Member postings for Jon Lawes

I'd be interested too, sorry I can't help myself.

There are a couple of different types, do you mean the type with a toggle on the top to start and stop the flow?

There is something quite nice about using a machine that looks like it would be operated by someone in a dustcoat and a flat-cap... The new posh stuff looks far too nice to look at home in my workshop!

I vaguely remember seeing something similar on a sonobuoy, or possibly a torpedo drogue?

I tried CBD to try to calm down my Phantom Limb pain, only kicked in (hah!) years after I lost the leg. I found it did nothing that couldn't be considered a placebo affect, and just made me worry when work had random drug tests! As you might expect, having no THC content, works drug testing wasn't concerned by anything they found. I suspect its because there was nothing having any affect in there.

The Jag rev counter I used in my GT6 used an impulse drive of some sort which I ditched, I used a device from Spyda electronics I believe. That was to convert Smiths RVI to RVC.

I'm glad I've heard someone else say it! I'd never have admitted it myself otherwise. It does have a distinctive smell.

What about a vernier gear? different number of holes in two halves of the same gear, one indexed to the shaft and the other with the lobes on? or something of that ilk.

You already appear to be youtube savvy but that was going to be my suggestion; there are loads of furnace videos on there, mainly people melting scrap aluminium etc but I think there are still plenty of people trying to do cast iron. It's worth watching if only to not duplicate their mistakes.

One other thing to consider, big tools are often a huge investment. My grandfather bought his Lathe with his payout from the Navy on demob, it's now with me many years later. It will someday go to one of my children. The bigger bits may be old but they are still equally as valid alongside the newer technologies.

People are more able to communicate with like minded individuals, for better or worse!

It's evolving, but it seems to be holding steady from what I can see.

Glad to help

The options on the units he sells is 60, 120 or 240 mS

This might be useful

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The electric clocks website supplies drivers for these clocks (a friend used one on a clock he got from Boscombe Down and asked me to wire it up).

Would a sintered bearing cope with the side loads generated by a lathe?

Unless you are very special you pick up tools with sharp edges by the blunt bit. Leaving sharp edges on things adds a random element which could easily be avoided.

I am trying to show my boys how to do things properly in the workshop, a few seconds here could save a trip to casualty or even just some minor inconvenience.

I don't, but I will now.

ega, I'm sure there are better arrangements out there but I can't say I've ever felt held back by the standard ML7 toolpost. There are quicker/better systems for sure, but its fairly versatile especially when using various size tools.

I was involve in some of the trials work for the Harmonic dampers fitted to the Seaking rotorhead. Thats some big dampers!