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And while you're at it, turn a morse taper plug to put in the tailstock, to keep the muck out when there's no actual tooling in it.

I had an ancient (1890's) Melhuish treadle lathe with a gap bed hole like that. The hole was to locate a removable fill-in piece of bed, so the saddle could be brought closer to the headstock. Have a look at the thread What are member's thoughts on gap-beds ?

I built my first engine (a Reeves' 'Trojan' ) on that lathe. There's nothing quite like treadling to teach you the value of sharp tools...

Edited By Bob Unitt 1 on 01/04/2023 12:01:36

I regularly use a hacksaw on chucked-up pieces in the lathe. The cure to the problem you describe is a very simple 2-minute job to make - a piece of wood with 'feet' either side to straddle the lathe bed. I use the same board to protect the bed when changing chucks etc.

Most of my fastener requirements are in the smaller BA ranges. I use the type of small glass pot the jam comes in on a cream-tea. I used to scrounge these from hotels and restaurants, but nowadays I buy them bulk from Amazon.

That's what I'm looking for - I bought 2of those 25 years ago, and I've just finished the second.

Bob

That's the big tin, which I suspect I'll end up having to buy anyway...

Is Trefolex still available in small quantities ? I'm just coming to the end of a small pot (20 grams ?) of it I bought at an exhibition many years ago and, looking round, all I can find is 1/2 kilogram tins. Given how long the little pot has lasted for me, a tin that size might well outlast me, my children and my grandchildren !

Bob Unitt

Back in the 90's I used jeweller's rouge on a softwood mandrel to finish the bore on my first steam engine, a Reeves Trojan. That engine ran fine on very few PSI, and still does 25 years later

Thanks folks, I'll go with the 638 and see what happens.

I need to glue a brass plug into a gunmetal hole. I have Loctite's 603, 609 and 638 - which would be the best for this application ?

Nic

Your nearest club is probably Hereford (33 miles). The welsh clubs that I know of are all 50 or more miles from you, and not necessarily on such good roads. I used to live near the Hereford club, and it's well worth a visit. Take a look at Hereford Model Engineers website for more info.

Bob

The only one I see regularly is "HTTPS only Mode Alert - Secure Site Not Available". I'd never seen the "Potential Security Risk Ahead" warning before, and I spend a lot of time on the browser.

Take care! this URL caused Firefox to give me a warning:-

Warning: Potential Security Risk Ahead

Firefox detected a potential security threat and did not continue to brunell.com. If you visit this site, attackers could try to steal information like your passwords, emails, or credit card details.

I thought the whole point of an NVR was to make sure the machine couldn't restart itself after a power cut ?

I wonder what the scrap value would be ?

Sorry for the late response, I've only just spotted this. The most likely reason you're getting this is because the URL starts with "http://" rather than the later "https://". The "https" mode is more secure, but it doesn't necessarily mean the "http" site has a Trojan, just that it is more vulnerable to being infected, and subsequently infecting you. In fact, "https" works on that Boxford site as well, so the url should be changed to "https://www.boxford-software.com/etc" for better security.

These handles are stressed across their width, so I wouldn't be happy using a grainy wood. I think I'll try the Teflon.

Thanks for all the ideas, folks.

With many thanks to Rod - I can confirm that the N151.2-250-5E 1125 inserts fit the older-style Q-cut as pictured below.

I have a Stanley oven with a broken handle. It looks like it's a plastic moulding of some kind, or possibly bakelite. Having discovered that replacement handles cost in excess of £50 (!) I'd like to make my own. The shape looks fairly straightforward to reproduce. The material needs to be heatproof and to be a good heat insulator, and workable with either woodworking or metalworking tools - any suggestions ?

Edited By Bob Unitt 1 on 25/01/2023 12:42:33

It's an old term for an item of clothing - "don't take anything off till April". When I was an archer we used to do something called a 'clout shoot', where we shot a ballistic trajectory to hit a target flat on the ground 180 yards away. The original target would have been an item of clothing.