Member postings for Martin King 2

Michael G.

My remark about illegibility was not in any way whatsoever meant to be rude to you and I am mortified that I have offended you when you were so kindly trying to help answer my posting.

I offer my unconditional apology.

I was just not able to read them clearly is all and will try again by downloading them or something.

I always read your postings with great interest and am constantly amazed that you have such a breadth of knowledge and resources seemingly at your fingertips.

Again, my apologies.

Martin

Hi Neil,

Point taken, the guy is in Dorset and I was just going to pass on his 'phone number to anyone interested.

MichaelG, will pass that on to the chap, I suspected that it would be scrap in the end.

Martin

Mmmmm, 263 views, no replies.... I guess I was talking rubbish!

Hi All,

Just got back from a small boot sale near me and a chap I know there has got a lot (100's) of these alloy castings:

As you can see they are for ashtrays! Various sizes, the largest shown is 150 x 90 x 35; smallest is 90 x 75 x32, there are other sizes as well not shown.

If you turn them upside down they look like this:

It just seems to me that these are useful casting for bases of small engines etc when machined down.

Or am I talking rubbish? Probably destined to all go for scrap unless there is any interest, he was talking about a £1 each...

I have zero interest in these and am only posting this for info only please PM me for contact details if interested or post here.

If I have violated any forum rules here will the mods please remove this or whatever needs doing and accept my apologies. Just trying to be helpful is all.

Martin

Pretty sure the back gear is a later modification.There does not seem to be any way of locking it either in or out of position?

Hi all,

Just finished refurbishing this little YORK lathe which proved a bit problematic.

I knew I had a problem with a chipped tooth on the bullwheel which Brian Wood fixed for me very nicely indeed by inserting ywo very small silver steel pins and shaping them for which I am most grateful.

The real problem was the the cracked headstock had a badly botched attempt at a welded repair which had not penetrated the crack at all and was just blobs of weld.

I shimmed the adjuster bolts and tightened them down after cleaning and degreasing. Then I set the bed on the mill and carefully milled 4 seats (2 on each bearing), then centre drilled, then tappng size for M3 as deep as I could go, then clearance to just the start of the crack. Used Loctite and screwed the scap screws down tight but not super tight and job appears to be a good 'un!

First time I have attempted something like this and its a good confidence builder.

Seems quite a nice little lathe and I really like the tiny grindstone at the front even if the belt is nowhere near tight enough.

Quite a few accessories which was a bonus.

Hi MichaelG,

Find the pics to be illegible even when magnified (pixellated). Presumably the 4 digit number is what I'm looking for?

Martin

Ah, some pics might help!

Hi All,

Just bought a selection of these large collets at my local boot sale this morning, a bit on the big side for my ML7 !

Can anyone please help me with an identification of type so that I can describe them correctly.

They are all Imperial sizes, all by HERBERT & Co.

Overall length is 104.5mm; the parallel section is 39.78mm; thread crest diameter is 36.5mm; keyway is 6mm wide; threaded length is approx 22mm; max diameter of bell end is approx 49.5mm. All marked with the number 7538

Regards

Martin

Hi Douglas,

I get a lot of Thread Die boxes for wooden threads, lovely items in Boxwood/Rosewood and Mahogany but not in the sizes you require. Biggest I have had is about 1" and 4 or 5tpi. Used for the spindles on Screw Stem planes.

Usually by top makers like Mathieson, Ibbotson and more commonly Marples.

They make an absolute fortune and usually end up in the USA as long as they have the matching tap which tends to be a slight taper.

I probably have about 20 awaiting the discovery of the elusive taps.... In the smallewr sizes one can often find a large Whitworth which will do.

Good luck with your search.

Martin

Hi Bazyle,

Thats kind of where I am with this thing, I have had a rotary printers lead trimmer in the past, looked a bit like a beefed up bacon slicer. Not sure where to go with this one could well be headed for David Stanley's to see if the Yank buyers like it....

Martin

Hi John,

picture frame cutters, (mitre cutters) are usually two cutter jobs with long lever actuator. You could be right however, not sure.

Martin

Hi All,

Here is a large cast iron Guillotine type tool that we got if France recently on our last buying trip along with two nice book presses.

I have no idea what this is for, it seems to have a shaving action (uses an old peugeot freres block plane iron); the second cutter is at right angle to the first and has a ruler scale.

Ideas so far are Printers leading cutter, Stained Glass lead channel cutter or some sort of leather trimmer.

All ideas welcome

Regards,

martin

Phil P,

Many thanks for that, just downloaded and ran it, all very intuitive and easy to understand.

I am amazed that only 44,000 odd people have used it. Mind you it only came out a short while ago.

Regards,

Martin

Welcome Dave, A gold mine of info on here from very nice folks who all go out of their way to be helpful to beginners like me. I am constantly gobsmacked by the skills on here and the incredible breadth of knowledge about all things not just engineering.

Regards,

Martin

I should add that I am no computer wizz, just a normal user who wants to do ordinary stuff but my business is on the machine (Excel & Quickbooks). I use Fusion 360, SketchUp, OutLook, Word, PhotoShop Elements, LightRoom, PaperPort, AcroBat etc all on a daily basis.

The machine is never switched off as we work on it at very odd times because of finishing times for or EBay business.

Martin

Hi All,

I run a Dell Desktop with Windows 8.1 which I can get along with OK.

Came into my office yesterday morning to find that it had installed Windows 10 without my knowledge or permission and only by declining the user agreement did it EVENTUALLY restore my OS to 8.1

I Googled 'how to stop this' and turned off the required item ( GWX) in the task bar preferences but just now came in to find that W10 was downloading again, managed to stop it but am now really worried it will happen again when I am out.

I am sure that I have software that will not run under W10 and am terrified that it will screw up my important files, some of which are very old. I have backed up regularly using Norton but I really don't need this stress which is not of my own making. Bloody MicroSoft!

Can anyone please tell me how to stop this happening for once and for good please?

Martin

Out of interest, is there any way to download this entire thread complete with pictures and links into a format like pdf or similar? If so are there any copyright implications. Obviously for private use only.

Martin

Hi Jason,

I totally second the above remarks and thank you very much indeed for this interesting and very informative thread. I am coming along nicely with my attempt at modelling this in 3D using Fusion 360 which is proving to be both challenging and great fun!

The step by step format of your thread really makes one want to have a go at this attractive yet not too complicated (I may have to remember I said that latert! ) and I look forward to trying it when I can.

Thanks again and best regards,

Martin

Hi All,

Having downloaded and installed this great program I set about getting to grips with it.

Read many of the tutorials and watched a lot of the videos then thought I would try to model Jason B's Jowitt from his drawings.

With virtually no CAD background except some time on SketchUp I have found this a rewarding if at times extremely frustrating experience.

Much of the simple stuff is pretty straight forward and intuitive but when you get to joints and animation the water gets very deep really quickly.

The single best lifebelt to reach for is to join the F360 forums where an enormous amount of first rate and entusiastic help is at hand. Also I found that downloading the SCREENCAST program allows you to upload the problem you are having instead of having to try and explain it. The helper online can see exactly what you have done and show you your error or explain the way forward.

Make lots of files with the separate components rather than try and do it all in one model; importing theparts is easy as you begin assembly after actally creating the parts.

I am still some way from having a complete 3D 'working' model but it is coming along and has certainly given me the enthusiasm to actually build this Jowitt for real when I can.

Regards and many thanks to Jason for alowing this copying!

Martin