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Yeahhh, course.! ................ I am just waiting for the paint to dry and the compressor tank to charge.

Nick

I have just noticed this.!

On the James Coombes there are 2 plates. The supplied stock is slightly smaller than the specified size on the drawing before I even start to square them up.

These are not critical parts so long as they are both the same. But that is not the point now is it.??? - The parts and their placement that go onto these plates however are critical.

Anyway. I have squared them up and this gave me a good excuse to have a play with the new mill and its associated sundries I have purchased.

Bad news is I have come to the conclusion I need to buy a height guage.

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With a box of bits :-

So in the famous words of Captain Lawrence Oats. " I may be gone some time."

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Well I did hazard a guess that anyone who adopted the name 'Izack Madd' was not going to take things too seriously.

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This looks as if it was an 'exciting' event.!!

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If I offended Izack I apologise.

It was just my flippant not to be taken seriously humor.

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If you do similar to that photo I posted on the last page you will not need to.

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They have not done too well these last few years. Perhaps this is their problem.

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This was my solution to securing the base cabinet of my lathe.

Obviously I made 4 of these.

100 x 100 x 12 steel plate was drilled in the center and tapped to 12mm. The length of 12mm threaded rod was locktighted into the base and additionally secured with a half height lock nut. This is then secured down to the floor through 2 extra holes in the plate.

The height is then adjusted up or pulled down via 2 more nuts either side of the base mounting point. When level nip everything up both sides of the cabinet feet and recheck level. "Rinse and repeat" !!!

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I have read your post several times. - I have come to the conclusion. (although I am not medically qualified) that you have taken consumption of illegal pharmaceuticals.

Something about China, spares and £'s ............. I think.????

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Looks to me as if you have made a cracking job of that both cosmetically and engineering wise. Nice slow running capabilities for such a small engine.

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Cleaned down the lathe and mill of oil for arrival next week of castings.

So hopefully I will just end up with a grey-black mess everywhere and not a sludgey gooey grey-black mess everywhere.!

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Cheers guy's

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What diameter, thickness and tooth count would people recommend for a slitting saw for slicing bearings and eccentric straps as found on model sized steam engines.

Cheers, Nick

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Very, very well documented.

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Smilies have zero place on a model engineering forum.

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Not so.!

I would imagine / guarantee there are far more metric machines available and sold these days than imperial ones.

Don't drink beer for a month and stretch your budget a little bit for (perhaps) **LINK**

I predict that there will be many contributors to this thread for the best place to spend sub 1K on a suitable metric machine for your needs.

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If it's Myford presumably it's the same ones sold by RDG.

I have 2 of them in different sizes for a good while and cannot fault them. Especially for the money.!

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They have their own set of problems in dealing with Winnie.

They would engineer a bear trap but are struggling with the Chinglese manuals for the lathe, mill and welder they bought to construct it.

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Edited By Nick_G on 19/10/2014 14:08:11

I am thinking you may be better off with an old Myford for such.

Nick