Member postings for Jim Curry

Tidy job there, Pete. Did you make the bit-holder too?

Thanks for all your answers. I cut one piece with the grinder and the end has indeed gone a bit buggered, to use Rik's vernacular scale. It's only 8mmx8mm - I'll try the 'slice it and sock it' and 'disc it and dunk it' approaches and form an opinion. Many thanks for the speedy replies.

Best, Jim

Edited By Jim Curry on 16/07/2019 13:47:47

Excuse the newbie question but - is it OK to use a 1mm disc angle grinder to cut HSS steel rod to size? Or does the heat de-temper the metal? Even if it did, would it be possible to re-temper it with the gas torch like other steel, or is HSS steel different?

Thanks in advance, Jim

Thank you all for your warm welcome! Lot of forum 'back-catalogue' to catch up on, looking forward to it.

I'll try the mobile, and let you know how I get on. Thanks again.

Thanks Bill! I did my little intro in the new members bit, but to recap, I'm hoping in general to learn some wisdom from the amassed expertise of the forums here to help me get started with my little C0 lathe, "by Sieg out of Axminster", as it were. I've always messed about with vintage (for which read clapped-out) vehicles and motorcycles, but as I descend gracefully into my dotage I'm looking for smaller projects. I'm intrigued by some of the smaller engines I've read about here and elsewhere - the Sterling engine has particularly caught my eye as something to start with. I've also built a little gas cylinder propane furnace, which successfully produced some latheable aluminium billet at my first attempt a few days ago. Whilst looking through the classifieds, I noticed a Sieg mini mill for what looked like a reasonable price, posted by Eric Tomlinson. I'm thinking it would make a handy addition to the lathe; I've looked at some of the vertical milling slides for the micro lathes, but somehow they seem like a fiddle. Or perhaps it's just my 'new toy' addiction looking for another fix! Best, Jim

Hi, I'm new here, and very much want to respond to one of the classifieds - however, I cannot access his contact details as I am new and haven't made enough posts yet. I absolutely understand and respect the reasoning behind this strategy, but wondered if there was a way round it without making a flurry of spurious posts just for the sake of it and risk annoying people! Any help gratefully received. Thanks, Jim

Hi all, Thanks for the add. Looking for wisdom on machining techniques which I hope to apply to my new (secondhand) Sieg C0 lathe. Also just venturing into the world of aluminium casting with my homebrew gas-cylinder furnace. All the best, Jim