Member postings for Bob Unitt 1

Get Well Soon

I'm running Linux Mint 17 on an Acer Travelmate laptop which I bought in 2000 ! Lives in the workshop, perfectly adequate for listening to the radio or looking up threading tables etc.

What did you use for the governor drive belt on yours, Neil ?

If you're rural, for mild steel try your local agricultural blacksmith - mine has large stocks of most standard sections, in a variety of grades, and sells it by length for a very reasonable price.

I did exactly that, in my first ever job, in a factory in the 60's - passed clean out. Fortunately I fell backwards to the floor rather than forwards into the trike-tank... Not really surprising, as its original use was as a new wonder anaesthetic.

You're absolutely right, I have no idea why I didn't think of that in the first place . Screws now ordered, please disregard original request.

Gentlefolk,

I find myself in need of 4 steel 4ba 3/4" csk machine-screws so I can repair my home-made rotary-table, in order to finally finish my Lady Stephanie (started in 2000) - see http://www.bobunitt.me.uk/steph/steph.htm. In order to avoid an enormous 'minimum order and postage' penalty, Could some kind soul pop them in an envelope and send them to me please ? I will of course reimburse any packing or postage expense. If you can help please drop me a PM and I'll give you my address.

TIA

Bob Unitt

Edited By Bob Unitt 1 on 08/01/2016 17:53:39

Yea !

I'm puzzled as to why you're "John Stephenson 3" instead of "David Stephenson 1" ? I think one "John Steph(v)enson" is plenty enough for any forum

And thumbs up on the MX5 - I have a year 2000 Mk 2, wouldn't be without it

Edited By Bob Unitt 1 on 31/12/2015 14:51:59

+1 - I use it all the time to stop the suds drying my skin.

Woodturners use something called 'safety cloth' for polishing, it tears if it catches rather than dragging you into the chuck. I see no reason why this shouldn't work with metal polish too.

I'll second this - I made a gunmetal and steel medieval mortar about 6 years ago, both metals showing signs of corrosion after a few weeks on the mantlepiece. I cleaned it up again and coated it with Rustin's Metal Lacquer, since when it's sat on that same mantlepiece, sometimes being picked up for examination by sweaty hands, and it still looks like it did the day it was lacquered.

This is coming along very nicely. It's prompted me to dig the components of my own 'Lady S' out of storage, with a view to finally completing her .

Edited By Bob Unitt 1 on 28/11/2015 12:27:14

A slight divert - be careful not to make the thread too good a fit, if the receiving thread is also aluminium. Years ago i was making threads to join two aluminium tubes for a friend, must have been around 1" by 12tpi. I cut the thread to my usual standards for steel or brass, and then screwed them together for a 'test fit'. Never did manage to get them apart again... I later learned that too good a fit on aluminium threads can cold-weld the threads together, irretrievably.

Is there anyone here from, or knows someone from, Llanelli & District Model Engineers ? I have some stuff I want to donate, but their web-page 'Contact LDME' doesn't work, and there's no other contact information available.

Edited By Bob Unitt 1 on 14/11/2015 11:25:55

At a rough guess, what you're actually seeing is on your own hard disk, not the forum photo album.

Not far behind me either, and I've been at it for 20...

I live not far from this museum, and can confirm that it's well worth a visit - even if the exhibits are somewhat larger than the usual Model Engineering fare

Might be worth painting them red, so they show up better.

You may find this of use, john - it's an index I made to all the Lady Stephanie construction articles.