Member postings for Cedric Blaver

Many thanks everyone for the info and support.

My garage is brick and attached to the side of the house. One car size with a concrete floor.

Please advise as to what may be the best option to heat ones home garage.

What would be the cheapest solution.

Many thanks for the help.

Many thanks for the info, I live in Andover and as far as Im aware like Samsaranda we dont have a metal stockholder. so I order online. I use Macc Models for most but when it comes to the larger pieces it becomes an issue.

Has anyone had dealings with Ellery Model engine plans?

many thanks everyone for the help.

Hello everyone.

I have an issue of where to obtain stock materials from especially larger pieces of aluminium solid.

Many thanks Cedric

Hello everyone. A happy new year for tomorrow.

Thank you very much for all your help and input.

I re-did the test again today, starting fresh no tailstock used.

I took the 22mm steel bar and made 2x cuts of 0.10mm.

Then 2x cuts of 0.01mm.

Then using the same setting as the last made a final pass, just to remove any little bumps.

Chuck dia 21.315mm

End dia 21.300mm

Chuck dist 0.005

End dist 0.005

No difference between the two ends.

I fail to understand what i was doing wrong in the past.

I then took the 6mm hex bar and machined a 20mm length without the tailstock doing small cuts of 0.01mm. No visable taper was noticed.

Ive had a cheap mini lathe for 6 years and never had the taper issues that Ive had with the new lathe.

As someone posted maybe I need to learn the new lathe.

Once again thank you all very much for your help and input.

Cedric.

Hi Huub thank you for the video.

I dont have a 25mm aluminum bar but used a 22mm steel bar at 100mm distance.

My cut before measuring was 0.1 mm.

Chuck dist =21.830mm radius =10.915

End dist =21.845mm radius =10.923

Zeroing the dial gauge at the END and rotating the gauge flickers between 0 and 0.01

Then traming down to the chuck end I get a runout of minus 0.10mm.

Please see attached photo of a length of 6mm hex bar.

Please advise as I dont know how to correct this.

Many thanks.

Hi Howard, I dont have a alinement bar but have ordered a Praztech MT3 with 12mm tapping at the MT end. Would this be ok?

Do you know anyone close to Andover that may help.

Many thanks Cedric.

Thank you for all your replies, it certainly helped.

The lathe is an Optimum 2406V with a 100mm 3 jaw chuck.

My location is Andover.

Yes Howard i do need a face to face/hands on assistance. Having seen the video from Chris Mate was just what I needed. I went and did just that.

i got a 0.03mm difference.

So am I correct in saying either the headstock is off or the carriage.

Using a 50mm length18mm steel bar and making a 0.10mm cut shows a taper towards the chuck.

To answer John Haine, I recieved the lathe (new) on the 8th November contacted the seller on the 21st for tech assistance about the taper issue. The seller collected the lathe on the on 28th November for repair (replaced jaws). The seller returned the lathe on 12th December. I still have the issue.

Many thanks everyone.

Hi complements of the season.

Please can someone advise. my new metal lathe (114 x 450) has a taper, runout of 0.07mm carriage versus the center line of the spindle.

The smaller diameter the worse taper becomes. The carriage cuts in towards the chuck.

Please can someone advise on how I can correct this. The manufacturer has tried to correct it by replacing the chuck jaws which has not corrected the issue.

Many thanks Cedric.

Hi Harry, thank you.

Cedric

Hi Taf,

just found your name. Have a great day.

Hi Cedric and welcome from another newbie..

Detroit 2 stroke diesels.. what a beautiful noise! we used to have a pair of 6V92TA's in our old lifeboat exhaling through 12" pipes with a bit of added water to cool them.. Oh what music !!

Thank you for the welcome. Dont see your name sport.

Most of my Detroit work was on the 71 series the biggest being the V16-71 with Routes blowers in Komatsu dump trucks. Yes a good sound like you say music.

Cedric.

Hi Noel, Never saw the 903s. Most of the 71s I dealt with were mining and construction.

Cedric.

Hi Cedric and welcome from another newbie..

Detroit 2 stroke diesels.. what a beautiful noise! we used to have a pair of 6V92TA's in our old lifeboat exhaling through 12" pipes with a bit of added water to cool them.. Oh what music !!

Thank you for the welcome. Dont see your name sport.

Most of my Detroit work was on the 71 series the biggest being the V16-71 with Routes blowers in Komatsu dump trucks. Yes a good sound like you say music.

Cedric.

LOL. Howard the best I got to RR was a straight 8 loco. Great experience in RR. Have a great day.

Cedric

Hello Noel, thank you. I'm in Hampshire. Great experience

Cedric

Hi Howard, thank you. I have rebuilt engines from single cylinder Listers to Detroit V16 2 strokes.

Cedric.

Thank you for your help.

Cedric

Hi David, I currently have a mini metal lathe and a milling machine. I'm waiting for a new lathe to come, some time this week. The mini lathe needs work doing to it in addition I need something that will give me a more accuracy.

For what I have accomplished on the mini lathe it has been fair.

Cedric

Please can someone tell me what the lettering or monogram on the cover means. I'm looking for info on the background to this engine

Many thanks Cedric.

Cedric.

Hello everyone, Retired Diesel tech. Having rebuilt many large engines and functioned in machine shops in the past I have moved into making model steam/air engines.

My first attempt was a Stuart H10 which is up and running. I'm currently building a twin cylinder scratch build.

Cedric.