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Thread: Signature Files
14/01/2010 19:44:22
Surprised that there is no post number on the individual replies, saves having reams of Quote passages.
 
  Regards  Ian.
Thread: Digital editions of Model Engineer and Model Engineers' Workshop.
14/01/2010 18:23:58
So, when scanned properly and all in order, when and how much are the CD's for MEW and ME., mentioned in the Ferris wheel clock thread likely to be??
 
 
   Regards  Ian.
Thread: Brass Shell Case
14/01/2010 18:10:11
So Russ, another ACTUAL ashtray maker, when all the purists and pontificators have had their say, at least TWO successful fag end receiver constructors have been/done/got the tee shirt/ made the Vid AND re-recorded over the top of it.
 
  Even "short strokin' " Chris, at 61/2" dia. a 5" blade will allow a 4" length of cut. Pencil,compass, rule, Try it.
 
  Regards  Ian.
13/01/2010 16:22:54
You might get into a paddy using a saw like that Niloch. I'm just trying to keep you calm while doing the job.
 
  Junior hacksaw blade is about 5" long Chris. Wall thickness of shell about 80 thou, Never rotated a tube while cutting it ??? You get a MUCH straighter cut doing it that way, you're following a line rather than guessing where it is on the other side.
 
   Regards  Ian.
13/01/2010 13:11:03
If you were doing this in a mass production enviroment I would  advise water jet cutting, but as a one off, why risk  "Powered" methods??
 
  The Jubbly clip idea is great, tapered sides a BIT of a problem together with the big bit where the screws are.
 
  Run round the top of the casing with a felt tipped box marker, stand the thing vertically and scribe a line round the top and use a fine toothed "Phillips Junior Hacksaw" to trim the rim.
 
  Probably quicker to do than make a jig and fixture, don all the safety clothing and make a will out "Just in case"
 
   If it were a piece of an Atlas 5 it WOULD be rocket science but not for a used brass can.
 
  Regards  Ian.
 
 Mentioned the ash tray but forgot to mention the Lighter made from a 20mm cannon shell from a Lightning (E.E. not Lockheed) and the 303 casings from my RAF Marksman winning rounds.

Edited By Circlip on 13/01/2010 13:15:01

12/01/2010 16:40:21

My own 6" length of a WW1 Naval shell which came up as part of the "Trawl" of a Bridlington fishing boat was converted into an ash tray, about 1 1/2" overall height, by turning the lathe by hand. It still tried to tear the brass.

  My own inclination would be to mark a height line round it and use hand methods to cut it rather than power. How much did it cost and how will you get another??

  Regards  Ian

Thread: MEW Digital Archive Scanning Problems
10/01/2010 13:13:39
If you check one of the other posts with regard to this, David has already stated that the Mags are going to be COMPLETELY rescanned.
 
  Regards  Ian.
Thread: What type of "plastic" rod machines best?
09/01/2010 13:54:32
Some Nylons are less hygro than others and in some applications, the absorbed water content assists the basic material.
 
  Filled materials tend to have a scruffy finish when machined from their extruded or cast shape.
 
  And before we get there, some can be solvent welded AND solvent polished.
 
  Regards  Ian.
Thread: Workshop Heating
09/01/2010 13:04:45
I'd second the Larger local double glazing firms, surprising how many "Wrong" sizes are made.
 
  Regards Ian.
Thread: What type of "plastic" rod machines best?
09/01/2010 11:59:50
ABS, Polystyrene, Polypropeline What's the final use???
 
  A lambo Countach is a great car, but absolute CR*P in the present weather conditions.
 
 
   Regards  Ian.
Thread: Converting 3MT Tang Arbor for drawbar
09/01/2010 11:53:05
Yep, there's ALWAYS one, I've got one with a through hardened shank on a Jacobs chuck, and yes, some of the older M/T drill shanks are tough but machinable and DON'T need carbides to cut them.
 
  Regards  Ian
Thread: Milling cutters with screwed shanks
08/01/2010 12:58:46
Metric and Imperial collets have DIFFERENT bores, the cutter shank HAS to be a close/sliding fit in the collet, the collets DO NOT collapse to grip the shanks like others.
 
  They are ALL 20TPI as stated, but cutting at 1.25mm pitch is fine cos you've only about 6 threads to pick up in the collet.
 
  Regards  Ian.
Thread: Workshop Heating
08/01/2010 12:50:39
Just bought a "Halogen" heater from Poundstretcher, 1200W - £9.99. Machine mart and Screwfix also sell them, don't know the price. Heats the object not the surrounding air.
 
  Another thing to remember whilst "Out there", You need to be insulated from the floor, so at least a "Duckboard" and the top end, wear a hat/bonnet/balaclava or whatever. Not only does hot air escape from ones gob, but also from your HEAD.
 
  Regards   Ian.
 
  Yes James a woodburner is ok providing you put the flue pipe OUTSIDE

Edited By Circlip on 08/01/2010 12:52:33

Thread: New MEW Digital archive - access?
08/01/2010 12:41:12

   "but really we need somone to check everything is correct before it goes 'live'."
 
  Sadly David this applies to the whole site, not only the subscription issues. I REALLY feel for you on this one as you seem to be having to firefight at every outlet.
 
   Hope the powers are paying you at least £200,000 a year for this.
 
  Regards Ian.
Thread: Tapered Blow Down Valve
08/01/2010 12:32:59

Just to re-iterate the last two posters Alan, NEVER a "Grinding" abrasive, "BRASSO" for coarse and Toothpaste for fine. Graphite as a lubricant. The Bricks you've been using will now be embedded into the fittings, so enjoy a turning exercise and make some new ones COMPLETE.

  PS., not ALL grades of Brass CAN be annealed.

   Regards  Ian.

Thread: N.A. Subscriptions in Disarray
06/01/2010 15:49:07
Robert, I was a subscriber to both M/E and MEW for a large number of years and when the deliveries started going haywire even HERE in the UK a few years ago despite extra copies being "despatched" which didn't arrive, my only recourse was to NOT subscribe  any more.
 
  Frustrating as it may be, although DC1 can only pass on your complaints and give a reply based on what HE is being told, your point of contact with subscription issues HAS to be with the agents/distributors on your side of the pond in the first instance and the Directors on our side of the pond.
 
  In previous employments, when customers have rung firms I have worked at  and asked to speak to me personally cos "He gives answers and doesn't bullsh*t" one can only do as much as the Directors/owners will allow, DESPITE trying to keep all the balls in the air doing ones "Own" job.
 
  Don't shoot the messenger.
 
  Regards  Ian.
 
   NO, I have no connection with the mags, but have been in Daves position in the past.
Thread: Microscope objective thread
06/01/2010 15:12:45
The trouble is, you are trying to find a "Standard" for something you are only assuming to be made to a standard. Sadly, the far easterners have been applying their own standards to home manufactured goods for a number of years, it may well be to a western size, but dont bank on it. 14.86 dia.? hardly a "Standard" metric one, close to 14.9 which would be more in line with 15mm on a metric pitch thread, but why not 0.585 or 73/125" dia.
 
  If you're sure about the 55deg. angle, the fact that you're only cutting 6 pitches leaves a lot of alowance to make the threads fit. The afore mentioned 20TPI for the Clarkson auto lock cutters meant that when I cut some adaptor spigots to screw into the largest metric OR imperial Aouto lock collets I have, to enable the use of the three flute "Throw away" SKF cutters, although cut on a fully Metric machine, 1.25mm pitch fits in 20tpi.
 
    Regards   Ian
02/01/2010 20:47:24
 Yep, 20 TPI constant pitch throughout the range, And now give me the second example Kwil??
 
  Regards   Ian
Thread: HTS Bolts
02/01/2010 19:34:55
Not actually blaming the things Meyrick, it's just that it's an automatic thought to use it RATHER than a basic hand tool.
 
  I remember listening to a "Woodworker" explaining that he'd delayed assembling a dolls house cos he was waiting for the electric screwdriver to RE-CHARGE, and sadly he wasn't joking.
 
  Regards  Ian

Edited By Circlip on 02/01/2010 19:35:48

Thread: Workshop Heating
02/01/2010 19:29:14
Yer got the choice of two, (Three if you have a workshop joined to the house with a central heating connection).
 
   A cast iron pot bellied type stove fuelled by bits of wood etc. OR electrickery, NEVER gas fired vented into the workshop. Yes, OK., there's dehumidifiers but how far can you stretch greenhouse gases.
 
  Regards   Ian.
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