Member postings for NJH

Peter

We have been through this loop very recently. The thread is "What did you do today 2015 ?" and, as such, has a wide range of subject matter. I bookmark this thread and get an email notification when posts are made to it. Some posts are very interesting and some less so but I can choose those I follow. I very rarely access posts via the sections but do look in the "LATEST POSTS" box on the right for threads that might interest me. I find too that the "Off Topic" chat also adds to the "atmosphere" of the forum - I've not met any of the posters but overtime I feel that I do know many of them a bit! A "virtual" model engineering club maybe?

Regards

Norman

Hmmm yes but, of course, it is at least possible to EAT the cockerel!

N

Don't get me started on bell ringing!

We live next door to our very beautiful old country church. Each week we get a practice night and ringing for a Sunday service - this is generally fine - however...........

Occasionally there are teams of visiting ringers and, worse still, ringing competitions ! It is VERY loud and our poor dog just sits and howls.

Norman

David

I think a " What I did last night" thread would be really dodgy. I'm certainly not a bit interested in what any of you get up to at night!!

Norman

Well my vote is to leave it as it is! I'm not greatly interested in astronomy but the odd posts about this and other " non- core " subjects under " What did you do today?" give some snippets of info. and are a pleasant diversion and a glimpse into other folk's interests. If there are lots of posts on the subject then, sure, a dedicated thread is appropriate ( although maybe not on a ME forum ? 😐

Norman

Edited By NJH on 28/09/2015 16:25:53

Hi Kwil

"Ran my Bridgeport at 4200 rpm to do a little wood routing using a 6mm solid coated carbide, good clean down after use, face mask on at all times."

Pretty scary on / (for!) your Bridgeport I guess but my father had a woodworking business with a router that ran at 24,000 rpm !!! The speed was achieved, I believe, by running a 3 phase motor driving, on a common shaft, a generator which changed the frequency of the supply to the router head. Very noisy in operation with chips flying in all directions but extremely effective at carving out wood !

Norman

Is it just me - but I don't find e-books at all satisfactory? There is something about holding a book and turning the pages and flipping back and forth which is pleasing.

Thinking that the solution was a Kindle I bought one some years ago and downloaded books with enthusiasm. My favourite series' I have now re-purchased as paperbacks, re-read and enjoyed all the more in paper form. Anyone else share my thoughts?

Norman

Yep - that's quite right - L C Mason wrote a book Building a Small Lathe. This was made from stock materials. I just had a search through my bookshelves and can't locate it. I recall that it was a small machine and LOTS of work to make and quite a lot of material to buy first. The book is still readily available - usual sources!

I think that if I was in the situation with no lathe, and desperate to get one, I would opt for the largest of the mini lathes that I could run to ( Arc for example) have a selection.

Norman

Well Bazyle - poor analogy maybe - although I suspect most folk would take my point. Coming from a generation when none of these "modern" devices were available it has been necessary to learn the old way. I am certainly not advocating the DRO as a "must have" enhancement but it is a very useful ( nice to have ) item - and may well save spoiled work - viz David C's post. ( The DRO is also easier on the eyes than trying to read those little graduations on the dials - oh and yes the problem of backlash in the feed screws is eliminated.

I'm certainly not doing that - merely sharing my own experience. As with all posts on this forum the reader must assess posts and make up their own mind.

Norman

Hi Bazyle

"Does anyone need a DRO? I bet the moon lander was built on machines without DROs."

No of course not - just as no one NEEDS a mattress on their bed. When one gets the mattress however one soon sees the advantages and then wonders how it was possible to manage without!

Norman

David

It's a long time ago and on just a little lathe but I scarfed the ends of flat leather belting , fed the belt around the mandrel pulley, and stuck the overlapped ends together with EVOSTICK. When all was set I took a small hand drill and made a pattern of holes and stitched through these with waxed thread. Seemed to work OK.

Regards

Norma

Clive

78 and you wonder about retiring???!

Good grief man in my "real job " I was made an offer I couldn't refuse at 50 then, after a bit of swanning about, got a part- time job in a mechanical workshop . A few years of this,that I enjoyed, and we decided to retire to the country. "But what will you DO ? " people asked. My answer was "Anything I blooming well WANT to!" And so it has been - I'm now 71 and regret nothing. Given that you have sufficient funds to get by - just get on with " Bloomin' well enjoying yourself " !

Chris

Aciera F3 !!! - lucky you. A superb and flexible bit of kit. I ' ve seen one but, as it was in the boss' partitioned off section of the workshop , I never got to use it!

Norman

Very well argued Peter - my view exactly.

Norman

 "Rant on

Why is it you can't get decent stodge for pudding when eating out these days? Preferably a large slice of jam roly-poly or spotted dick and lashings of thick custard like wot we used to get at school.

Rant off

Andrew "

Andrew

You obviously eat in the wrong places!

I've just returned from a spell in hospital and one of the meals served up was Sausage and Mash with Onion Gravy followed by Bakewell Tart and Custard ! Years and years since I'd eaten these treats - it was ( almost ) worth prolonging my stay!

(Painfully!) Norman

Edited By NJH on 11/09/2015 09:01:17

Thanks Raymond - that should while away a few hours!

Norman

Still nice and sunny in Devon today Bazyle ! 😎

Trips to Australia - sadly not. It's not that I don't like flying - I flew gliders for some years - but the prospect of flying to Australia is beyond endurance. I wouldn't want to sit in my own armchair for that long!

Norman

Good grief Raymond - I think you need a holiday!

We've just had our No.2 son with us here in sunny Devon for 5 weeks - he lives in Melbourne. I just can't get my head around the distances between places you have out there. Hope things calm down a bit for you soon.

Regards

Norman

Massimo

Yes - quite right Dave NOBLE it was - my excuse is advanced years and knowing a Dave Goodwin in the dim and distant past !

It was a useful mod - especially as it was possible to select the mid position and remove the drive to the lead screw. That done it was much quieter and, by disconnecting the lead screw by means of the lead screw clutch, a fine hand feed to the carriage could be made by means of the leadscrew hand wheel.

Still remember my ML10 with affection!

Norman

Chris

Yes I used one of Polly's hones and it worked well. You need to keep it lubricated, keep it moving and keep from spraying oil all round the workshop!

My solution was to do it on the drill press where the constant in / out action is easier. The oil was contained by " modifying" a tub of peaches ( I added the peaches to my breakfast cereal ..yum yum) It took a while but worked well.

Regards

Norman