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I wager JasonB already has, no wonder he could make so many engines.

Michael W

Ditto, and their spare parts service is normally good too. Always someone to pick up the phone there.

I personally, found that there have been a lot of unfavourable stories about chester, so I have never used them, rightly or wrongly, it's saying just why I don't, despite their very good prices.

Michael W

You've just summed up perfectly the same culture that exists in quality control the world over, if the customer is willing to pay high enough, then appropriate measures will be taken.

Ironically my experience as a quality Inspector was for making car and electronic components here in the U.K,

You complain that the parts aren't meeting the grade, and unless they're either complaining or paying dear enough for it, it's just shrugged off by the management or shipped out on a prayer that they wont notice it.

One of the applications was for making roller bearings that went into winches, that needed a relatively high surface finish tolerance (I think around 0.15 Ra), you could go three times over that upper limit before anyone even bothered changing the tool.

It's precisely because it's so tempting to just say it'll be okay, when it's so close. The production manager is essentially guessing what the designer or end user thinks is important to them.

Its not a case of what nationality the company belongs to, it's more a case of whether a company has taken quality control seriously, even harder to get them to care when the customer doesn't pay for it.

Michael W

Hi,

I've got the double taper on good quality presto HSS dies too. So I think it is more a standard practice than a quality issue.

Michael W

That's one seriously sweet lathe.

Michael W

I think it's far more common than you tend to realize, you can only cut it once and then it's gone. So you don't want to mess up.

I always keep in mind the expression of the late Joe Martin, CEO of Sherline;

"I never knew anybody who messed something up by taking too light a cut"

​​Now we can all just go listen to some nice jazz and spend the rest of the day chilling out about it. 

Michael W

Edited By Michael-w on 18/11/2017 13:07:34

And so does a bit of junior carpentry

Michael W

Not really sure how the MT reamer can wander if it's following a pre-determined path by the roughed out shape? Surely it will cut relative to bored/tapered hole that's already there?

Besides which, your tail stock has got to be near enough bang on in the first place, otherwise you'd notice all those off centre holes you've been drilling. 

Michael W

Edited By Michael-w on 17/11/2017 21:24:40

Amen to that. They spent the two previous OS's getting back to where they should be.

I must admit Captcha's are one of my pet hates and some of the hoops and puzzles you have to jump through are hilarious.

Hope this does well, he always lent an ear, a hand and his 2 pence on things.

Michael W

I don't know what the budget situation is like, would be easier to give a clearer answer if it was VS something else to buy, but I don't think you could go far wrong for just a trial yourself.

Michael W

Edited By Michael-w on 16/11/2017 16:24:01

We're all timers, just a matter of when we become old, and who cares, old can be cool.

I would imagine that the gauge suitability is relative to the size of the cylinder, and therefore specific to it's pressure.

Generally speaking, I would've thought it would be okay so long as you know its suitably rated with regards to the pressure.

Michael W

Quickly, everybody go to his defence before the booksales plummet!

The majority of the guns used in crimes in the UK are either smuggled from abroad or are retro-fits and Saturday night specials. So you're correct, banning them here would have zero impact on the ones who use them for crime.

With the right expertise it would prove utterly impossible to prevent a minded person to creating their own anyway, unless you want to start banning table salt.

Michael W

I don't know what use the light would have in our environment, probably why it's on your list. I agree flood coolant sounds like a great idea but in reality turns out to be far more trouble and hassle than it's worth if your machine was never designed to cope with it.

One I do have to disagree with though would be the cross slide vise. definitely ends all those moments on the pillar drill needing to swivel and turn the table to get the right alignment. The vise itself isn't very delicate must admit, but I use it to hold a smaller vise inside that, which is like a small toolmakers vise.

Michael W

Edited By Michael-w on 16/11/2017 10:41:59

I really think he'd actually laugh at all of this.

I just use this stuff **LINK**

For my intents and purposes i'm quite happy to go without flood coolant having tried it.

A little bit of neat cutting oil does help the tool, I find, and I don't end up in a state afterwards.

Good idea to deposit it in a little container with a brush beside ​it.

Michael W

Edited By Michael-w on 12/11/2017 13:34:45

Good luck everybody and may the favour of the model gods be bestowed upon ye.

Michael W