Member postings for Mark Gould 1

Ok thanks Jason and Clive, I will do my best. It’s great knowing you can come here and get such help and at such very short notice.

Thanks again,

Mark

Gents,

I am making a Stuart Triple Expansion engine, or at least giving it my best shot. According to the drawings, I have to tap a hole 7 BA “dead”. Can anyone tell ne what “dead” means in this context?

Thanks,

Mark

No idea why this website insists on rotating photo’s. Sorry about that. Perhaps one of the admins could rotate it for me?

Edited By Mark Gould 1 on 29/08/2022 15:12:29

Gents,

I just wanted to post an online thanks to John at Newton Tesla for repairing my CL-750 in record time and getting it back to me in the Netherlands within a week.

thanks a lot John for the excellent service. If anyone is looking for a fantastic lathe controller, deal with NT with absolute confidence. An excellent product with fantastic after sales service.

Mark

Edited By Mark Gould 1 on 29/08/2022 15:09:13

Not lost on me 😂😂😂

Ok to bring this to a close, I have found them on the Elesa-Ganter website and they cost €1,66 each

😄

I have found the thread guages and found that it seems to be M16x1.5. The original sight glasses come from a company called Elesa-Ganter who sell all sorts of hydraulic parts.

Edited By Mark Gould 1 on 02/08/2022 14:33:27

Thanks ega,

I spoke to NT yesterday and have sent them the unit for repair. The fwd/rev switch broke. Apparently

they have since switched to a newer, better switch that fails to fwd. My older switch fails to zero.

thanks,

Mark

Edited By Mark Gould 1 on 02/08/2022 14:18:22

Gents,

I was planning to change the oil in my FB-2 today but when I unscrewed the oil sight plug it broke

I am now without machines as the Newton Tesla CL-750 on the Super 7 failed yesterday. Complete disaster!

Does anyone happen to know what the thread is on the oil sight plug? I see

that there are plenty for sale online and think they may be cheaper than the original from Emco.

thanks and warm regards from the Netherlands

Mark

Thanks Michael!

Mark

Sorry just to be clear, I am looking for the .pdf that someone made which shows the dimensions of the felt wipers. If that is on the HWM website I cannot find it.

Thanks,

Mark

Hello gents,

I seem to remember someone posting the dimensions for the felt wipers for a Myford Super 7. I have purchased some felt and would like to try and cut my own. They are very expensive if bought from Myford.

Thanks in advance,

Mark

Edge Technology sell one. Not cheap but a nice bit of kit. I’d lend you mine but shipping from NL to you would make it cheaper for you to buy one yourself Chris.

https://www.machine-dro.co.uk/lathe-tailstock-to-headstock-alignment-gauge-bar-from-edge-technology

Mark

Edited By Mark Gould 1 on 11/10/2020 21:49:15

Knock 10% off, you may find the seller in a good mood.

I almost melted today, we have now had 8 consecutive days with temperatures above 30 C here in the Netherlands. This has never happened before. The previous record was 6 consecutive days above 30 and that dated from 1975.

Good recommendation, I have the same set, very handy. Arc sell that set too, but for less

https://www.arceurotrade.co.uk/Catalogue/Measurement/Parallels-Angle-Blocks-Test-Bars/Precision-Angle-Block-Set-17pcs

Mark

Loving this thread as I suspect many are Pete, any chance of some new photo’s?

Mark

Thanks Gray, you did say you needed the occasional prod

Nice of you to start this thread Graham. Always handy to see other FB-2 machines and exchange ideas.

i have made Grahams most excellent spindle lock.

Funniest thing I’ve read in weeks!