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Thread: Soft Faced Hammer
15/07/2011 23:47:48
G'Day Gentlemen,
What is the best material for making soft faced hammer replacable faces. I am thinking nylon or some other plastic stuff.
Thank You and Regards
Dave Tointon
 
Thread: How to clean a bandsaw
14/07/2011 09:49:08
G'Day John,
I'd get a couple of litres of kerosene/paraffin and give it a good scrub with a stiff brush, hose it off, then leave her out in the sun for a few days. Thats the Australian way, if you're somewhere else, a local may offer better advice.
Regards
Dave Tointon
 
Thread: Motor wont start
30/05/2011 22:18:46
G'Gay Alan,
I should think that it is most likely to be a capacitor problem. I had the same thing on my ancient old pillar drill and compressor as well. . Seems capacitors have a certain lifespan.
Regards
Dave
 
 
Thread: Dean Smith and Grace
15/05/2011 11:32:39
When I was an apprentice, a lot of years ago, we had a Dean Smith and Grace horizontal borer, had a 4 jaw chuck about 4 foot in diameter, and was a magnificent machine!! It was smooth and accurate and was almost a privilage to use. If their lathes are anywhere near as good you are fortunate to own one!!!
Regards
Dave Tointon
 
 
 
Thread: Safety Shoes
22/04/2011 00:47:30
G'Day Merry Miller,
Excellent idea to always wear safety boots in our endeavors. I'm always dropping somethingand quite often you can avoid damage to the item by intentionally sticking a boot under it before it hits the concrete. I wear "Mongrels" Aussie brand, elastic sides, easy to get on and off.
Regards
Dave Tointon
Thread: Building lathe/mill in cast of concrete?
06/04/2011 22:41:15
Many years ago I worked in a sugar mill where we had a home-made lathe for machining the cane crushing rollers. They were about a metre in diameter, 3 metres long, in some sort of cast steel. Th lathe was made of concrete with welded steel frame. It worked a treat, albeit slowly.
Regards
Dave Tointon
Thread: What Stirling Engine to Build
05/04/2011 14:49:30
Thank You Gentlemen, I have ordered James Rizzo's book and a set of plans from Jan.
That'll get me started
Regards
Dave Tointon
04/04/2011 12:37:50
G'Day All,
I've seen a few stirling engines lately on this site and others. I would like to build one. What would be the best one to start. Would rather a good plan as I live in Australia and kits will take too long to get here.
Thank you for your advice,
Regards
Dave Tointon
 
Thread: Hip replacement - End of live steam?
08/03/2011 23:05:29
My Dad had a hip replacement many years ago and while he didn't drive locos he certainly could have. I see no reason that you shouldn't have many, many years driving ahead of you.
Good Luck and Regards
Dave Tointon
Thread: Milling a square lump of steel that isn't square
03/03/2011 22:56:39
G'Day Keith Long and Keithmart,
Luxury!!! When I started as an apprentice we were given a lump of cast iron to chisel , then file, then scrape then polish into a shiny square block!!! Then again it was in Australia
Regards
Dave Tointon
 
Thread: Which slideway oil is best?
10/02/2011 10:34:57
Having done a bit of research on this subject I eventually came up with Hydraulic oil used in trucks and tractors and all hydraulic systems. There's Shell Tellus or Castrol Hyspin, readily available in a couple of different grades, in Australia anyway. I reckon the thicker the better. If it is good for hydraulic pumps etc with their close tolerances, it's got to be god foe our lathe and milling machine slides. Works for me anyway
Regards
Dave Tointon
 
Thread: What size chuck key?
10/02/2011 10:13:26
Michael,
I'd suggest you just turn one up!!! Must be one of the easiest turning jobs with a tee handle to suit. I made one out of mild steel and it has lasted years.
Regards
Dave Tointon
 
 
Thread: Miniature welding
09/01/2011 03:06:17
G'Day All,
Talking of bodges, heard this story from an Aircraft Engineer in New Guinea. Some of the lads were working on an early model Pilatus aircraft with a pusher prop. Finally in the early hours of the morning, they test ran the aeroplane, however unfortunately someone had left a big spanner sitting on the wing which went through the prop. A spare prop wasn.t held in stores and was unlikely to be available anywhere in the region. Nevertheless, the aeroplane was back on the line in time for it's scheduled run later in the morning.  It was a few months later when the prop went in for overhaul that the sh@# really hit the fan. Frantic correspondence came from the horified overhauler that one of the blades had a large dint, had been stop drilled , automotive body filler applied, filed up and had been painted over.  Consensus was that the engineer concerned was a good bloke and that his judgement was sound as the prop had run to its full service life without coming to bits!!!
Regards
Dave Tointon
Thread: David Clark
23/08/2010 11:27:13
I agree. He's a Bloody good Bloke!!!!!! We are fortunate to have such a down to earth and practical man in the chair
Regards
Dave Tointon
 
 
Thread: ARGUS oscillator
20/08/2010 07:43:58
G'Day Peter,
Well of course a Queenslander would do a good job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Beaut engine, any chance of scanning the plans for us?
Regards
Dave Tointon
Queensland
Thread: Tap Magic
19/04/2010 09:09:39
Me too Frank
Thread: 1040 Steel
19/04/2010 00:17:21
Thanks for the advice Circlip. I had thought of drilling a hole through the side but thought I'd have a go milling the complete slot. I have to keep reminding myself these days that the foreman won't be breathing down my neck because the job is taking a long time.
Regards
Dave
 
16/04/2010 11:28:42
Depth of slot is about 25mm. I'm basically winging it. When she looks right and the previous bit fits. then she's right!!! I'd have thought that the machine would cope with at least an eighth of an inch cut
Thank you for the advice
Regards
Dave
 
16/04/2010 09:06:54
G'Day all,
I went to my steel supplier after a foot of 75 mm bright mild steel, Making a ball turning attachment. He only had, as he termed it 1040, apparently a medium tensile stuff.
It turned up nicely but I'm trying to mill a 16mm slot across the top and finding it a bit tough. I'm using an indexable TC tip slot drill lots of coolant but find anything over a 1mm cut is beyond the caapability of my round column Chinaman.
2. Questions Please. Is 1040 good stuff and any tips on machining the stuff??
 
Regards
Dave Tointon
 
Thread: Stellite
06/03/2010 13:15:12
I was under the impression that stellite was a hard facing material applied like brazing rod with an oxy torch. We used to face milling  cutters with it for cutting copper in a special application. I tried to buy some recently but noone knew what it was. I have been out of the trade for 25 years and in Australia
Regards
Dave Tointon
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