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All the materials for the fingers is supplied with the kit. I will be surprised if the tip material is Broze. Probably be Brass.

Steve.

The only way I could do that is with a slab of butter.

Steve.

Hi Jason , I watch all of kurtis's video's. He doeas some good stuff. The dog steals the show though. His wife is a dabhand at video editing too. Yes the plan was to make 2 sets & a good idea of making some broze tyres to the bearings. Cheers.

Steve.

That's interesting. I will look further into that.

Steve.

Sorry guys this is not working as planned i will try again

I am making some parts for my Son's project show car. This will be a 2 year project. But these parts made on the Myford are for his air ride suspension. Also some info on how the gearbox & the leadscrew operate on the Myford works. This is nearer to the end of the video. So to see this part just skip through the boring parts to the how the myford gearbox works.

For anyone who has recently bought one. That bit is near the end of the video. As told previously by members of this Forum this is not how you do it. This is how I do it. So if it's wrong, then don't shoot the messenger. Enjoy guys. Any gals on the Forum also enjoy. It is still uploading so be patient.

Steve.

Edited By Steviegtr on 02/12/2022 04:20:36

Yes that is what i will probably do. But until it arrives i am not sure the way ahead.

Steve.

I did wonder if making 2 sets or more would be an advantage. E.G the rods protrude out like knitting needles on the diagram. So some shorter ones for large diameter work would maybe better to have. Till it arrives I have no idea what to expect. Thanks for the advice though.

Steve.

You have confirmed my suspicions. The Myford one would have been too small. I should have the kit soon (Postmans strikes etc over here permitting) So will see what arrives.

Regards.

Steve.

Edited By Steviegtr on 01/12/2022 01:02:20

Thanks for that Michael. I have already spoke to a friend who has some very small caged roller bearings. I will probably use these instead of the Brass rubbing noses. Stupid thing is, I have nearly completed the project for my Son's suspension. Although it is something I have a few times wished I had. So all not in vain. I hope it goes as well as the Knurling tool project. But a bit quicker.

Steve.

At the moment I am doing a job for my Son. He's like me & can't leave things alone. When he sold his Golf GTi he took off his air ride suspension that cost him a pretty penny.

Now he wants to fit it to a Skoda Felicia fun he is renovating. So I am making some adaptors for the Front shocks. These are out of heavy 65mm bar stock BDMS. I was worried about the stick out from the chuck & the weight on the little Super7. Ideally I would use a Steady rest, but do not have one. I have been carefully boring the centre out of the bar. Looking at the ones for sale for the Myford , I notice they do not have a very big internal diameter. Probably would be no good for the present project.

I have ordered a Hemingway Kit version Bore size up to 127mm. So now i know what my next youtube vid is going to be about. After the air ride vids of course.

I was going to make one from scratch. But I would have to buy most of the steel etc that would be needed. Have you seen the price of steel stock . So that was out of the question.

Has anyone made one or these.

Steve.

Edited By Steviegtr on 30/11/2022 23:14:21

To answer the question. Yes i do enjoy sitting in the workshop. It's not very big but well insulated, so does not take much Lecky to get it warmed up. At this time of year have a dehumidifier left on 24/7. Although it does not come on much but in the last week has produced about 4 litres of water.

I do confess to looking at the Mill & Lathe more than i use them.

Steve.

HaHa This made my day. It doesn't much these days.

Steve.

I have quite a few face mills 50 to 63mm. They are great in use on the Tom Senior with 1hp motor 3ph with inverter.

But the finish with a cheap fly cutter takes some beating.

Steve.

Good luck Robert. Hope you get on well with it.

Steve.

Anthony it's your choice to mount in a box or on the wall open. I have both senarios The Myford has a Omron on the wall. The mill has a Toshiba in an enclosure. Never had a problem with any kind of heat.

Unless you are going to run at full load for many hours , i doubt you will even find a temperature change.

Yesterday I was turning metal for over 3 hours on the Myford & the inverter stayed pretty much at room temp.

Steve.

I have noticed this too. Been like that for about a month.

Steve.

Who's a happy boy then.

Steve.

They are all gap bed without the infill. It's the bit under the chuck that does not effect any using of the lathe.

Steve

I believe on my Super 7 which has them. It is just to locate the post bolt. Stops it spinning when tightened. I think on mine they were just steel pins.

Steve.