Member postings for Peter Hall

This is all nonsense. If you don't like Windows 10, don't use Windows 10.

Pete

Edited By Peter Hall on 27/05/2016 21:02:38

You may get away without such a sophisticated approach. I have built an etching press similar to yours, but slightly smaller. A threaded hole through the side of the handle bush for a screw, bearing on a flat filed on the roller shaft worked for me. I have used and serviced commercially-built presses for my local printmaking studio, and although they seem to be engineered to survive a nuclear assault, I'm not sure that a keyed shaft is really necessary. It is, however, a more elegant solution than mine, so I can understand why you would want to go that way. Good luck with it anyway.

Pete

Mrs Hall said she wanted one of those, but I said not to bother. She can borrow my angle grinder anytime.

Pete

I once had a small startrite bandsaw. I used to use square section brass for the blade guides. Not quite the same arrangement as yours and probably wears quicker than ceramic, but should be OK unless you are using it all day every day.

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Just be careful. My laptop went OK, but I upped my netbook to 10 before I got the logo in the taskbar. It's now on a perpetual loop: starts up, then windows needs to reboot, shuts down and starts all over again. I spent an afternoon searching online for a fix and haven't found one yet. It's rendered the machine unusable and I can't get into it to do anything about it. I've found lots of people online with the same problem, but Microsoft seem uninterested in providing a solution.

Pete

Hmmm. The OP seems to have opened a can of worms. I entirely understand his point, but personally I would far rather see someone attempt to make a helpful post online than not, however garbled. And I found posting on forums difficult and intimidating at first.

My own grammar and spelling is, of course, faultless and exemplary, but even I am alarmed at the mistakes and simple errors I have made when reading back my own posts before I click the "submit" button. I often have to have several goes at editing before it is completely right. Imagine my horror when I reread the post 3 days later and realise that, quite apart from grammar and spelling, my original post seems to have been constructed randomly from one of those fridge-magnet poetry kits, and makes just about as much sense. "That's not what I meant to say at all!"

Slightly off topic, but following on from what some others have written here....

I have been listening to old men complain about standards of education, literacy and, indeed, just about everything else for the last 50 years. And I'm sick of it. The fact is that life as we know it has improved almost immeasurably over the last half-century. We are better fed, longer-living, wealthier, safer and happier (!) than we have ever been. The advances made in technology (and pretty much every other discipline) during my lifetime are astonishing. This has mostly been accomplished by the ill-educated, ignorant, illiterate, slovenly, lazy, disinterested, feckless ignoramuses who have left school since 1965. Let's give them some credit.

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Why, Brian! Surely you're not thinking of selling up?

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That's just nonsense.

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It's only worrying if you are making illegal firearms. You can be prosecuted for possession of an offensive weapon if you have a screwdriver, but I don't suppose for a moment that you've ever worried about that.

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Heads up, chaps! Anyone on here owe Mark P any money?

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Absolutely right. If anyone disagrees with that approach, they are free to go elsewhere.

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You could look further afield for short MT1 tooling. Sherline do some, but you will have to poke through their accessories catalogue item by item to find them. Their lathe has a MT1 taper in the headstock. Also Manix (formerly Toyo) ML-210, with short tapers in head and tailstock. They do centres and a drill chuck at least. If you gain some skill at turning, you will be able to make your own. I make all my short MT1 and MT0 tapers myself. It's not as daunting as you might think, although you will probably need to develop a little more skill and confidence before you have a go.

Pete

Edited By Peter Hall on 22/09/2015 16:53:27

And oil the screws.

Don't get sidetracked by the Sherline. They're nice, but expensive for you and very small. Concentrate on using your existing lathe to produce good results and you can always trade up later. Everything you learn from your current difficulties will be useful later on. Persevere. Don't be tempted to buy another lathe because yours "doesn't work properly". It will be possible to make it work properly, but you badly need some help from someone else who knows what they are doing. Tap up Hopper, or, frankly, anyone else you can find in the area who has some experience. If you reach out locally I'm sure you will find some like-minded souls who will be pleased to help you along. Good luck!

Pete

This chap lives and works in Cairns. http://www.clickspringprojects.com/ . He admits to picking the brains of other machinists and clockmakers, so he may answer a few of your questions if you ask nicely. I haven't looked closely yet but he seems to have some very helpful stuff on his blog.

Pete

One mature Lady owner. Never been further than Margate. They don't make them like this anymore. Some service history. Easy maintenance. No accident damage. A quick polish and it'll be good as new. 37 point inspection. When it's gone it's gone. A sound proposition for the discerning purchaser, as God is my witness, Squire.

Pete

Edited By Peter Hall on 15/09/2015 21:29:45

Edited By Peter Hall on 15/09/2015 21:30:28

Yes. I did the X and Y axis bearings to Graham Meek's design.

Pete

I have 2 X1 mills. I have not done any of the mods you ask about, but I did install a thrust bearing on the rise and fall screw. Still needs tedious multirotation, but essentially removes all effort in turning the wheel, so makes it fast and easy. Did the same to the x and y axes too, with similarly happy results. I can't remember exactly how I did it now, but if you're interested I will try dredging through what passes for my memory these days and give you a how-to.

Pete