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Thread: Barrier cream
14/12/2018 10:57:03

I believe I posted my recommendation of PR88 some time ago - good for everything except wet work for which there is or was a Rozalex product.

Thread: ML7 questions
12/12/2018 23:18:22

Swarf, Mostly!

Thanks for the tip which I will try.

The platen does, of course, have a cover but it is white. I wonder why black is better in this case.

Thread: It's not rocket science
12/12/2018 17:46:14

I don't know about Russian moles but Vise Grips and Mole Wrenches release in opposite ways.

Thread: ML7 questions
12/12/2018 17:42:19
Posted by Michael Gilligan on 12/12/2018 17:34:09:

Clive,

If you cannot source properly sized Whitworth/BSF spanners, I suggest you look at 'Flank Drive' alternatives ... these are much more forgiving.

Note: I believe that 'Flank Drive' may strictly be exclusive to Snap-on, but there are plenty of more modestly priced items using the same principle ... they are designed to drive on the flats instead of rounding-off the corners, and effectively have a wider tolerance.

MichaelG.

Another brand with self-explanatory name is "Metrinch"

12/12/2018 17:28:09

This extract from an old Bedford catalogue may be helpful:

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Sorry about the bleed-through from the reverse!

Thread: Fixing a bronze bush in wood.
07/12/2018 17:52:54

I was going to post that the wooden Marcos was epoxied together but perhaps they used Aerolite; it was certainly an ARL/Ciba Geigy product.

Thread: Power cross feed on Myford Super 7
07/12/2018 17:41:26
Posted by steamdave on 07/12/2018 16:22:10:

Has it jammed because you have wound the cross slide out too far and the lead screw has become disengaged and you can't wind it back in?

If so, you can restore normal operations by trying to wind in the cross slide and at the same time winding the leadscrew handle forwards and backwards maybe half a turn each way. It may well take several attempts, but it will eventually go.

Dave
The Emerald Isle

Edited By steamdave on 07/12/2018 16:22:55

This sounds like the problem suffered by GHT; the answer, no doubt similar to yours, is in his book.

Thread: Mini-Lathe Repair
07/12/2018 11:23:03

I think someone mentioned Nylatron. I have successfully used gears made from this material in a larger lathe.

Thread: ML7 questions
06/12/2018 23:39:06

I have had one of these for some time and recently "added" a flat as recommended by Joe Pieczynski of YouTube which makes the fingernail test more convenient - easy to make and accurate enough for most purposes.

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Mine is sitting on the topslide but for the ML7 it will probably be best to use the cross slide or bed.

Thread: Metal Shapers by Kay Fisher
05/12/2018 16:55:22

Thank you, gentlemen. I'll try again.

PS Having done so I see that, not for the first time, I didn't scroll down far enough; my earlier comment was based on clicking on the Apple link.

Edited By ega on 05/12/2018 17:10:03

Thread: Drawing Copyright - if any?
05/12/2018 16:51:27
Posted by HOWARDT on 05/12/2018 16:38:03:

Some companies in the real world require all copies of drawings to be returned to them on completion of a contract.

Prudent step, but not necessarily proof against the Far East as the Brompton Bicycle Company found to their cost.

Thread: Metal Shapers by Kay Fisher
05/12/2018 14:11:14

I would like to get it but it is only for Apple users!

Thread: Thread Wires.
04/12/2018 23:36:01

Here is a suggestion from the late Cliff Bower:

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An unattended chip pan was the means by which my mother twice set fire to her kitchen.

Thread: Lantern tool holder
04/12/2018 23:25:23
Posted by Clive Foster on 04/12/2018 18:06:48:

...

sometimes led to excessive worship language

...

Clive Foster:

Did you mean "workshop language"? As in LBSC's "workshop Esperanto"?

Thread: headstock oil
04/12/2018 14:37:57
Posted by Carl Wilson 4 on 04/12/2018 13:38:56:
...

I've seen a lot of people scratching their heads over oils which are all functional equivalents, just with a different name as they are the same product but by different manufacturer.

I was one of the head scratchers, struggling to find a source for a particular Shell Vitrea oil which was said by the plate on the lathe to be "obtainable thoroughout the world"! Needless to say, I am now using a suitable hydraulic oil.

In the course of looking I gathered that Shell named their oils after kinds of shell; vitrea is a snail.

Thread: Lantern tool holder
04/12/2018 14:20:39

Bill York:

I believe that the lantern or American toolpost is "correct" for the SB: its principle is rather like the old Myford Quick Set tool boat.

I see from your album that you are making progress. Is that blue-grey the standard SB "color"?

Thread: toolpost motor
03/12/2018 15:25:09

I was surprised to read in the review in MEW 52 that the Quick Step Mill motor is only 60W; it does, of course, drive through a gearbox which would be less suitable for grinding than plain belt drive.

Edited By ega on 03/12/2018 15:25:42

Thread: Lathe changing feedrate and buying advice please
02/12/2018 11:13:35
Posted by Hopper on 02/12/2018 11:00:30:

Do you REALLY need a 1" bore spindle? Most jobs can be done in a Myford etc by using a fixed steady and having the job stick out of the chuck through the steady....

As a standard bore Myford user, I would agree; but the extra spindle capacity is very handy and often avoids the accumulation of unusable short ends of material. The 1" bore makes sense as the typical 4" three jaw chuck passes this size.

I suspect that the steady, along with the faceplate and between-centres turning, are less used than they should be.

Thread: Windows 10 again
02/12/2018 10:11:44
Posted by Journeyman on 01/12/2018 14:02:28:
Posted by ega on 01/12/2018 11:01:15:

am I right in thinking that none of the above applies to a fibre phone connection eg Virgin?

Afraid not! The connection to the house from the Virgin cabinet is still in copper, two parts a co-axial cable for the TV/broadband and a standard telephone cable, the two cables are bonded together into a figure of 8 type which comes up the street to the house. Don't know about BT fibre to the premises though,

Thanks for this, Journeyman.

My phone was knocked out during a storm some years ago. When I rang the insurance company they seemed very sceptical about the idea that lightning was the cause but I never pursued a claim as the excess was more than the cost of repair/replacement.

Edited By ega on 02/12/2018 10:12:17

01/12/2018 11:01:15

Question from an electrical ignoramus:

am I right in thinking that none of the above applies to a fibre phone connection eg Virgin?

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