Here is a list of all the postings Adrian Downes has made in our forums. Click on a thread name to jump to the thread.
Thread: Engraving machine to milling machine. |
04/01/2021 18:54:09 |
Ooops... Hit the wrong button!
For some time I've been thinking of adding a full size milling spindle to my Taylor Hobson CX engraving machine. I was going to make my own spindle but yesterday I rediscovered a rusty Myford Lathe bed with headstock in the deep dark recesses of my garden shed. A few hours work & the headstock appears viable - bearingd & tapet socket protectef by old oil - 😁result 😁 Another few hours & a simple bracket show that it will fit & in the lashed up shown gives a useable surface area of 6" x 18" ish with up to 6" depth. Does the panel think that it's a viable project? |
04/01/2021 18:46:00 |
Edited By JasonB on 04/01/2021 18:46:26 |
Thread: How to clean a fusee cable |
19/09/2020 21:48:43 |
As a professional horologist...... I would fix it with a new one. |
Thread: Best way to keep nuts tight (ha ha) |
03/09/2020 15:15:54 |
There is a reason why good old fashioned machines/engineers use fine threads. 😁 Edited By Adrian Downes on 03/09/2020 15:16:28 |
Thread: Miracles do happen |
24/08/2020 15:32:18 |
With watchmaking it's only when you stop losing things that you start to get anywhere 😁 |
Thread: Myford Mod |
07/08/2020 00:19:38 |
What does the hive mind think about my Super compound slide? The indexing handle works as normal, albeit with horrendous backlash & not as smoothly as I'd like. When pushed forwards the small lever at the back advances the slide by precisely 1/8th of an inch & vice versa. Knowing something of the history of my mistress I think that I know it's precise use but I'd like to hear your unpredudiced ideas before offering my own. Edited By JasonB on 07/08/2020 06:54:27 |
Thread: Myford Mk1 Super 7 restoration |
28/07/2020 08:36:14 |
Hi Pete, I'm a little late getting to this thread but have read your exploits with interest. We could almost be twins! I'm a 1959 vintage Burtonian with a recently installed Super 7 (1962 model so it's just younger than me) I'm also a recent heart attack survivor , April 28th 2018 & used my Covid furlough to bring initiate my retirement project early. If your lathe is still in need of some turning mine has offered it's services 😊 Get back to me here or PM if we can be of any help or if you just want to meet up for a beer & compare notes about our mechanical mistresses 🍻 Cheers..... Ady@Burton |
Thread: Hiyas |
01/07/2020 11:38:45 |
It's always nice to find out something new ..... As my old dad used to say 'A day without learning is as disappointing as a day without beer' 🍻 😁 |
01/07/2020 10:52:41 |
Hi PGK Try http://www.mitsubishicarbide.com/en/technical_information/tec_turning_tools/tec_turning_insert/tec_turning_grades/tec_turning_grades_range or carbide grades chart Edited By Adrian Downes on 01/07/2020 10:56:07 |
01/07/2020 00:59:59 |
Yippppeeee I've found my answer 😊 As I suspected the tool colour relates to the grade of carbide & what material it is designed to cut. Generally speaking :- Blue is for steel Yellow for Stainless Steel Red for Cast Iron Green for Non Ferrous Khaki / Brown for Heat resistant alloy - Titanium Alloy & Silver / Grey for Hardend steel
It's 1AM & now I can finally go to sleep & rest easy 😁😴😴😴😴 Edited By Adrian Downes on 01/07/2020 01:01:37 |
30/06/2020 14:49:17 |
Hi Bazyle, I'm not so sure that colours are a whim. Some of the pictures of sets that I've seen do have descriptions of the tools :8 of one, 6 of another, ect. & the quantaties do seem to match up with photos. You are correct about the wheel engine it does look like a modified chronos, can model engineers ever resist a modification? |
30/06/2020 11:58:38 |
G'day Paul 😁 They are indeed more than a bit heavy for my intended use, it's just that I have got them & would like to know what the colours mean - knowledge is power after all! |
30/06/2020 11:56:38 |
Hi Brian, Thanks for the welcome. I'm pretty sure it's not just the toolmakers whim because I can find pictures of complete sets that carry the same colours, just can't find out what the colours mean & I'm ever curious about things, |
Thread: Identify this rod |
30/06/2020 01:35:06 |
Posted by roy entwistle on 21/06/2020 18:32:49:
Seeing that the clock has countwheel striking, It can't be for repeat. I would suggest that it is either Strike / Silent, or more likely to make the clock strike so that by striking forwards the strike and time can synchronize. Yep! It's for synchronising the striking. |
Thread: Hiyas |
30/06/2020 01:29:21 |
Hiyas, Very young 60+ professional horologist here. Covid19 furlough has enabled me to complete my retirement project some 10 years early & I now have a shiny new workshop 😊 I aquired the contents of an ex model enginees workshop some 18 years ago & it had been languishing in my front room ever since! Whilst the main building is completed I'm still sorting out my bits & have yet to commission my equipment - 1962 Myford super 7 with attachments, clock wheel cutting engine, pillar drill, sensitive drill with tapping jig, lever press, grinding wheel, polishing motor & various other bits & bobs. Anyways ..... Sorting through my toys I've come a cross several part sets of brazed carbide lathe tools painted in various colours - red, green, yellow, blue, silver/grey - Now I'm sure that the colours mean something but, for the life of me I can't discover what! I'm pretty sure that it's a novice question but could somebody please put me out of my misery? Thanks in advance Ady@Burton |
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