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Makes my 8" Boxford look positively miniscule.

Proper chips!!!

What a brilliant thread! Kudos to the perpetrators, love it!

Guys,

i'm not getting in a urinating contest.

Have you ever seen what a loaded abrasive or coarse sisal mop will do to human skin?

If you got a job in a jobbing polishing shop and DID NOT wear gloves or preferably gauntlets in front of a spindle, you would be shown the door by the boss sharpish, hand and eye protection being part of the safety wear, and often face masks too, depending on how grimey the particular job was.

All i can say is you guys are well hard to be able to polish bare handed and must have crocodile skin on your hands...

Really?

I doubt you've ever polished commercially then. ie 10" mops with a 3 phase 3 HP spindle.

Without wearing welding gauntlets you aint gonna be able to hold the component for more than a few SECONDS at a time....

Excellent description. Concur with everything written.

Some good posts in this thread whilst i've been away (family holiday in Blighty).

What he said.

Machine DRO on this page sell bore guages at very reasonable prices.

That would explain my straight bed Student having a L/H apron hand wheel and my gap bed Master having a R/H apron hand wheel....

Always preferred the L/H handwheel, seemed in the "proper" place...

Great work and a great lifestyle. Certainly not yer average 9-5. Congrats!

I also thought Students had the apron hand wheel on the left and the Masters on the right?

My Student was 24" between Centres and my Master 36". 6 and 6.5" centre heights.

The Triumph was always the Biggie.

+2 on the Delmar book - nothing better available anywhere.

Super work. Those clutches are interesting. This topic reminds me of a recently deceased friend of mine, ex REME, who ran a (very successful and popular) business repairing and servicing machine tools.

Er, nothing in the normal world we inhabit. Unless your shed is permanently at 20C.

No. Not having it. I do not want to see plastic on any of my measuring tools. Sorry.

Have a look on Ebay UK. It will make you weep. Genuine Mits are anywhere from 80-120 quid. There is a plethora of sellers on there with prices starting at under 30 quid. Even states Made In China in some of the ads! As far as i'm aware, all Mit stuff is made either in Japan, USA or Brazil.

Nooooooooooooooo! Not plastic thimble grips and ratchets!! Mitutoyo!

Jesus wept. I've been looking to treat my eyes to a pair of dial calipers, but i'm just never sure what you're getting. Finally found a decent Mit set on Ebay for 35 quid - reason for buying this set - ex MOD with calibration certificate 2002 - hence guaranteed genuine and not a fake.

Indeed. What a score.

As they say over at the other forum across the pond - YOU SUCK!

Impressive, pretty, like it.

Howzabout this?

No, not really into model engineering, it's all just too small for me and my podgy fingers.

4BA is about the smallest i work with, preferably 2BA, anything smaller annoys me.

I admire the work and skill involved however, and it's nice to see the "open" engines like the Stuart models et al.

Re, radials yeah full size - if i still had my UK workshop, i would already have a non running full size one on display by now in the showroom. Also like any of that pre war period air cooled engine scene - big JAP, external pushrod tubes etc etc.

Very, very nice. Love my radials. Impressive work.