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I am after the number of the magazine which had the plans of three early knurling tools ,if someone can help please.

Frank

Hornsby of Grantham built a successful tracked vehicle mounted with an internal combustion engine. They tried to sell this to the war department to tow guns before the first world war .This was rejected by the cavalry generals.Hornsby sold the track design to Holt who subsiquentley sold it to Catapiller.There has always been a lack of investment in our industry.

Frank

I was given a cheap drill which was not very good.I removed the quill to be made into a toolpost grinder,then Iremoved the column from the base which will become a platform for a jack on my floor standing pillar drill.The drill table has a 90 degree tilt ,I cut the column down and use this table on the mill to bolt large items that won't fit my tilting vise ,the motor will power the toolpost grinder.Hope this gives you some ideas.

Frank

The tap was possibly made in their workshop and then a screw plate made from it and not to difficult to harden if gauge plate or an old file annealed drilled and tapped and rehardened.

Frank

An excellant idea,people often browse magazines and to see an article for beginners might rouse their interest and start them off on this all consuming hobby.Although I have always made things ,my interest was sparked by an article of making a clock by John Wilding and I haven't stopped since .

Frank

Hi Gary, I couldn't think of a way to make a depth stop for my mill.I had a clear up of magazines and came across the article by Mike Havard which solved the problem .At first sight it looked simple but was more difficult than I anticipated .I broke two 3mm taps the first I have broken for a few years .The two rings I made as one and parted off,But when I slid them onto the revolving part of the handle this part was fractionaly larger than the fixed portion I then had to dismantle the handle and reduce it to allow the fixed ring to slide over the fixed ring on the mill . I then set up the dividing head to engrave 72 divisions as the quill has 72mm of travel on the revolving ring and slid it into position on the spider.I got a result this morning and I am grateful to Mike for this solution.

Frank

Just finished making a depth stop for my SX3mill.The article by MikeHavard was in No158 2009 .I had no alluminium so I made it from 90mm bar stock ,tons of swarf for such a small item.It works a treat and I no longer have to keep my eye on the digital readout when drilling .I think that the makers should take up his idea and fit to all new SX3,s.

Frank

I was given one and used it for some years but could not leave it for long as the belt slipped.The motor and the saw were original with the belt driven off the motor shaft with aslight crown I presume this was a sleave but I never looked.I gave it to a friend who used the motor in a box on which was mounted his tracked traction engine which drove the tracks for exhibitions,so it lives on in part.

Frank

I like the format that you have introduced and don't give a monkeys chuff about errors that are always present in all magazines.I was told as an apprentice when I made a mistake that the Romans always built in a mistake as only the gods are perfect.Keep up the good work Niel the magazine is certainly a lot better under your care.

Frank

Fine piece of work ,and the chair is one of the best engineered items built in there trillions over the millenia withstanding incredible forces for years and many for hundreds of years.

Frank

I forgot to mention the slot at the front of the box the existing blade will not enter the slot and my neighbour who is a retired toolroom fitter thinks it could house a depth gauge that would attach to the arm?

Frank

Jason the blade is .360".I have managed to create an album so this might help to understand what I'm talking about.

Frank

Michael the vernier is adjustable ,but the vernier plate held in place by the two screws is tight in the apeture and is not adjustable.My height gauge is exactly like the catalogue .With the blade below the arm tight to the base the blade is 25/32" from the surface plate and the vernier scale is .150"above the 1" mark.

Frank

The scale is engraved on the column and there is no adjustment on the vernier .

Frank

The blade on top of the arm with the slope upwards the vernier aligns at 1" but is 1.375 above the base,this is the only position that makes sense as the other configurations of the blde do not zero on 1" on the vernier,has anyone got an explanation for this.

Frank

Hi Roger

The scale on mine which is only imperial starts 1" above the base. The blade on mine is straight and there is no place in the box for a cranked blade.I set the workpiece on an 1" block for marking below 1".There is a screw in the top of the block which the blade holder sits on .I can't get the hang of posting photographs I'm sorry.

Frank

Hello Roger

I have the same height gauge and I have the dimensions of the holder and the blade.The holder is 1.168" long .581 high .275 wide the slot is 50th from the end and .737 long with a knurled screw in the end,The blade is .175 wide 2.252" long .360 high with a 30 degree slope.Let me know if you require any more information.Hope this helps.

Frank

I have had a framed mallet for many years and the heads are ash and have worn well.A friend of mine who is an agricultural engineer buys lignum vitae in a log 900mm long 150mm diameter which I make into 4"*1.25" bearings for food mills.Doing this favour has wrecked my bandsaw blade it's very hard.I was given six old telegraph pole arms and was told that they were made from iron wood ,I used them for needles for supporting brickwork whilst forming the opening below and fitting a lintel.They were 3" square and even with holes for the insulators they never broke ,a redish coloured timber with a straight grain.

Frank

I would suggest that you learn to use a 4 jaw chuck ,it will be far more versatile.If you remove work from a 3 jaw chuck it will not be accurate if you replace it,but replacing in a 4 jaw it can be clocked dead true.

Frank

Job done ,the help available on this forum is epic.

Frank