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I ordered some off ebay earlier. aluminium brazing solder it melts at 300 degrees. you don't need flux with them. i think they are johnson mathey ones. the seller is called ablemablecrafts.

Hello Lee

No i'm sure it would not happen if i had locked the quill. i did start to lock the quill before i realised what was causing it.

And i know i should lock it anyway.

Henry.

I have had this problem with my osaki mmd250 mill a couple of times. it turns out it was where i was using the fine tuning wheel and when it touched the work it took the backlash out of it and pulled the head down. i always turn the knob to raise the head upwards further than i need to then come down with the head to take the backlash out, that stopped it happening for me.

I did a couple of terms in turnford and it is well worth doing if you want to learn lathe and milling.

I used to live in Hoddesdon but moved to Thurrock Essex about 10 years ago. I still come back to have a walk around Hertford And hartham common, Very beautiful place. They do courses in turnford college for model engineering. And you have got glr kennions supplies in roydon.

Hello Ron. Thanks for the reply.

I was thinking about cast iron but i ordered some steel square this morning.

Your cast iron one looks good though.

I hope mine comes out as nice as brians.

Thank you very much for the reply.

Yes that is another idea. i think i will just sleeve it though.

I have used this thread as a reference a lot as well in the last year.

I started cutting some spokes for the minnie, i think the angle grinder is going to have to come out to do the rough cuts its too much with a piercing saw. i need to find some tube for the wheels as well.

Yesterday i made the foundation ring of my minnie boiler all fit nice. i just need to silver solder the backhead and foundation ring on now.

I am in Ockendon. i found the bits i said about earlier at Dunton boot sale.

I got very lucky at a boot sale and bought a tool box full of mills drills and different bits for £40 most of them new. They are one of the best quality makes as well.

Merry Christmas and happy new year Ron and everyone else.

I just use the back of unwanted paper to mark measurements on for marking out.

I have seen on Bentleys and some porsches audi and vw printed on the parts. They are nothing like the Real Bentleys anymore.

Mercedes are not like they used to be, Lots of plastic bits and electronics. They seem to go wrong more than the average car now especially the sprinter vans.

I don't like these cars without dipsticks either at all.

It is nice when you do things like that and they go right. i have not tried cutting threads on the lathe itself yet.

Hello Guy

i don.t know what area you are in but they do model engineering courses in Broxbourne in Hertfordshire College.

The smallest lathe is a Chester DB10. If there is no courses near you just read books and look on the internet and ask on here.

Henry.

I silver soldered the motion pad and cylinder pad in the minnie boiler i thought it best to do that first. i have been putting it off for ages as i was dreading soldering but it went well.