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Thanks (yet again) for the link; I find yorkers difficult, too!

I did notice that the wording in the email "you've showed" should perhaps have been "you've shown"; if so, possibly an indicator of a fake?

Good to see her again!

She is, of course, cutting an internal thread where I imagine setting round is less common.

I have just noticed that, as the supposed star of the shop, she is wearing a green head scarf but her mates are all in red.

Extract from the relevant HSE advice

Safety in the use of abrasive wheels Page 18 of 53 Health and Safety Executive

Material for flanges

Flanges should be made from good-quality mild steel such as that specified in BS 970: Part 1: 19966 or another material with sufficient strength and rigidity to resist undue deflection when the flanges are tightened on the wheel. In view of its low tensile strength and the risks of cracks developing in service, grey cast iron cannot be regarded as safe for the flanges of abrasive wheels. For small abrasive wheels (for example straight wheels on small bench grinders) flanges of non-ferrous alloys have been used successfully.

Sorry about the mess of fonts!

I wonder whether, with a suitable slot, they would be heavy enough to make a stand for a mobile phone?

If really stuck it may be possible to drive through a long cold chisel from the side and use it as a lever.

As a long term user I was interested in this.

The motor seems new ie not the Parvalux which used to be supplied. I couldn't see anything about speed control which seems a shame.

I would like to see more information on the website before buying the £61 "card".

Dan Gelbart of YouTube does: see his video about his "granite" lathe.

Many thanks. I can now see the video and will watch it later.

In the meantime, where I went wrong it seems is that having spotted the redundant period between "youtu" and "be" I tried to search just on the tail of the URL. However, I now find that Firefox and Duck Duck Go between them find the video despite the typos.

Did you mean the Hemingway Sawing and Filing Attachment (I couldn't see a die filer on their website)?

Sorry I can't help directly but Hemingways will surely tell you if the attachment will fit your lathe.

You clearly got the link to work but I'm blessed if I can! Would you mind posting the appropriate search string?

When I read the OP from a relative newcomer I was tempted to ask "boiled or steamed?" but refrained for fear of causing offence. He seems, from the commentary on his video - nice lathes! - to be from the US, and is a welcome visitor.

As always, communication would be easier and friendlier if there were a profile to refer to.

SOD:

Thanks for the useful recap!

The comments about nylon remind me that some time ago I helped a sailing friend to overhaul a cutlass bearing. I don't remember the details of this but note a suggestion elsewhere that the bearing surface of the plastic material involved is fluted.

Thank you. That seems sensible.

Is it a maximum of 35, 36 or 40? Or just the editorial discretion?

Not sure what the tilde (~) means in this context.

Or perhaps more appropriately Alec Guinness' hot box from Bridge on the River Kwai!

They did:

But, so far as I know, M&W didn't!

Thanks for this interesting article. It was a relief to learn that the toddler shown as part of the staff in 1872 was apparently not actually employed in the works!

This was from a series of article and I wonder whether the Willson ("We make nowt but lathes" concern was covered?

My 1964(?) S7 SK 66266 will just pass 0.620" from the tail for most of its length.

This is the major diameter of my J A Radford stop bar. His was 0.621" and was "perfectly free in the mandrel except for the end nearest the chuck which was reduced to 0.580" ".

Edited By ega on 12/08/2019 16:23:08