretty useless, so thank goodness for Grizzly ones.

Geoff - Shaking head in astonishment.

Thanks Bazyle.

Found the part in the Grizzly manual.

Question is, what to do, do I leave well alone and live with it as is, or do I dismantle the saddle/apron to get to the bent piece, and then what?

Replace it or could the 'bend' be taken out?

Geoff - Seething at my stupidity. Everyone's boogered off! Must be me

"The bitterness of low quality lasts long after the sweet taste of low price has faded"

"Buy cheap, buy twice"

I've learned my lesson from experience of cheap, so only buy known brand now, or recommended.

Geoff - Still grumpy.

Edit:

Did the M12 thread for the QC stud using a solid die in die holder pressed against the workpiece using the Tailstock. No problem with a quality die.

Geoff - Ditto above

Edited By OuBallie on 03/08/2013 18:56:20

Mike,

Don't dispair, we all went through that phase, and continue with varying degrees of