Member postings for Brian Rice 1

Is there not metric equivalent spanners that fit?

Not all Chinese tooling is rubbish you will probably find that your so called branded cutters are made in China like most things these days.

It's definitely not part of the Stuart engine I can not see why you would have it connected to the exhaust steam pipe also if you look at the rest of the plant it's not age related. But what do I know

Spent the last 3 days in Hospital having needles stuck in me and been stuck in all sorts of different machines ie MRI CT X-ray ,I'am slowly starting to glow green. I'm on a Nuro ward with no release date if I wasimad when I came in I will be by the time I get out

I thought all you needed on a Ford was a Birmingham spanner and a chisel.

Neil

Ketan I think you've got your areas mixed those phrases are all from the Midlands Not the great Yorkshire were the capital of England is York.

There is more room than having tooling in ,besides if I'am not going to use the tailstock I get the heavy lifting gear in and take it of.

I am with you on your post,the problem is I have very little room i am tucked away in the corner in a bedroom,i am always lookingfor tooling only to find them where I used them last.

Hi Ken you must have some industrial estate near by with enginering shops knock on a few doors you will be surprised how helpful some can be,ie few years back I need a back plate with a none to standerd pich to the threads ,second door I knocked on works manager said go and see Bill if there is nothing set up on the machine he will do it in his launch break for a beer went back next day all done at the cost of a ten quid

To busy closing his Swiss bank accounts

Ian to stop crap getting in the lathe only a 14in bed so not a lot of room to leave tooling in there.

You trying to say I'm untidy how very dare you don't have time to tidy

It's coming on nicely now to to the fiddle bits where's my magnifier

I think you need to go speck savers Phil it's a lump of cast with quick release, the rest of the lathe is made from some sort of monkey metal.

coming from Yorkshire that often how we are described so to live up to the reputation I never chuck owt away because you never know cap of WD40 can makes a great quill cover on a mini lathe and it's free.

Have more images ,size about 3 inches long

had this in my toolbox for years I think it came from the old Raleigh pushbike works in Nottingham.

You would not get past boarder control until you can spell Hinckley correctly

Think hard that extra inch makes a big difference one more thing with the lathe make sure it's the 14 inch bed there are a lot of 12 inch about which look like a bargain, if you are going for a mini mill also make sure it is belt drive not gears(people have had a lot of trouble with the gear driven mill very noisy gears tend to brake)all so go for the R8 spindle there is always good second hand tooling at good prices on the net. I am not trying to steer you in any way but also have a look at ArkEuroTrade in Leicester sometimes have some good deals on hope this is help full.

Make sure you are getting a lathe with a 4 inch chuck not all do