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Ha ha, older generation and ‘puters! I am a member of a group which has over 200 members (250 maximum). Only about 40 (maybe a few more) take their monthly newsletter by email.

The club is so biased against the new technology that those that take the email newsletters are only allowed a £4 reduction in annual subscriptions - so are effectively subsidising the majority who insist on receiving 11 extra mailings per annum.

Think here paper, printing, envelopes, labels and stamps - let alone the time spent folding and stuffing envelopes, etc, compared with the pressing of one ‘send’ instruction on the computer seems to be worth only 36p each month. The newsletters are keyed-in by volunteers who do not receive any remuneration for their efforts.

12 volt ignition coils only take 5 amps max as a resistive component within a contact breaker system. As soon as the engine starts that will be reduced considerably - dwell angle and inductive nature of the coil will both reduce the current, the first during thewhole speed range and the second more so at high rpm.

The capacitive discharge system I made, back in the 70s could have used a 1A meter to virtually read rpm, IIRC.

I use ABC. They may not, on occasions, be as cheap as the internet but I do know the quality of the items I purchase. They often have a choice of quality - but I rarely ever buy the cheapest!

Inspiration - maybe. Sorted - No.

Still loctited for the vast majority, I would guess.

But if it ends this thread, all well and good.!

Yes, they will prosper, with good service such as that. And they don’t send out ‘returned as faulty’ goods hoping the next customer won’t notice a small fault. Nor do they just simply sell rubbish - hoping the customer will accept low quality because it was cheap or too much hassle to return the goods.

Arc are my most favoured supplier, for those reasons.

On some forums one can arrange for the posts to be shown from most recent downwards. A much more useful system as no scrolling down the last page is required.

And there was the bloke, in the US, who used a bullet as a fuse in his car. Not sure ig he completely joined the Darwin awards, but certainly would only have been firing on one cylinder, at best!

Yep, best alternative is “loctited”!

If it ain’t broke, why try to fix it?

Edited By not done it yet on 24/05/2018 07:32:17

It is something you’ve missed.

A simple way to not need to check for new messages by that tiny blinking thing at the top of the page!

I never click on email links unless I am sure it is not a scam..... banks, tax man, police, epay,paypal, any that might be dodgy - they all get binned.

Edited By not done it yet on 24/05/2018 07:29:40

Diameter with tooth count, or DP/MOD might help.

My two pennies worth. When I first used loctite (nearly 50 years ago), that was all it was. I had no idea, back then, when loctite was first marketed. There were no other alternatives that I knew of. I think I still have that first small bottle - it did not go off like some later copies.

So, even though there are lots of grades and alternative manufacturers these days, I still refer to the general procedure as loctited. If using Loctite, I might (or should) use a capiltal ‘L’ to denote the proper noun as opposed to a generic term.

The terms will stay with me for the rest of my days, but I do accept that it may need extra qualification with all the different forms available these days. Roundup and glyphosate come to mind as another example.

I do often object to a cell being called a battery, or a different vacuum cleaner being called a Hoover. I also object to beehive boxes being referred as broods and supers when they are actually deeps and shallows (British National Hive Standard), or bees ’hatching’ from the larval state (eggs hatch, bees emerge).

3mm to 5mm shaft connectors for RC applications are available on epay. Not good enough?

Other changes are available.  You might need to buy one which is smaller and bore it out?

Edited By not done it yet on 21/05/2018 13:06:08

Yes, Geoff, that is the one.

A friend picked up this machine and I was looking for some specs - motor power, spindle fitting, can it be be used with a stub arbor, belt pulley arrangement, etc.

I think his jack shaft has only one pulley at present and a separate motor has been fitted with a belt from motor tp spindle pulley. Says lowest speed is 160rpm, which is rediculous as it looks as though quite large cutters can be fitted.

I daresay he will get it apart somehow, but he knows little more about it at present than it is heavy! I’m guessing it will be a 1” arbor?

Has anyone got one, had one, or used one and is willing to share some experience and/or details of the machine, please?

SFA on lathes dot co for this machine. Looks like a sturdy, but limited (size-wise) machine.

I found a pic on ‘goggle images’ of a vertical head added to one, but no detail, and only one possibly useful post on the mig welding forum from some time ago.

Anyone help?

My compressor has always had a vertical tank. About 150 litres at a guess - may even be 200. Presumably they are available from a ‘proper’ pneumatic shop.

Most vertical arrangements I have seen have been small capacity compressors fitted atop the receiver.

I would not be turning a compressor on end, without confirmation from the manufacturer - they, too, will possibly get some condensation at some time. Parking them on end may mean any moisture might collect where it will do no good at all to the ‘bottom’ bearing. There may also be end-float problems within the design, if orientated differently.

How about simply fitting another receiver, either in series or parallel with the existing, Hanging from the ceiling is aways a possibility, even if only connected temporarily when required!

Edit to add: Another point worth checking is the duty cycle for your machine.  It may not cope with extended running.

Edited By not done it yet on 18/05/2018 21:57:26

Assuming here the boring head has been changed on the same machine/workpiece setting?

Changed head height on a round column machine? Relying on a drilled hole to be straight?

If not, you could try removing the boring head and installing it at 180 degrees in the machine and look for a different result. Possibly there is something (foreign body or a burr) inside your spindle that needs cleaning out?

Possible tramming error and one side is off centre when drilled?

If I want to drill something true, I use an end mill, not a drill.

Several possibilities so, yes, a pic and detailed method of working is likely required to see what is wrong.

OP is either trying to take a very shallow cut or is mixing units. 0.1mm and 0.0064 in two consecutive sentences! I strongly suspect the latter.

Either way the angle of the carrige must be changing cyclically. I reckon the banding on shallow cuts would disappear if continual force were to be applied to one corner of the carriage during cutting - or the banding would change if the corner of the carriage was bumped at different times. It is likely it may be triggered by the lead screw between harder and easier turning. So IMO it is either carpy adjustment or carpy lathe.

A kitchen oven is good enough for that, as long as the thermostat is accurate (or you know the error!).

Would needle roller bearings be an option?

It is what it is. No reason to add to other people’s quotes which then might get requoted ad nauseum.