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Thread: Mini-lathe question
18/09/2009 12:09:37
OK chilblanes, yer all NEARLY there. The way Emco Maier did it was to put a slot top to bottom of the gib strip where the end of the adjusting screw would impinge on it. Needs to be about two thirds the width of the ball Dia. and about 20 thou (0.5mm) deep so that in the event of the gibs being soft or the operator has a mad tightening session, the face isn't bruised.
 
  Re-assemble the cross-slide and gib assy., put the ball through the adjusting screw hole and if you want to be really clever, put a drill centre in the end of the said adjusting screw to locate the ball.
 
  The above method (Clever B-----ds) stops bruising the gib but also stops the ball running off centre and jamming the slide.
 
 Only thing to remember (Don't arsk) is that this has been carried out, so that when you strip the slide down at some future point on a Sunday afternoon when the Engineering supply shops are shut you're not sifting through swarf and the Black hole that mysteriously appears in the workshop looking for the little sod.
 
   Regards Ian.
Thread: Milling collet arbor jammed in milling machine
17/09/2009 12:15:41
Peters given you the answer Julian, all you'll succeed in doing with the fifth law of clout is damage the spindle bearings. Do you use a drawbar?? If so, tighten with a smaller spanner, suprising how many seem to think they have to swing on the end of a two foot (600MM) ring key to get a morse to hang on.
 
 When you get it undone, you might think about releaving the middle three fifths of the taper (Two fifths if yer not sure) so that you're gripping on two bands at the ends of the chuck shaft.
 
  Regards  Ian.

Edited By Circlip on 17/09/2009 12:16:05

Thread: Gear Hobs
15/09/2009 16:00:05
It's a pleasure Robert, no problems.
Thread: Combination Safe Lock - help/designs (not clocks)
15/09/2009 15:58:40
Try this site David, wooden combination lock.
 
 
   Regards  Ian.
Thread: Tool and cutter grinders
14/09/2009 12:21:58
You need to define what you want to do Tom. Tool and cutter grind OR Surface grind, two different aminiles.
 
  Regards  Ian.
Thread: Gear Hobs
13/09/2009 17:11:24
Might not be the one Robert, but it's a start.
 
 
  Regards  Ian.
Thread: Old craftsman - hope to become new "Model Engineer"
11/09/2009 12:59:26
One of the problems of being a smart A*se and getting promotion in engineering David is that the "Government" usage of the machine tools that we were brought up on is restricted to lunch breaks if you don't have your own toymaking factory at home.
 
  Know exactly where you are coming from on this one as I didn't find it neccesary to buy my own lathe untill I was in my forties despite replacing all the plated and bright parts with Stainless Steel on a Guzzi motorbike before I got the lathe.
 
  Regards Ian.

Edited By Circlip on 11/09/2009 13:00:17

Thread: VACUUM GROOVES
11/09/2009 12:36:25
First poin Gordon, KILL THE CAPS LOCK, it don't arf stab you in the eyes.
 
  Trying to take an objective view of your question with ref. to the "O-Ring" and Packing yarn bit, the "Vacuum" grooves you are reffering to are actually Oil grooves.
 
  When turning a piston, the first two mentioned are recognised methods of obtaining a sliding seal between the piston and bore faces. Another is a metal piston ring.
 
 If you can obtain a "Ploppy" seal to the piston and bore (Essential on a Stirling or hot air engine) then if you turn a couple of grooves in the piston body, when the engine is running it allows an oil film to be dragged onto the bore walls which not only acts as a "Seal" but is pretty effective at lubricating it as well.
 
    Regards  Ian.

Edited By Circlip on 11/09/2009 12:36:44

Thread: Boiler Designs
06/09/2009 12:16:47
Martin P., check back issues of M/E, seem to remember a vertical test boiler of substantial size.
 
  John, if the boiler download contains the initials AFC in the title you won't have any sleepless nights over safety issues. This guy is old school calcs and practice and knows his onions.
 
    Regards  Ian.

Edited By Circlip on 06/09/2009 12:22:20

Thread: login/logout issues
06/09/2009 08:52:07
Mine has an annoying log in and dump problem, and it AIN'T the spam/junk safetynet programmes, doesn't happen on other sites, perhaps magically the site admin and programmers will eventually sort the problem and we'll all wonder what the fuss was about.
 
   Tomorrow is another day  
 
   Regards  Ian.

Edited By Circlip on 06/09/2009 08:52:41

Thread: Sticker shock
04/09/2009 17:06:20
Just had a scan to try to find the stuff you require John (Which I'm sure either you or Gert has been doing allready), HOW have WE allowed succesive Govts. to get us in the position that it's either like the price of Gold or we go to INDIA to try  to resource this???
 
  Have been looking for a replacement cooling fan for a laptop, which has worn cos the numpties designed a bit in GFN rather than something more appropriate to cater for heat distortion, --- £34 + Stealth tax    NOT
 
  Regards  Ian
Thread: Tyres
04/09/2009 12:23:16
Have a look on the G/E websites for RTV specs. Thats General Electric, Another one to scan is flexible urathanes, - Skate board wheels.
 
  Regards  Ian.
Thread: Sticker shock
04/09/2009 12:19:54
I know it ain't Brass Sir John but CPC have Stainless M5 in 1Mtr lengths at £2.85
 
  Regards  Ian.
Thread: Hot air and stirling engines
26/08/2009 12:28:44
Cheers guys, just as a follow on, when a mate of mine (Oh yes I do) received an anniversary present of a new lathe, as part of the inducements, a "Gift" of a design and lumps of metal to build a "Chinese" hot air engine came with it. After many e-mails and Skypes the great day arrived and the damn thing wouldn't work. Suggestions on other fori (cos this one wasn't living yet) revealed that with a few mods (Drawings) it came into life and seems to be one of the few that the supplier didn't have returned.
 
   Come on Klank me old cocker, publish and be damned.
 
  Regards  Ian. 
Thread: Lathe for Beginner
24/08/2009 14:33:10
Seen the Fleebay prices of the £50 Unimats DC1 ???? Like every tool made for lathes is for a "Myford" on there. Can't agree more DC, a Uni would be ideal, but if you look round, Cowell, Peatol, Seig, Taig  and Hobbymat are all ideal if you can get them at the right price, sadly, some peoples Grandkids think that Grandads hobby used machinery that is "Antique" and highly collectable, bit of a downer if you want to try to make something.
 
   Unless you go down the Chiwanese crap route (No, lets not have a brainstorm on that one --- Again), your selection is a bit limited, BUT you can use the afore mentioned as a LEVER to state "A brand NEW one only costs ------". I'm all for a FAIR price, but some need to get real.
 
  If you do mange to hit on a Uni with its original motor, take the motor orft and store it safely and try to find a scrap Variable speed tread mill and scavenge the motor and speed control and use that.
 
   Regards  Ian
Thread: errors in drawings
24/08/2009 14:05:14
It's a good idea Dave providing it doesn't turn into a witch hunt post showing how thick the original designer is, there's a difference between trying to sort a problem and some being downright bloody rude to try to score points. I suppose that's down to a Moderator thing, but why should they have to sully their hands when WE are supposed to be grown ups.
 
   Regards  Ian.
Thread: Hot air and stirling engines
24/08/2009 13:58:53
Sorry Ian, your comments on the Stirlings etc were most informative, but I was loosing the will to live when we were going down the three in one and veedub servicing
 
   Am just plucking the courage up to destroy a carefully constructed at great expence HDD to for bits to put in "Ridders" LT Coffee cup design.
 
     Regards  Ian.
Thread: Annealing copper tube.
22/08/2009 16:16:13
Copper can be quenched Jason, Brass no.
 
  Regards  Ian
Thread: Metal filler?
21/08/2009 19:48:17
Wasn't Devcon originally invented to repair the dotted "Tear here" arc across the drilling tables of all school and Night school pillar and bench drills???
 
  Regards  Ian.
Thread: true Space
21/08/2009 19:40:33
No, I ain't going to insult the great God CAD, as Sir John rightly says, the worst people to teach are the ole Bu***rs who had years of conventional drawing, and that was a statement from my CAD teacher who was also called Paul?? Didn't stop me from speeding up and locking onto the advantages and being able to use it more effectively than the rest of the class (Smart A**e) BUT, unless you're using it on a daily basis, it's an expensive toy to most.
 
  Regards  Ian.
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