Member postings for Russell Eberhardt

I don't know about Clifford Northfield but Arceurotrade (advert on left) stock quite a range of diamond wetstones and files. You could also try Axminster Tools.

Russell.

For your 918 lathe advice it's woth looking here: **LINK**

The 918 and 920 are virtually identical.

Russell.

Time flies - a month since my last post here.

Well, I tried making a burnisher as martin suggested but couldn't get decent results.

I ordered some 2500 wet and dry and some Micromesh from Axminster (thanks for the tip Harold) and get good results following the wt and dry with micromesh. Can't find Autosol here and not sure about metal polishes that may contain silicone so I finished the pivots with Yacht Rubbing, which is used for finishing fibreglass boats, on a lollipop stick. That gave a good mirror finish.

I've added a few photos to my album to show that I am making some progress.

Russell.

I've just had a quick look at another of their forums, **LINK** It's even worse!

I do apprecite all the hard work David does, Ady, but I've found when working in various companies, both UK and foreign owned, that it never pays to keep your head down. If you see something wrong make it known at the highest level. That way you get noticed and are more likely to be promoted.

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Well you are in a better position to find out than Ian!

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Because we're mean?

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This is a stange attitude. Surely if Dianne is the editor she should also be responsible for the web designer and if necessary sack him and employ a better one.

Having said that I have no problems either with Firefox on Linux or IE8 on Windows XP pro.

Russel

It depends on the type of plastic. Some are notoriously difficult to bond to.

You could try one of these

Alternatively how about knurling the end of the shaft, heating it to just under the melting of the plastic, and pushing it intu an undersize hole in the plastic part.

Russell.

It also bends quite a bit so, if used on a non-flat surface it will not be flat - sort of defeats the object. Get a peice of glass as thick as possible. Glass merchants sell thick glass for tabletops etc., so you may be able to get an offcut cheaply.

Of course it does depend on the accuracy you require.

Russell.

I guess from the table size it is the old round column version. I have had the Warco version of this for nine or ten years.

I have a number of vices from 1.5 in up to 4 in. My favorite is a homemade 3 in one similar to David's those recommended by David. It is easy to align to the axes using a set square against the flat side. You will want it set up like this more often than rotated. If you want to rotate it you can set it up with a precision protractor and hold it down with clamps.

Russell.

Of course P & P includes the labour of packing as well as the materials but I agree that the charges are often too high. For reasonable sized consignments I ask them to use my prefered carrier.

I still order most of my tooling and materials from the UK.  Here, in France, prices are 50% to 100% higher.

Russell.

Edited By Russell Eberhardt on 03/05/2012 09:55:59

I've used these people: http://www.parcelsplease.co.uk/

£7-49 + VAT for 30 kg in mainland UK.

I've used them for deliveries to thz South of France at only £14-50 + VAT for 30 kg.

Russell

Looks very good.

What did you use for the negative or is it positive? How did you expose it? With a UV lightbox?

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Fix to a backplate to make a disposable faceplate? Possibly an adjustable one.

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You could use the spent solution to spray your roses against black spot!

Bordeaux mixture is still used in vast quantities here to spray vines and peaches so I have no qualms about disposing of used solution in the irrigation canal at the end of my garden.

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But Vaseline is a mineral grease - petroleum jelly?

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Nice work Jason.

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IMHO what is more important than HSS vs. carbon steel is to use a good lubricant such as Rocol RTD compound. I've used this with taps down to 12 BA without breaking any. Also, particularly for small taps use a stand or jig to keep the tap at right angles to the surface.

Russell.

You might find this thread useful:

http://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/postings.asp?th=67347

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You can where I live

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