Member postings for Martin King 2

Iain, Your are right, another good word they do not do!

My word is Squirrel, they cannot EVER make it right and always say Squirl !

Martin

There is one word in the Engish language that Americans are universally totally unable to pronounce correctly.

I have spent many years in the Caribbean and east coast US and NEVER found a yank that can say it properly even when told how.

Any guesses as to what it is?

Two good phrases;

'Stone deaf' from stone masons hammers ringing in the closed quarries at Beer, Dorset.

'Not worth the candle' again stone masons had to pay for the candle used to cut blocks by and when the foreman hit the block at the end of the day and it did not 'ring' thus showing a fault or crack they did not get paid.

Martin

Mechman is correct, almost! The cat o nine tails was kept on a red soft cloth bag not leather, well described in Patrick o Brian's novels.

Martin

Had this issue briefly, now OK FireFox browser.

Martin

Johan, what is the brass & bronze medium please? Where from?

Martin

Hi Tony, After placing the screws on a plate in a warm oven after our supper the screws dried well and show no signs of rusting at this time..

I intend to try some different media and see what happens on another small batch and will report back. At present I scrap reasonable quantities of cap screws, small model enginieering size nuts and bolts etc which seems a shame.

Regards,

Martin

We get these pens and heads fairly often in engineers cabinets or tool lots, also some by UNO along with various stencil sets etc

Usually filthy dirty and mistreated but if we find a good set or some nice single ones we put them in our small ultrasonic cleaner with warm water and a drop of Fairy for about an hour and when rinsed off and carefully dried they are perfect.

When we have a few we put them on EBay and are often amazed bty the prices achieved. We do however make a big point of the fact that they are cleaned.

Regards,

Martin

Sand sounds a bit severe to me, are thee other abrasive mediums perhaps? Something a bit more gentle, all I want to do is brighten and clean a bit. Anything that can be used dry?

Martin

Hi all,

Have just got a small motor driven tumbler roller for cleaning and polishing gemstones etc.

I thought I would try it on some good but grimy cap screws, so put in the 'barrel brightener' that came with it, dash of Fairy liquid and some water; left it for a couple of hours to find it full of thick foam. When washed off the parts were very clean but almost as much work getting rid of the foam and then drying them.

Clearly I am doing something wrong here, any thoughts please?

Regards,

Martin

Nigel B, I think that you have the right of it. Had another look and took these pics, the linkage seems to go on the serrated alloy part on the leadscrew.

The leadscrew end has had a bit of a knock and is slightly our of true so am a bit wary of running it all hooked up .

Hi all,

Another funny little lathe in a tool lot that just arrived, a ROLLO 'ELF'.

All came apart and went back to gether OK but this strange rod linkage was separate from the machine and obviously goes on the back and hooks up to theeccentric on the shaft driving the spindle. Runs in the 2 small brackets at back. The tailstock end has a spring detent in it but cannot see what it does or where it goes?

Any thoughts will be welcome please?

Regatrds,

Martin

Toatlly agree it is dezinced.

I used to do an awful lot of diving on old wrecks and whenever we lifted a piece of 'salvage' or more properly a trophy , there was often extensive evidence of this phenomena, sometimes so bad that the item fractured completely. I once got a porthole where the 1/4 thick rim was just a pink copper spiders web.

Martin

Hi all,

After a fair bit of research I have ordered one from Warco;

This one: **LINK**

Ordered with a bi metal blade as well which I will fit straight away. Approx £100 cheaper that Axminster so a good saving.

I am pleased that there is a lot of info online regarding modification as I wiil mainly be cutting quite small bits so the vice mod willbe a priority.

Hi Jason,

Been a bit busy but still trying with Fusion 360.

Here is a pic of the base assembly and my first ever play with a render, excuse the bright colours, got carried away with the materials list!

Still finding areas of this program exasperating but fun! Trying to import the cap screws from Mcmaster Carr and duplicating them is less than intuitive and the hierarchical (?) system for components has to be just right or all sorts of problems arise. However that said I am a total novice at this and the power of this program leaves me amazed constantly.

Wjhen I get my new bandsaw i have the ally billet standing by to make a start on this from yours (& mine??) drawings

Regards,

Martin

Hi all,

Just sold my Axminster 12" wood bandsaw and now wish to buy a metal cutting bandsaw for my shop.

Looking at this one:

**LINK**

There is a next model up with a stand which does not seem to be so favoured.

I would value opinions on my choice please. Maybe I should go second hand?

I will predominantly be cutting smaller pieces of material so would like to know if this can be modified to deall with smaller items; also any ideas on how to contain the swarf, filings or dust etc so it does not go eberywhere.

Recently tried cutting a 2" bar of bronze by hand and thought I would have a heart attack!

Regards,

Martin

Lambton, Thanks for the info, what role does the cutter perform on this machine please? I thought it was for splitting leather either straight through the thickness or at an angle as the cutter has cant adjustment.

Interestlingly the market for this type of machine is VERY strong either from a collector point of view or indeed for actual use.

We sell quite a lot of this type of stuff to besoke shoemakers all over the world, people who want the old machinery and tools. We just sent a small 19thC pointed awl to USA, it made £22 plus shipping. We have started this at £100 and I hope for quite a bit more than that, a not so hot one went fpor £275 middle of last year that needed work.

MichaelG, nice link, we have in fact sold to workers at that firm, serious shoes. Try GAZIANO & GIRLING, don't know how to link that.

Regards,

Martin

JasonB, what a neat item, what sort of size would that be please? Petrol or diesel? A project for you....

Thanks,

Martin

Hi all,

Just got this old leather strap skiving cutter machine by KEATS & Bexon along with an old small lathe, a ROLLO ELF.

Spent some time on it today and it came up nicely:

The chap I got it from said that he used to have a small engine with 2 flywheels by them but I cannot find any reference to one. Anyone have any thoughts please?

Regards,

Martin

Thank you, I will check that link out when I have time after the weekend.

Tempus very fugit at the moment!

Regards,

Martin

MichaelG, Just looked at your album again and could read it by using the browser 'zoom in' a couple of times.

Sadly could not find the number 7538, there is a 7583, could it be a typo on the collets perhaps?

Just finished photographing these items and they seem in good order save for one which appears to have had weld placed around the inner diameter and then been machined, perhaps for an odd size?

Considering that we tend to specialise in woodworking tools it has been a bit of a 'metal week' for us, YORK lathe, these collets, yesterday a ROLLO ELF lathe and a lovely cast iron leather strap splitting machine, so lots of fun getting it all back together.

I was unable to follow up earlier as we are getting ready for another buying expedition to France tomorrow.

Best Regards and thanks for your efforts.

Martin