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In this kind of job the combined drill/tap is very useful and of course today's drills can be quickly reversed to withdraw the tool.

Edited By ega on 13/01/2020 16:29:57

I thought it might be graphite.

I thought it might be graphite.

Don't you just need a reducing bush?

I think the Project Binky boys on YouTube use an ordinary grinding/cutting disc (I appreciate AA is a different proposition from steel).

Axminster have cutting discs in their sale - cheap enough to try, perhaps.

Edited By ega on 13/01/2020 12:38:58

That must have been a very rewarding project.

Had you thought to try a Martin Cleeve-style bush-type steady?

Sounds very nice; did it have a hardened bed?

Eureka:

A propos but OT, I happened to notice the other day that the lathes.co.uk site entry for Selig Sonnenthal Lathes has a picture of the cutter backing-off device which has been discussed here some time ago.

http://www.lathes.co.uk/seligsonnenthal/page2.html

Good to know that the print edition is not affected even though the fault is purely cosmetic.

I note that the book is independently published and that there is a significant difference in price between Kindle and print. Does anyone know how the pricing is determined as between author, publisher and amazon?

It seems to me that very often the difference is so small as to discourage the greener choice of digital.

I just "Looked Inside" and notice that something has gone wrong with the initial drop letter (not quite right to a tee!).

It looks very interesting and will no doubt leave me wanting more.

Edited By ega on 06/01/2020 16:35:55

From old Buck and Hickman catalogue:

I'm afraid this doesn't answer Clive Foster's interesting question.

The reference to "Use-em-up" Type suggests that this was a generic item; in a perfect world such things would not be necessary!

Plus 1 for this. I think the idea was that it would allow the use of a drill with a broken off tang.

Titanium is also fashionable for wedding rings (but often presents difficulty in machining).

Clive B 1:

I have sent you a PM.

Early in my S7 ownership I solved the tight chuck problem by very carefully "screwcutting" the spindle nose thread with a tool that closely matched the correct form.

On the rare occasions that the lathe is used with the spindle nose not in use I protect it with a plastic cover.

How appropriate it would be if acetone (nail varnish remover) would get the super glue off!

I think I have seen acetone suggested for ungluing stuck fingers.

PS not sure what it would do to the Danish oil finish.

Edited By ega on 30/12/2019 15:41:51

I assume that the OP never found his serial number.

I have a Harrison Graduate wood lathe which seems to have no number. The bed has a flaw and I have speculated that because of this it was not issued with a number and sold in the usual way (I bought this many years ago from a Harrison employee who may have acquired it cheaply on this account).

Ah, yes - thank you.

Clive Foster:

Here is the relevant page from Starrett's catalogue from 1976:

You will note that the longer vee is not at right angles to any pair of the flats.

I imagine that the old-style tailstock vee block was in practice semi-sacrificial.