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Thread: What Did You Do Today (2017) |
22/10/2017 05:20:10 |
Posted by Neil Wyatt on 20/10/2017 18:02:53:
The knack with a pump can is to hold the nozzle just behind the tip with your left thumb and finger to ensure a good seal.
Indeed. Pump oil cans and ball oilers is a two handed job. Especially when using the bendy spouts which i prefer. I've never ever had a problem getting oil into a ball oiler. And all my cans in the machine shop are cheap Chinese pump cans @ 3 quid a throw. All work great.
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Thread: Lathe tool question |
22/10/2017 05:09:34 |
From my past industrial days of owning two Colchesters to owning my little Boxford in semi retirement the last 14 years I've gone the opposite way. I still have 2 or 3 insert tools, but virtually everything I use constantly nowadays is HSS. Better finish, better DOC. |
Thread: What Did You Do Today (2017) |
20/10/2017 15:48:53 |
Posted by Mick Henshall on 20/10/2017 07:15:45:
Yes Geoff, I have them on my Boxford shaper,never quite sure if enough oil is getting where I want it, short of dismantling the machine to remove them by driving out from underneath how can they be removed? When I got my shaper it was stripped and these oilers were blown through to clear and they seemed fine now am not so sure Mick L/H easy out will remove and bugger up ball oilers at the same time. |
Thread: New chinese lathe or old Myford lathe |
20/10/2017 15:43:39 |
Posted by mark smith 20 on 19/10/2017 16:05:21:
I`m a bit biased towards old machinery ,i had a chester conquest but never really used it much and was basically a total novice .Then bought a southbend around 5 years ago for £250 from the mid 1960`s , very good condition with slight wear on the v bed. I renovated it and my interest in lathes really peaked whilst totally dismantling it and painting it . You learn an awful lot about how machinery works when you do this. It came with two vertical slides, i sold the myford swivelling one for over £100. It has both rests and the telescopic type which can sell for quite alot . Also came with quite a bit of tooling and an emco quick change toolpost. The four jaw pratt burnerd chuck was unused just covered in gunk. I just find old machinery much more interesting and more solidly built .
Edited By mark smith 20 on 19/10/2017 16:07:00 Very very nice SB resto. |
Thread: John Stevenson |
20/10/2017 15:30:37 |
Posted by Neil Wyatt on 19/10/2017 22:01:48:
Thanks Ketan, John helped me out a lot when I started this job. It was about six months before I realised he was the same bloke who had done me a couple of favours a year or two earlier! I hope John knows how much I appreciate his help, but I want to record here just how grateful I am to him. As a dedicated tea drinker I even forgive him for making me drink workshop coffee made with powdered milk out of a mug that looked like he'd been keeping rusty nails in it... Keep smiling, Sir John of Blidgeport. Neil OI! That's how I drink my coffee... Infection - clumsy bastard... John, get well soon, regards, Mike. |
Thread: New chinese lathe or old Myford lathe |
19/10/2017 07:27:06 |
Posted by Hopper on 19/10/2017 05:11:08:
Yes, I think Super 7 prices have gone off the scale, compared with ML7s, and I can't see that they are so superior as to be worth the extra premium. In fact, from my experience, the Hercus (Aussie South Bend clone) is a far better made machine than teh Myfords and sell for much less money than a Super 7. The UK equivalent would be the Boxford. Certainly worth a look. The inverted V beds on them certainly seem to wear better than the swarf-prone flat bed Myfords for starters. And the overall machine is slightly larger but much more robustly built, in the American tradition. (Think Cadillac Eldorado vs Morris Oxford, or Harley Davidson vs Royal Enfield). Not sure about the Boxford, but the Hercus/South Bend construction is all cast iron, not that cheapo Mazak zinc-aluminium pot metal that much of the Myford is pumped out in. Mazak would never have stood up to the Yanks. They expect stuff to be tough. "like" button pressed. +1. Me? Biased? Nay.... |
19/10/2017 07:21:57 |
Posted by Andrew Johnston on 18/10/2017 20:18:38:
Posted by Stuart Riddell on 18/10/2017 18:57:42:
What is the concensus between choosing either a shiny new Chinese lathe, whether it be Warco, Toolco, Chester, Amadeal or an old Myford lathe Armchair - check Popcorn - check Beer - check Let battle commence! Andrew Edited By Andrew Johnston on 18/10/2017 20:19:02 You drink beer with popcorn???? My 2 Baht's worth; Harrison L5/140 Colchester Student/Bantam Boxford S&B 1024 Kerry All the above have a small footprint, but are a helluva better lathe than a Myford. Chinese - won't/can't comment... |
Thread: What Did You Do Today (2017) |
17/10/2017 06:16:21 |
Cut my thumb checking the edge of my freshly sharpened HSS shaper tool (1 x 3/8" |
Thread: Axminster Engineering Lathe Course - Update |
16/10/2017 05:44:56 |
Posted by Hopper on 16/10/2017 05:16:41:
How do you think they made Spitfires then? No DROs in those day, but plenty of accuracy. Not unusual for lathe work to be done to tenths of a thou using the dials and operator's "feel". One trick they used was to turn the topslide to about 6 degrees. By using the topslide handle to put on the cut, one thou movement of the topslide moved the tool inwards by one tenth of a thou.
Exactly! Top slide trick is an oldie but goodie, especially with a shear tool in the tool post. |
Thread: 'Grease nipples' and oiling |
07/10/2017 05:02:26 |
Posted by Neil Wyatt on 03/10/2017 09:40:50:
If they used these, you could get away with a £4 oil can... Indeed. 95%, nay probably 99% of machine tools use these ball oilers. Work perfectly, cheap, easy to replace. So, I read all these oil gun/Myford oiling problem threads and think what is the problem? Then I see a picture of a Myford oil fitting..... |
Thread: Quick change tool post |
03/10/2017 08:01:58 |
Bison - Dickson copy. 1 in the toolpost. 1 spare on the lower shelf. 20 ready to go on the top shelf. 22 in total. No more!!! Original Boxford indexing 4 way toolpost on the lower shelf used only for clocks and DTI's, always on CH.
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Thread: A bit of humour |
24/09/2017 06:07:17 |
Thread: Motorcycle General Discussion |
15/09/2017 08:51:10 |
Posted by Windy on 19/08/2017 03:13:01:
Another two day top speed event at Elvington this weekend sadly Rider Jack Frost from Ireland had his Hole shot van and top speed motorcycle machines stolen yesterday while in a hotel at South Milford. When van found it was burnt out with two special motorcycles destroyed as well as a third Busa machine stolen. As the machines are not insured in transit and £10,000 Snap on tools gone for a small business a hell of a blow. Such a waste the work he has done in developing these bikes over the years is mind blowing now gone in mindless vandalism. That terrible terrorist attack in Barcelona was near my Nephews accommodation he was at work at the time otherwise he might have been walking in the place the atrocity took place. What is the World coming to? Edited By Windy on 19/08/2017 03:14:36 Utterly despicable. Gut wrenching news. Hate m/c and tool thieves with a vengeance. |
Thread: What Did You Do Today (2017) |
11/09/2017 07:33:30 |
Posted by mark smith 20 on 09/09/2017 19:24:07:
Posted by thaiguzzi on 06/09/2017 05:41:29:
Posted by mark smith 20 on 04/09/2017 19:00:56:
Got the vice together apart from jaws, stoned all the dings /burrs of all the slideways, had to make new jib strip . Also put the `t` back in British.
Very nice job! Thanks, finally got jaws on it and its a very nice solid vice. Bought some 12mm x 40mm ground stock and used it.Got one of the jaw mounting holes off by about 1/2mm but it was enough to cause a bit of swearing as i couldnt see in which direction ,also the original holes were also slightly out of level. One question, what is the purpose of the 4 sloping holes visible ,are they just to poke something in if the jaws ever get rusted onto the body,to allow you to knock them off????
Edited By mark smith 20 on 09/09/2017 19:27:49 Hi Mark, had a look at mine yesterday. No holes whatsoever compared to yours. Somebody has stuck those in post leaving the factory. For what reason only the driller will know. |
Thread: A good quality oil can..? |
11/09/2017 07:25:27 |
I have a Reilang but it's a big one, too big for ball oilers on machine tools really, it has a non flexi spout and the big alloy body gets in the way. Excellent oil can though. retired to the assembly/engine building shop. My go to oil cans in the machine shop are small no-name Chinese 350ml steel, come with fixed steel and flexi spouts. Cheap as chips (about 3 quid a piece), robustly made, no plastic internal or externally, used daily for years, and if they break, buy a new one, it aint breaking the bank. I'm sure they are available in the UK. |
Thread: The Workshop Progress Thread (2017) |
09/09/2017 09:52:43 |
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Thread: Boxford 3C collets |
08/09/2017 06:05:26 |
Well, blow me down with a feather !!! Only owned the Boxford for 15 years. The threaded spindle nose protector can also be used to extract the MT3 - 3C adaptor.... Who woulda thunk it! Ta velly much. Has 4 tommy bar holes, so tommy bar or better still, a good fitting C spanner would undo it. In the meantime, keep knocking it out with my brass bar.... |
Thread: What Did You Do Today (2017) |
06/09/2017 05:44:24 |
Found a better photo. Same colour as yours, bot not so pretty. I seem to remember I shortened the body too, due to a corner being broken off. |
06/09/2017 05:41:29 |
Posted by mark smith 20 on 04/09/2017 19:00:56:
Got the vice together apart from jaws, stoned all the dings /burrs of all the slideways, had to make new jib strip . Also put the `t` back in British. Very nice job! |
06/09/2017 05:21:32 |
Apologies for photo quality, i'll see if I can dig a better one out. See why I had to chop the front lug off. It's a big vice for it's capacity. |
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