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To the Beefans and Beekeepers - how about signing this?

http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/s/ban-the-pesticides-that-are-harming-our-bees

Might have solved the mystery myself.

I have enlarged the drawings in the manual and can now see that the hex-headed screw is not intended to engage with the spindle.

Since this drill revs to 3000/min, I now think the screw is a mass balance.

My recently acquired specimen of the drill in the title has a lift-pin to engage/release the spindle gear.

Diametrically opposite the lift pin there is a short 3/8BSW hex-headed screw that seems to also engage in the spindle gear.

I have the manual, but there is no mention of the screw.

Can anyone enlighten me as to its purpose and use?

Incidentally, it is an excellent piece of kit.

I posted this on the Yahoo user group, but no response as yet.

Can anyone define the crossfeed screw for me in terms of diameter, thread form, pitch, hand and length?

The lathe is Imperial.

I want to replace the screw soon but cannot strip the lathe at the moment.

Thanks in advance,

Charles

What!

You mean I could have bought them cheaper?

What about a garage tool trolley / cabinet - storage and shiftability.

Reassembled a Union 1/2" pillar drill that I collected yesterday.

Now I need to source a new drive belt - I don't suppose anyone knows the size?

Is that by any chance a Relum Tornado?

If it is, I may be able to help.

I laid a 5" concrete floor slab over 50mm of Kingspan. Laid quarry tiles over the concrete and waterproof grouted overall.

Once the machinery was through the door, I welded up a door frame of 75 x 30mm box section and installed it with brackets rawlbolted to the structure (so the machines may be removed to pay for my first 2 days of residential care).

This was in 2004 and the Chipmaster lathe and Boxford mill are happy at home.

Thanks to all, but I see that my original question has been "lost in space".

I have already tried bending on a former, hot, cold and last Tuesday.

Loved the "back country machines" in the Youtube clips!

There is no time for me to make a ring roller - but the tool illustrated would certainly do the job!

Probably my cheapest, easiest and most repeatable for trials purposes will be to bend semicircles in a pipe bender and then cut & weld to suit.

Again, thanks to all, especially Springbok who suggested I ask about my 250 and 350mm rings on a jewellery forum.

Hippo nose rings perhaps?

If you still need variator mounting feet, try here: **LINK**

For all the oils for my Chippy, I went to: **LINK**

I have found the RDG QC toolpost completely adequate for my requirements.

Hello all.

I need to make a few 250mm and 350mm rings from 8mm MS round bar as trial material for a project.

I have tried bending forks on the anvil, wrapping a coil round a former but the results are not sufficiently repeatable.

A ring roller is the obvious solution but I cannot make the investment before I know the project is feasible.

Has anyone used a pipe or conduit bender to make complete circles?

Edited By charadam on 23/08/2012 15:15:53

Edited By David Clark 1 on 01/12/2009 13:49:44