Member postings for Jacob Williams

Good morning Gentlemen, i have my first  Myford 4 inch precision lathe, when i got the lathe the was no switch just a 240v household plug.

ive been using the lathe like this for a little while but reliase that i need a proper switch for it. it has the mount for a dewhurst switch , so does anyone have a spare laying round they would want to sell??

im also in the market for a small bench mounted mill or even just a pillar drill to get me started.

cheers

Edited By Jacob Williams on 11/03/2020 08:44:49

Right Gents.

We all know that the Dean Smith and Grace Lathe are the 'Rolls Royce' manual lathes but the question i want to ask you all is who made the best milling machine ever?

If you could buy only one Milling machine , any price what would you have?

Hi Guys, Just joined the forum , I live in llanfairfechan North Wales, Looking to start model engineering . I have a Myford 4inch precision lathe , but no tooling , so if any one is selling any or have any old bits and pieces laying around. i looking to finish a boat that my late  grandfather left me. I will be in the future looking to buy a mill etc

Anyways hope everyone is staying safe in this mad weather.

Edited By Jacob Williams on 23/02/2020 17:25:09

Hey folks, does any one have a Dewhurst reversing switch for sale? I need one for me myford 4inch precision lathe.

cheers

Hello folks, I'm new to the site/forum and a friend of mine who is an experienced model engineer and he has asked me to find the solution to a problem he has given me . The problem is that I want to drill a 26mm hole in a block of aluminium but the largest size drill bit is 24mm, how can the 26mm be drilled accurately and to the correct size an shape only using a milling machine ? He knows the answer but want me to find the solution and for the life of me I can't figure it out, Any thoughts?

kind regards

jacob