Member postings for Steve King 5

I have this old drill press and it's great but as with a lot of drill presses it's just too fast for drilling metal.

I am hoping to attach this 24v dc motor to power it. It's from a mobility scooter .

I'll need a 240v a.c. input, 24v dc out put transformer and some sort of 24v dc input 0-24v dc output controller (I think)

Can any one point me in the right direction?

I think this is the correct place for this post but if not, admin please move it.

Thanks

Steve

Thanks Ron I've emailed the hull club.

Edited By Steve King 5 on 21/03/2019 06:57:17

Good morning everyone

Im New to the forum and thought I'd introduce myself.

I'm quite new to metal working and have a smart and brown model a lathe. Below is my first lathe a emcomat 7 with milling attachment.

Wish I'd kept this little lathe but it had to go as I wanted a larger one.

This is my model A

This is the only pictures I have of it at the moment.

This is my startrite drill press.

And this is my little faircut. Currently restoring it is (slowly)

I'm enjoying making tooling at the moment, it's cheaper than buying it and in the process I'm learning how to ues the equipment I have.

I have no training in the art of turning or metal working but enjoy spending time in the garage learning from my mistakes. The small projects iv made are In one of the album's I've created, please have a look.

My next purchase will hopefully be a shaper (saving up for one at the moment). Something like a boxford of elliot m10 but thanks to abom79 and Steve summers on YouTube the prices seem to be on the up.

Anyway this is me saying hi and looking forward to joining in forum discussion, posting my projects and progress.

I'd also be interested in joining a local hobby engineers club if anyone knows of one local to me (Hull)

Very interesting Jeff I would have never thought of that please see attached a picture a friend send to me when I asked advice on the same issue his name is Everett and he has a YouTube channel called Everetts workshop very nice chat always happy to help definitely worth checking him out.

Bob Astill

Thanks iv just subscribed to his channel.

Jeff Dayman

The problem I have is that one side of the dovetail on the tool post has 2 angles so it's quite difficult to get a good measurement.

See attached.

Hi all

I have a Colchester toolpost but unfortunately I have no tool holders. I'd like to make some but due to its design I can't easily get an accurate measurements from the toolpost it's self. I've attached some pictures that I've found on line. If any one has this toolpost, could I get some dimensions of your tool holder please.

Thanks

Steve