Member postings for Mick Henshall

Thanks Jason I'll try and get my70 year old head round that ain't computers brilliant I think its time to find my grandchildren to help

Mick

How are videos posted on forum, I can do photos but not videos

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I also have a WM14 and have been very pleased with it has does everything I wanted to do, would have liked a bigger machine but like others space is restricted, I also have an Adcock &Shipley horizontal which does bigger jobs

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During my apprenticeship we were taught to use a steam hammer which was nearly as big as our bungalow,the unofficial trade test was to shut a box of swan vestas without producing a sheet of flame, also to just crack an egg without squashing it, I'm sure others have done this

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I did post a comment but I don't know where it went? Just mentioned that old brake drums were cast iron I believe,

Stand to be corrected

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From Axminster power tools, ordered a NVR switch for my shaper, unfortunately when I fitted it the emergency stop button was not working, it would shut off power ok but when reset it would not restore power, problem was that one of the contacts inside was sticking in its seating thereby cutting off the circuit, contacted them on tuesday last and a replacement was sent straight away arriving on weds, no argument,no quibbling. I have used Axminster for many years and they are an excellent Company so thanks to them

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Yep I agree Russell, it don't matter how clever we think we are things can still be learned from programmes like these

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Oh well perhaps I should have not bothered

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Starts Monday next "James May -Reassembler" 9pm BBC4 again on tues &weds. He puts together a Suffolk Colt 1959 lawn mower from 331 parts,next a 1957 bakelite dial telephone- 211 bits and lastly 147 pieces of electric guitar

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My home made 3 wheeled bandsaw made 25 odd years ago had its first service today, it has made most of our furniture and hardly missed a beat in all that time I must get round to fitting some guards on it

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As far as lubrication goes I have always used tallow, nice clean well defined threads every time and never snapped a tap

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Here are some some photos taken early on in the constructio,I have progressed since

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Apologies I appear to have posted twice

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The shaper is home made with a 7" × 5" table, Iam just fitting the slides to it, there will be a support fitted to outer end of table so should be pretty stiff, the mills are horizontal Adcock/Shipley and a Warco WM14 if the vice was fitted to one I would often need to fit it on the other which can be a pain,I suppose ideally I couuld buy 2 more vices but cost is a consideration

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The shaper is home made with a 7" × 5" table, Iam just fitting the slides to it, there will be a support fitted to outer end of table so should be pretty stiff, the mills are horizontal Adcock/Shipley and a Warco WM14 if the vice was fitted to one I would often need to fit it on the other which can be a pain,I suppose ideally I couuld buy 2 more vices but cost is a consideration

Mick

I have 2 milling m/c's + a 6"shaper, I have a 100 mm wide vice which I use a lot on the mills and have decided to buy another vice but can't decide on another 100mm vice or an 80mm one which would be better to use on the shaper. The 100mm looks a bit ungainly on the shaper but the extra capacity of the larger vice is tempting,what would you do?

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Building my own shaper I bin trying to find a method for raising the table,I had thought of using a set of mitre gears so it could be raised remotely as space is limited to get my digits in, this looks like a possible solution and as I never throw anything away I have some duff angle grinders which should give me the bits I need

Nice one Rik

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Yep I tried just now and site appears to have a problem, I'm with Bill hope it gets sorted soon as I rate Macc very highly too

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I'm happy that those that use these are in the main pleased with them,personally I only use the thimble type micrometers, 1"and a set that measures 1"-6" never liked the operation of digital types couldn't get the same reading twice just seemed inacccurate to me perhaps my technique wasn't very good

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No worries Nick, would have replied earlier but I bin listening to the radio!

Mick