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Possibly a plan b. 🙂 Or make some out of silver steel perhaps.

I can't compromise on size unfortunately. What are the sites you found? I can only find the sizes I need at boneham. Minimum delivery is £7 which seems a lot for 2 pins.

I'll take a look. 🙂

Hi guys

Does anyone know where I can buy imperial sized hardened dowel pins in small quantities?

I literally just need a couple of 7/32 dia by 5/8 long. I don't fancy buying a 100 @ £25. 😔

I find the ccgt tips used for alu give a better finish with a larger radius .4 or above. The .2 leave a fine spiralling.

Go with an oscillating engine. It's about as simple as it gets. I'd recommend looking on YouTube for something you can follow along with. Then if you get stuck it's just a case of watching how others did it.

Cowells also do M14x1 threaded chucks though I'm not sure on the size of register.

They are very expensive new but very good quality. You might get lucky and find one second hand though.

Hi guys

I need a flat belt for my duplex d27 tool post grinder, unfortunately I have lost the original belt so I don't have the printed code from the belt or the size measurements and I'm struggling to find any info online.

Anyone know the size? or does anyone have a d27 they could have a quick look at for me? It would be greatly appreciated.

Also if anyone knows where to buy them that would be great.

Thanks in advance.

Thanks.

I've just finished stripping it down and removing the old paint. Judging by the way it's been made, which is rather crude and almost like it was put together in a hurry. I am starting to believe it might have been a kit of parts finished by an enthusiastic amateur or as an apprentice piece?

Hi guys.

I picked up this little watchmakers drill at a bootsale at the weekend. It's a abit crudely made but it's a charming little thing. I intend to strip it and refurb it. But before I do I would like to know if anyone knows anything about it? I've sesrched the web but cannot find another the same, nor any brand that looks similar?

I use the "T51" size toolpost on my Boxford. If you buy the set it comes with a parting tool and holder.

I'm not an expert with titanium by any means but have done some work with it.

The thing to remember is that it work hardens very quickly if you don't keep the cutting temps down. Incidentally it heats up very fast and seems to hold heat. Therefore sharp tooling, slow speeds and coolant are a must. Expect to ruin plenty of tooling if it is too hot!

IMO turning doesn't present much of a problem, drilling and tapping on the other hand can be difficult. It is sometimes easier to bore holes in titanium than drill in my experience. With tapping you might find the tap has a tendency to get stuck often, again if you can "single point" screw cut that can be an advantage.

Had a bit of a nightmare with this new payment thing. But that's a story for another day.

Anyway..

Firstly you need to choose whether you want to be paid (into you bank account) daily or weekly. The payments are then "processed" which takes about a day, before being sent to your account. This usually takes another day but reading their terms it can take upto 4 days!

For me I am usually paid very early morning and then the funds appear in my account about 1pm

Though I am aware of Millhill, Well known is not words I would use to describe them.

It's basically one obscure website with no online shop to pretty much serve the whole of Europe? A job that IMO they don't do particularly well. I emailed them about 6 months ago and I am still waiting for a reply. 🙄 I mean they don't even advertise on forums or in the magazines. I imagine most people have no idea who Millhill are or even that they exist.

It may seem a little brutal of me but IMO Sherline should dump Millhill and partner up with some of the bigger boys, Chronos, Warco, Arceuro, Axminster etc to really get their products out there. I am convinced Sherline have the products that fill a gap in the market over here. I collet micro lathes and the choices available new are basically a cheap Chinese c0 an overpriced Proxxon or a very expensive Cowells. Everything else secondhand (Emco) commands a premium because of demand and the watchmakers stuff isn't really suitable for model engineering.

Second to that some of their range of chucks would fly off the shelves over here. A very nice quality American made precision chuck for example costs about $100 which is a bit of a bargain when compared with similar offerings over here which are crudely made usually in China yet cost almost as much?

Sherlines are nice machines and they seem to punch well above their weight considering their small size.

It's frankly unbelievable that their presence in the UK and Europe is almost non existent! The market over here is very strong.

Sandwich the metal sheet between 2 pieces of wood and then you can just cut through the whole lot with a scroll saw. 😉

Oddly enough, the last threadlock I bought was "Loxeal" brand. Made in Italy. Might be worth a look.

While we are on the subject, it's worth noting there is a LOT of fake loctite around at the minute. I'd be wary of buying from ebay or amazon!

With that in mind what other brands do people prefer?

While it's in bits spray some WD40 down the hole and let it sit for a while. Re assemble and then just wind the quill all the way back. The chuck taper should be self ejecting.

Your choice of motors is almost endless. You probably just want something reasonably small say 100 to 300w AC

Brand wise I don't really think it matters. Parvalux make good small motors. But I think even a Chinese machine mart special would be fine.