Member postings for JC54

I made the tool holder as per Mikesworkshop for my ancient Drummond lathe and as a beginer found it to be one of the best tooling parts that I have ever made. So easy to sharpen for the beginer. I have just made two more to suit my Myford/Drummond M. Have mounted them on a Norman Patent style tool post mounted on the crosslide.

John

I am pleased it is not just me that has this problem. I have looked at it that if they cannot be bothered to answer then I will take my money elsewhere....John

Many thanks Steve for your latest "Crab" video. What a really amusing and ingenious mechanism. I want one!!!!!! John

That's what I like about this forum. This donation of "scrap?" to a worthy cause rather than melted down maybe to return to us as chineesium tooling. Good on ya Roger.

Have any more members got articles, metals etc that are scrap to them but may be of use to other members?

could you post a list of meeting dates for 2019 please? Nice running on 1 Jan 2019, more locos and again very enjoyable morning. John

4 of us went to a steam up at Whissendine by the Melton Mowbray Model Engineering Club. Had a very pleasant couple of hours and looked at and got invited to drive some lovely locos. Many thanks to the very friendly people especially the ladies keeping the supply of cups of tea and bacon butties coming. See you all in 2019.

I often see Bisley at autojumbles I bought a couple for £10.00 each a couple of years ago. Well made and take some "hammer".

3 of us went over Sunday and despite the cold had a good time. People very friendly and informative. Hopefully hangover permitting will go to the New Year's Day steam up.

Many thanks Jason.

JC

Can anyone tell me what issue of MEW the article on making an Optical Centre Punch appears please?

Thanks for the update Steve. Weather permitting a couple of us are going to nip over. What sort of time do you get going? John

Hello Coogy the more yellowbellies the better.... Welcome aboard. I am about as far south as you can get in Lincolnshire without being a damm furinerr. JC

Stan Bray in his book "Making Model Steam Engines" shows drawings for a Clapper engine called "Clarence" this is a steam/compressed air engine using a ball bearing valve lifted by a pin in the top of the piston. Hope this helps JC

Obviously from south of Newark, North of Stamford, East of Melton Mowbray and west of Bourne.

Jason, many thanks for showing the "SAVE AS" command. I now have a master tool holder drawing and several variants saved for different sized tooling. Just what I wanted.. JC

Just a thought could they be something to do with a theodolite/surveying equipment? I have a fitting very similar to the "connector" at the top of these articles that came with some theodolite bits of my fathers. I have often wondered what the piece was from originally. JC

I tend to use a Uno and breadboard for development work once it is all working OK transfer to Pro Mini and either strip board or Printed Circuit Board. I use a UNO with the main chip removed to programme the mini. JC

Yes I bought a load of Pro Minis cheap on fleabay

I think this question may be linked to previous answer but have got a bit lost. I have manage to design a tool holder for my myford "m" but I want to draw several variants based on the same basic design. Is there a "save as" command? So that I can launch the original, alter it and save to a new file. JC

I gave the chuck and arbour a good workout today with a lot more abuse than I usually give my tools/machinery and everything stayed nicely together and worked perfectly. Once again many thanks for your suggestions. JC

Thanks all for the suggestions. I have only used it for drilling.

Cleaned everything up today, marked with permanent marker and gave it a twist. Yes very slight burr that i couldn't feel..

A quick lap using of all things autosoll cleaned it up nicely. Arbour now in freezer and chuck on radiator, hopefully they will shrink fit together nice and tight. JC