Member postings for bricky

Mart ,could you explain to me how you achieve such a fine depth of cut.I can't get at a guess less less than .125mm on my Myford large bore and half a th on my old Myford.I don't have digital read outs so I assume you do and that is how you do it.

Frank

My toolpost is a after the Pratt-Bernerd QCTP which I thought had ridgeitity problems.Easy to make and I find it far quicker than my Dickson clone.The tool cartridges sit on the topslide with no overhang.The only drawback is one has to shim the tools to height,but once done it only needs checking after a resharpen.I can't show the image as the image occupies to much space on the post.So to view it is in my albums.

Frank

Strads have all been altered over the years and I think all have new necks to withstand the steel strings instead of the baroque gut strings.The wood of the early 16th-17th century came from a period of a mini ice age causing the wood to grow slowly and cannot be found today.So the quality of wood dose make a difference.The quality of the player makes any instrument sound better.

Frank

When building cellars,they were lined on the floor with asphalt and the walls rendered the same.The floor was coversed with concrete to hold the asphalt down and block walls were built against the asphalt to prevent water pressure pushing it of.I realise that is not a solution for you, but for future reference, for anyone using the cellar for a workshop.A watertight cellar guaranteed.

Frank

I have an SX3,and when I got it I needed a vice ,a friend gave me one to get me going but I needed something with more jaw opening.Having bought an old ME magazine at a show in which there was an article on a vice with a fixed jaw and a jaw that could be moved to the full length of the bed.I can't give details of the article and plan as I gave the magazine to a friend.I seldom have need to use my other vices.

Frank

As Michael suggested knife edges on agates was used by Riefler on his regulators .I built one and a 30lb pendulem is driven by a 1.5lb weight.

Frank

I use silicon baking sheet,it's about 18 pounds from a kitchen store or supermarket.

Frank

I still have a bottle of oxilic acid from my working life ,like John F it is the best to remove stains from wood,I used it often with good result ,I don't know where one would buy it today are gone when you could get chemicals from your local chemist.

Frank

The school that I attended was overcrowded and the class I was in was in an civil defence club.The teacher was the only one and suited herself.When she found out that I ran bets to the bookies runner she had me take bets to a bookies runner who was a greengrcer.The instructions were don't give him the envelope until the shop was empty upon which he would take me into the back room and take the bet .If she won I would go and collect her winnings and could take a lot longer to return.Can anyone imagine this happening today.I also trapped my hand in the door and passed out and was sent home she never asked if anyone was home.I have fond memories of my 11 plus year in 1956.I remember the men fron local factories being bussed home at lunch and them running past before I was at scool and the smell of cutting fluid of their overalls never left me.

Frank

Welcome Gwyn.

I have a Sieg SX3 from Arc Euro Trade the service was exellent and the machine which I have had for 9 years has had no problems and does all I need.We are mostly goverened by what we intend to make and the space availiable so I wish you luck with your choice.

Frank

My dad used Rozolex which was the barrier cream supplied by the railway where he worked as a carriage and wagon fitter.he always had clean hands.I suffered badly in the building trade from cracked fingers,having tried several remedies to no avail I asked an assistant a boots what she would recomend.She said the best thing would be a nappy rash cream called Drapoline,this worked brilliantly.

Frank

I have a message and don't know how to open it,could someone tell me

Frank

Thanks Stuart for the spot on e-bay ,I have just bought it.

Frank

I have just checked the drawing and it dose state 4329 ,but if it isn't in there there is no point in me buying an issue.Thanks Jason

Frank

Thank you Neil

Can I buy a back issue ME4329 4th July 2008 reference the balancing of the flywheel.

I built a 2" scale Burrell Gold Medal tractor and that is as much as I want to lift at 74 it is just shy of 1cwt and I can just manage it into the boot of the car,and this is a small tractor.

Frank

Welcome paul ,you will find this forum is a mine of information, all willing to help.I too trained at nights at the Newark Violin School and made seven violins being a luthier is so relaxing.

Frank

At the Midland Model Engineering show at Doddington Park I was having my lunch when a fellow enthusiast sat at my table.He had travelled to the show from Germany ,we had a good chat and when he said there is one thing wrong with British industries I thought here we go.He said the worst thing that Britain did was to dilute the best apprenticeship sceme in the world and all your industries have suffered because of it.How right he was and is.I served 6 years as a bricklayer subsequent years were reduced until they were starting from useless college courses at 17 and out of there time at 19 effectivly 2 years,one cannot gain the experience in that time .Sorry about the rant but I do feel strongly about this problem.

Frank

My first clock was a regulater which as I had no tools was built with a home made turns and hand cut teeth.The pendulem was a length of straight grained deal with a heavy lead bob.When the clock was running I rated the pendulem with lead fishing weights and coins.The best I achieved was 2 seconds a day for a fortnight.I know that the post is about carbon fibre about which I know nothing,but the killer of all manual timepieces is friction ,reduce that and the difference between Invar and carbon fibre will hardly matter.

Frank