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Thread: Hints and tips
12/11/2009 15:30:38
Mr Stephens et al, your notion of a hints and tips thread is most laudable.  Your wish to promulgate your expertise should be welcomed by most especially by beginners like myself.
 
I don't wish to detract from your 'fire-power' but I have recently discovered the articles by Geometer and Artificer in the digital archive and thoroughly recommend them.
 
David C: I would have thought that publication of the Geometer series in book form would be a worthwhile exercise.
 
Meanwhile tipsters, if you have a moment or two, please address the following related queries:
(a) I have a second-hand Griptru chuck and despite having the original instructions I'm finding it difficult to adjust so that material runs truly;
 
(b) I have similar problems in adjusting a 4-jaw to hold round work truly; and
 
(c) in Tubal Cain's book Building the Overcrank Engine Georgina the following advice appears  regarding chucking a flywheel (p.19), "Set up in the 4-jaw gripping by the inside and adjust till true in the usual way with chalk and patience".
 
Please excuse me if the answers to my queries appear in the very archival information that I am recommending  -  I haven't read all of them by any manner of means just yet.
 
Any elucidation would be most welcome.  Thank you.

Edited By Niloch on 12/11/2009 15:36:14

Thread: Digital inexing
12/11/2009 11:53:56
J.Malcolm Wild on page 65 of his book Wheel and Pinion Cutting in Horology says: "Finally we come to the ultimate in dividing in the lathe."  He goes on to show how these(1) products may be attached to the rear of the lathe mandrel using, I presume, a component similar to the one to be found in his kit for attaching a traditional Myford dividing head in the same position and shown here(2a).
 
There is a British equivalent  shown here(3)  making use of a Vertex rotary table.  Similarly I guess these(4) tables might also be suitable.
 
My questions are (a) whether all rotary tables have a hole all the way through their centre so that they may be attached to the mandrel and (b) whether any horologist has experience of using such a set up?
 
Thank you.
 
 

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Thread: Boiler making hearth
08/11/2009 22:26:47
I don't doubt that this is not the right forum for responding to your last sentence V8Eng but, yes; Tim Andrews and Ashraf Hanna to name but two more.
I think in the early days of this forum there was a thread which asked members to state whether they had any other interests, at least you and I know what one of ours is!!

Edited By Niloch on 08/11/2009 22:29:56

07/11/2009 23:03:41
Enquire also from these people about a kilo or two of ceramic chips but I suspect that  insulation blanket would do just as well.  Pursuing V8Eng's post I've seen temporary pottery kilns made largely from blanket (& an angle iron frame) at ceramist fairs.
06/11/2009 23:33:37
What about this:
Thread: DIN tooling
03/11/2009 15:07:19
MEW: issue 136 March 2008 through to issue 139
Thread: 3d printing!!
03/11/2009 10:53:26
Members interested in this amazing technology might care to look here
Don't  forget to wait for the video to load.

Edited By Niloch on 03/11/2009 10:58:32

Thread: DIN tooling
03/11/2009 10:44:42
Look out for a four part article by Mike Haughton entitled Insert Tools.  I suspect I saw it in one of the MEW issues in the digital archives of this forum.  I further suspect that it will answer your queries.  Regrettably I can't exactly remember in which issues it appeared.
Thread: Old Model Engnieer Magazines on CD/DVD???
26/10/2009 20:49:59
Couldn't agree more Wessexman.  This suggestion was mooted in the early days of this forum here
Thread: Wheel Crossing article
21/10/2009 17:40:02
See also the article An Introduction to Crossing Out by Bill Morris in  issue 130 of MEW commencing page 29 (October 2007).  If you are a subscriber you will have access to this issue in the digital archive.
 

Edited By Niloch on 21/10/2009 17:42:59

21/10/2009 15:19:15
With regard to wheel crossing, you might want to stretch the budget a good deal by purchasing the very comprehensive hard-back book authored by J. Malcolm Wild himself entitled Wheel and Pinion Cutting in Horology (ISBN 1-86126-245-0)
 
Yes of course, it is a lot more expensive than a couple of back issues but then it contains far more information.
 
 
Thread: Brass and Paint
20/10/2009 17:35:27
The following advice is to be found at:
http://www.phoenix-paints.co.uk

Brass, copper, aluminium and nickel silver, in fact all non-ferrous metals should be etch primed before applying any subsequent coats of paint. These metals have an oxide layer which paints do not adhere to very well. Even if abraded with abrasive paper, the oxide layer reforms within 2 or 3 seconds!! Etch Primer has an acid in it to microscopically eat through the oxide layer and into the metal thus providing a key for the paint.
Thread: Workshop Practice Series
13/10/2009 14:53:58
The home page of MyHobbyStore has a special offer for the Workshop Practice Series in the top left, namely, Buy 3 get 2 FREE!  How can I take advantage of this special offer?  There seems to be no difficulty in availing oneself of the buy 2 get 1 FREE offer.
Puzzled!!
Thread: graphite year stuffing
24/09/2009 14:36:01
Ian S C,
You seem to be managing well enough without PTFE String but in case you would like further information it is a Loctite product.  Loctite is, in turn, owned by Henkel (Dusseldorf, Germany) but they have an Asia-Pacific arm.  Henkel N.Z. Ltd, East Tamaki, 2 Allens Rd, Auckland.
Screwfix is a British company which until a couple of years ago was mail-order only:
with very competitive pricing.
Usual disclaimer.
23/09/2009 23:10:23
PTFE string: surely, you must mean: Screwfix product no. 42142 Pipe Seal Cord, £2.93/50metres
Thread: Techniques for engraving and etching brass
22/09/2009 11:50:02
John Wilding has covered the technique of planing numerals in one of his several books. Consult:
http://www.ritetimepublishing.co.uk
to identify and buy the correct one.
Thread: Visiting UK
06/09/2009 18:15:11
Lokk out for the 2009 edition of Steam Heritage Guide
http://www.teepublishing.co.uk
I guess opening times let alone steaming days might be difficult but for awe-inspiring steam power, try:
http://www.kemptonsteam.org

Edited By Niloch on 06/09/2009 18:15:53

Thread: Wanted ads.
01/09/2009 09:07:35
Good to see the Wanted Ads panel David. Thank you.
Thread: Movable lathe
20/08/2009 21:55:08
You might find a reading of Mr Willson's account of his M300 in the latest MEW beneficial.  It appears that he custom makes a cradle to fit under each of his heavy machines to which can be attached wheels for single-handed movement.
His machines sit on the cradles which in turn sit on adjustable anti-vibration pads supplied by: farrat.com although I'm unclear about this last point.

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Thread: Metric vs Imperial - Practical or Traditional?
17/08/2009 20:47:43
Am I not right in saying that British bricks and concrete blocks are of Imperial sizes?
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