Member postings for mick70

idea pinched.

cheers for sharing.

ordered a pce of 6"dia x 1" thick ali from noggin ends lunchtime ish yesterday.

extremely helpful and polite young lady answers and takes order etc.

just had it delivered now.

and wow am impressed with service and quailty.

square cut and nice clean cut unlike bit i got ebay last year that by time i had faced it off so true was down to 3/4" thick.

will def be using them from now on.

not a question but didn't know where to put this

just seen post on a site reviewing a 6 jaw chuck.

all bad because nothing like pic in catalogue etc.

never heard of them before, curious as to what they would be used for.

cheers for that r8 it is.

had txt from friend whos company have bought several smaller ones and are disposing of some tools.

there are 2 benchtop milling machines not sure of make yet, one is mt3 other is r8.

they will be sold for scrap wt without motors to whoever gets their name pulled from hat.

he is sparky that be removing motors so if get one of millers he will make sure i get right motor with it.

question is do i ask for mt3 or r8?

he can only put his name down for one

found loads of stuff listed on e-bay for sl 1000.

all mine says on it is sl.

it's m12 x 1 as are bits on e-bay will they fit?

i am going to clean it up and paint it and try to get other bits so i have full set-up.

thank you you're a gent.

i struggle with computers.

plate on it says

elliott

unimat

sl

been given this in with load of old bits from model steam engine club i recently joined.

seen pic on net of it as lathe.

not good with comps, does anyone have pics or list of bits that are missing?

or even link to manual.

i want to try and make missing bits if possible whilst at club as learning experience.

cheers

i am in wf15 nr leeds yorks

most of chucks are 3 hole but the 4 jaw i have is 4 hole.

am using some 6" x 1" ali rd stock as cant find backplate right size od of chuck is 133 mm.

marking out holes to fit backplate to lathe aren't prob cos if slightly out when i turn od to right size it comes out right.

so if i am reading things right, get first 3 holes right , i then need to turn female register, turn it over and turn male register to fit other chuck?

then i need to find way of getting holes for new chuck in right place.

will look at that at home ta.

can't open it on works comp.

sounds like what i have done wrong is drill holes to fit second chuck, before turning register.

because have had to make register slightly under size.

i cant get to holes on other chuck once i place it on backplate as it bolts from back.

or am i missing something?

like i say still learning.

or do i mark out holes then drill them slightly oversize, after turning register?

I have the clarke cl430 lathe, and still learning how to make things.

would like to get some more chucks from arceuro but they are different pcd to my lathe.

with limited equipment how do i mark out the pcd i need for other chucks?

i need to mark out 108, 84 and 66mm. clarke is 115mm

I did make one backing plate using 1" ali rd i got the clarke one's marked out then bolted it on and turned it match head on lathe.

then marked out the 108mm and drilled it but was slightly out.

managed to be able to use it as was on 4 jaw independant.

but wont get away with it for other chuck's i want.

cheers

SWMBO as already given up on that.

took old freezer other day and came back with trailer and car piled high, mostly bikes as another hobby of mine is building custom bicycles.

also 3 dyson hoovers as same type as our old one repaired ours and built another good one.

boss won't let anything go to skip till i have checked it.

**LINK**

this looks like a good idea.

whats a good starter book for building basic engines?

always wanted to build replica of steam powered workshop but thought it would be to complicated.

finally bit bullet last week and joined local steam engine club, whilst being shown around they had one apart and got good look suprisingly simple compared to what i thought it would be.

so determined to get something built in next 2yrs.

no probs with hijack.

actually learnt few bits.

decided im going to join local club and then having go at part built kit that needs a bit doing to finish it.

always wary of brand new things as worry i don't have skills but if i don't have a go will never get them

can you buy kits for a stationary engine?

not confident enough to build everything from scratch yet.

what would be good for starter.