Member postings for Dave Ward 1

Thank you all so much for the info and assistance. I'll have to look back in my very early ME's to see if I have those issues. If not I'm sure I can find them at one of the ME clubs.

Cheers

Dave

Hi All,

Back in the 1960's, J. A. Radford of Christchurch New Zealand, designed a thread milling attachment for the Myford Lathe. The drawings and construction series was published in the Model Engineer. I remember reading the articles but sadly don't have the ME issues in which the series was published. Does anyone recall the series? If so could someone let me know which issue numbers it was printed in. I now have a need for such an attachment and while I could design something from scratch, why reinvent the wheel.

Thanks so much for any assistance.

Cheers

Dave

Hi Brian,

What I sent is correct! If you would be kind enough to post your address, I'll try the reverse.

Sorry about the glitch.

Cheers

Dave

Hi Brian,

Thanks for the offer, yes I would like a copy, as it saves me working them all out each time I need one. My address is *@*.

Thanks again.

Dave

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Edited By Neil Wyatt on 08/05/2014 10:00:41

Hi all,

Since posting my first request re gun makers screw threads, a good friend provided me with the following site

**LINK**

This lists the threads used on nearly all of the British military rifles made by BSA at Enfield. For those of you that have an interest in such things, the list makes interesting reading. It screams of trade protection, at least up until WWII when the gun makers began using the BA thread system. The older screws were very odd diameters. Likewise the thread pitches are certainly interesting and some would be a challenge to cut. I would assume that BSA made most of their own tooling, as I recently acquired several profile milling cutters with BSA marked as the maker.