Member postings for Iain Marshall 1

Thanks for replies.

I suppose I noticed it because it was a fairly well long bolt into a 5mm or so bar.

Attaching the bar to something solid and bolting it down would likely be fine. Threads seemed well engaged.

Iain

As a follow on to the above.

Last night, drilled Alu bar 5mm, tapping size for M6. Tapped it M6.

M6 bolt screwed in nicely.

I noticed that the bolt was able to deflect from vertical about 2- 3 degrees.

Measured bolt and it was 5.85mm.

Is this normal spec for an M6 bolt?

Might it have been better to drill a smaller hole?

Thanks

Iain.

Thanks Guys!

Iain

NDIY,

Keeping the drill & tap square to the work was my primary objective in this exercise.

I succeeded, despite some faff with having to adjust table height.

I'm a bit confused though about the need, or otherwise, of keeping the vice secured to the table.

👍🏼

Iain.

Thanks for all the helpful replies, I'm very grateful.

I like the idea of putting the tap in the chuck and turning by hand, possibly with the rod out of the tapping guide as well, as suggested by Jason & Hopper.

A few good ideas suggested. I will try them out & report back.

I hope to get a mini mill at some point, don't know if that will solve the headroom problem though. My drill press is a old Draper one my Dad had.

Iain

Guys,

Just getting started with metalworking.

I have a bench drill,vice, some taps / dies etc.

Drilled a nice perpendicular hole in some Alu bar, tapping size for M4. So far so good.

Installed the spring loaded tapping guide into chuck for tapping hole with handle & M4 tap.

Problem is I now have to drop the table down as the setup is too long.

This means I have to mess about having to centre on the hole again.

Any tips for this situation?

I did manage to tap the hole successfully, M4 bolt fitted well, but would like to find a better process.

Thanks

Iain

Bazyle,

It has variable speed on the trigger.

Good shout re the ply sarnie

Iain

Thanks for all the helpful replies.

If Santa doesn't get Covid19 & die, he will be bringing me a host of metalworking tools.

Most of my stuff is geared towards plastic, woodworking and kit for model helis.

The N gauge railway is why grinder will be outside. Need to see how it copes with a lathe in

close proximity.

How would a Bosch jigsaw cope with cutting metal sheet?

Iain

I was thinking about that Bazyle.

I have a Workmate that I use in a similar way to mount my airbrush spray booth.

Suppose I could take WM outside when needed and use for vice & grinder, or get a 2nd one.

I just need to be able to have a bigger vice and a grinder too.

Iain

Thanks for all the replies, much appreciated.

I'm happy to hear that my idea is not stupid

Good call re the vacuum cleaner. We have a spare, but it's crap.

Your idea Colin is great, I just don't have the space, room is about 3m x 2.5 & filled as in OP.

Maurice, I've done similar with other gear, might do that with grinder for fixing to bench.

Cheers

Iain

ps I'm looking at lathes just now and considering the Sieg SC3-400 or Warco WM180. Thoughts would be welcome.

Hi Guys,

Newbie here. Have read tons of stuff on here and learned loads.

I have a small workshop in house which I use for building model aircraft, cars etc. It houses an N gauge railway and has a small workbench and a pillar drill mounted on a filing cabinet.

There is just enough space to fit mini lathe and a mini mill could possibly replace the drill.

I could use drill vice on bench, but have no room for a bigger one.

I have no room for a grinder or any other stuff.

I'm thinking of building a small bench on the deck outside that I could mount a vice to as well as a bench grinder ( removed when not in use).

Does this sound like a feasible option, or a daft idea?

Cheers

Iain.