Member postings for Jesse Hancock 1

Neil, sorry mate but can you enlighten me as to how I make alignment drill guide.

Jason I pretty much think so too.

PS: I think by the time I finish this engine I will have posted about 2,000 times.

Edited By Jesse Hancock 1 on 10/04/2015 09:52:47

Edited By Jesse Hancock 1 on 10/04/2015 10:00:03

Never liked WiFi and have always wondered why people have it in their home. (Fine if you're out and about.) Used to get terrible reception whenever a motor vehicle went by. (not so bad today(better insulated)).

As for other stuff which affects your lungs almost everything you breath with the exception of clean air does you no good. (See discussions on fumes from lathes etc.) Coal miners, steel makers, flour millers, loft insulators, and on and on. Any industry generating seen and unseen air pollution is no good to human longevity. Remember the Swedes moaning about acid rain coming from Britain? Drive motorways for long enough and you will be filthy and possibly feeling tired or ill from fumes (hence the recommendation to take frequent rests).

JasonB, I haven't heard of those Jason I will have a look thanks.

Jason I'm waiting for my new mill to arrive. I wouldn't trust the other one I have as far as I can throw it!

Allan, it's expensive getting started and so like you I get tempted into all sorts of ill gotten thoughts.

Bob Brown. Done similar mate but not on that scale. Your canine mate below sounds like good advice to me.

Edited By Jesse Hancock 1 on 10/04/2015 07:42:21

Hi guys, I am about to drill the holes for the camshaft bearings in the aluminium casting of the Westbury Sealion.

The part has three supports about 50mm apart and each support is 12mm thick. Length over all is 132mm. I was going to drill and ream using long drills and reams bought for the job.

Is there anyone who can offer advice? This has to be accurate and right first time.

Regarding G or C clamp usage: at a pinch I have filed a central V groove in the static end (Anvil?) 90 degrees to the frame and opposite the centre of the ball and swivel, which I have then used to hold a similar knife edge as you Allan.

However beware G clamps are made of malleable material which can buckle sideways or the jaws can open if too much grunt is used on the tommy bar.

I know because I used to get the job of straightening them out once they were distorted by our gorillas.

I keep pinching myself and wondering if I am really part of the human race.

I stayed home waiting for a delivery from Machine Mart (a larger Milling machine). A blue Transit arrived? No markings so it seems those profit conscious people at Machine Mart employ a private company to deliver for them. No harm in that.

Youngish guy jumps out. I call out "Good morning." to him as you do. My anticipation grew as he semi jogged his way to the rear doors and opened them. With that "I've bought myself a birthday present feeling." rising in my mind.

The guy, late twenties, longish hair, struggles a bit to slide the parcel to the lip of the van, I'm making my way up the steps to perhaps help a bit. He bear-hugs the parcel and semi drops / slides it to the roadside. The hair on my neck prickles a little at the manner of transfer.

I look at the box it clearly shows a Mini Lathe in it's Clarke yellow livery!!!!

"Take it back mate it's wrong." His jaw dropped almost as heavily as he had dropped the box but luckily the top end still rested on the lip of the van. His face changed to a rye grin, "Yeah I've had this trouble from them before. Can you sign this just to say I tried?" I sign his bit of paper and look in the back of the van. No rope, not even a bit of string. I thought about an emergency stop and the weight of the lathe 40K trying to imagine the damage to the lathe, never mind the thump in the back he would get.

I shout "Bye. Drive carefully and have a good day. At least the sun is out." I watch as he roars off down the road.

Experience comes at a price.

A case of don't shot the messenger I guess.

Sorry to say lads but due to cutting prices and costs, places like Machine Mart won't be employing professionals as they don't pay the wages. The guys at my local Machine Mart openly admit they don't have a clue since they haven't any expertise in engineering of any sort. Having said that I guess the way to go would be take an electrician or engineer with you if possible, or at the very least seek advice (catalogue in hand) from one.

As Britain sinks slowly into oblivion as far as a producer of goods is concerned I fear this situation will only get worse.

Edited By Jesse Hancock 1 on 09/04/2015 08:31:06

Raymond, no worries mate, because had you pared the 90 down to 70 your next job would almost certainly be 85 sods law being what it is.

If the lathe is large it will be heavy and without going into lots of detail it's best to prepare.

Good set of crow bars and levers with hard wood blocks for pivots.

Hoist or 'A' frame readily available.

Good strops - wire,rope, and nylon woven varieties. Avoid chain unless it's been tested and you are using lifting eyes.

Have your adjusting spanners at the ready.

Skates can be a real god send. Hire them if you have more than just a few feet to move the lathe.

Get a few mates around to help. Don't attempt moving heavy loads on your own. Then as above.

Hi Fizzy, If you can get hold of some heavy angle lipped under the full length of the lathe(?), drill holes to match the lugs and resort to your original idea I reckon you should be okay. (A bit of belt and braces)

Just ordered set of metric taps and dies. According to the blurb they are at half price made by Volkel German company what else.... Well I hope they are but I still remember those snap in drill bits German my botty.

Ouballie: I know exactly where you are coming from. (My grass is rattling the windows now and the darn sun has come out so no excuses there then.)

Oompa, Next you'll expect us to stay on topic huh!

Buy any and all books pertaining to engineering from 1900 - to the present. They will still be around when junk written on the internet has long been gone and forgotten. You can't take a CD to bed to read it and (for those with I pads etc) you don't need to keep upgrading a book to read it.

Yeah in reality it's a vast subject which reached a zenith in the 14 - 18 war and one that I used to be interested in myself.

Books however are a dying breed and so I suggest you trawl all the second hand book shops you can for books on the subject. Sadly many tons of books will never be seen again due to recycling as they call it.

Also try googling artillery rather than anything specific like howitzer or French 75 for instance.

Most pound shops charge more or less the same prices as anyone else from what I see. In any case if ASDA charges 60 pence for an item are you really going to pay £1.00 for the same in a pound shop?

I confess I honestly believe I am mildly dyslexic. I also think we may see a down turn in spelling skills since the introduction of please yourself schooling. Every once in a while in junior school in Oz we had to march along and see the head mistress (her name was Mrs Ashton and oddly her husband was the head Mmmm). She was between 65 and 650yrs old if I remember right. The reason was to see how many words you knew and then they were able to put you in the correct pen, sorry class. A,B,C,D. A=adult? B=brat? C= cute? D=dunce. The thing was Mrs Ashton may have been a sadist as she had a stick in her hand which she used to point to each word and if you got it wrong she would slab the back of your legs with the stick. Nothing like stinging calf muscles to sharpen the mind aye?

I remember ANZAC day mate. Those long speeches followed by two minutes stood to attention head bowed in silence watching kids faint in the boiling heat.

What was the topic here?

Edited By Jesse Hancock 1 on 05/04/2015 07:15:23

Any one of the Headings is well worth a read in my opinion.

They are relatively cheap as books go and I have never found any one of them unhelpful.

At first you can tailor your collection to your needs and your sphere of interest but I find them all interesting so I might be an addict.

Larry, hope you're still reading this thread.

They use the method which you describe to bend large diameter tubing into arcs as well. While working on the New dock at Avonmouth we tried to bend pipes using this method. We failed since we just couldn't control either the heat or the cooling process.

Just google large diameter pipe bending and be prepared to have your neurons flip.

What works in one direction also works in the other to take out a bend heat the bend and then cool it until it becomes straight.

Edited By Jesse Hancock 1 on 04/04/2015 09:11:47

This takes me back to 8bit PET personal computer and that wonderful thing called a Commodore. Half an hour to load a rubbish program of 32 K only to have it crash. PC's have moved on thank god.

I only have one (quick change system?). It was a cheap one so I suppose I shouldn't moan too much.

I had to fettle the whole tool before things slid together and setting the various tools caught me out (tool rocking in holder), my fault but beware when setting each holder with it's variant tool.

It does speed up tip changing but can get in the way as it's bulkier and you have to ease the wedge to allow easy ejection of the tool. Then of course you have to tighten the next tool in place.

I have bought an extra four way tool holder now and using two tools in each holder I have pre-set for height and overhang. Almost as quick I find as the single quick change tool holder.

If you're in business or producing hundreds of the same part then a quick change may be of benefit. For everyday swarf making what's the hurry anyway?

Edited By Jesse Hancock 1 on 02/04/2015 09:08:47

Yeah see the "ruling" bodies have been trying for 1,000's of years to standardise everything from a pound to a pinch of shit.

But as pointed out by the by those who never cut their finger nails even a pinch of shit can vary considerably. Never mind at least we can agree what a long wait is, particularly if the council has closed the local convenience.

However if it's a sash-cord weight you're looking for then forget it and buy double glazing.

Am I making any sense? Then why expect white collar EU pen pushing jobs worth to make any cents either?

I also hear that Britain does a good line in imaginary jobs now too. So I'm getting a couple of those to double my imaginary income.

I'm not sure but I may have lost the plot here.

Smarts now wait till you go to bed.