Member postings for Ian P

They are there, I can see them on a PC with XP/IE8, iPad/Safari& Chrome, and on an Android phone.

But the main thing, nice work Wolfie

Ian

Bob

Yes, the Japanese are clever, but so are the Americans, the Koreans, the French, the Welsh, etc, etc, the Camanzind however was Swiss.

The 555 was not perfect but it was incredibly versatile and easy to use. Its a while (actually 2 years) since I used a 555 in a project, but some of the things I made in the early 70s are still in use.

Ian

I think you have hit the nail on the head there!

(a) Appear very limited

(b) Virtually no impact, all it does is annoy the forum users. I doubt the management (especially the corporate bods) even know about it. If they did, they probably wouldn't see any point in wasting resources on it anyway.

As I said, I have stopped worrying about it.

By coincidence, I've just looked at the high quality engineering (and the high standard of his photography) in Graham Meek's recent Myford project. They really have screwed up the screen layout though!

Ian

John

When I said baloney I was refering to all the advice to 'do this, do that, try this etc, etc. Whilst the advice is freely given in good faith by people trying to be helpful it cannot ever solve the problem, only the website IT people can do that.

I have long given up being bothered by this problem, I just accept it as it does not stop me using the forum.

What I do not understand though is why this website tries to do things differently to the norm, the spell checker is good (bad!) example.

Ian

Gordon

Well I cannot think of a good answer to your question, other than, if you dont do it yourself no one else will!

To be fair, the editor tries, and many forum posters have spent fruitless hours on this particular problem. The (IT) people that could do something about seem to have an obscure motive for NOT fixing it.

Changing browers, operating systems, compatibility mode, its all baloney! The problem is caused fairly and squarely by the website. I now just live with it and if a post is obscurred, stop looking at that topic.

Ian

Edited By Ian Phillips on 22/08/2012 14:10:39

You may be right Jason! After my posting I Googled to see if I could find a 'Teardown' video on youtube, I didn't, but I did see a cross section view and it looks as if this type of chuck has a central 'Leadscrew' so my drilling would have nicely wrecked it.

Ian

I have a unused 1/4"-6mm 'Supra' Rohm drill chuck which I want to 'improve' by drilling a 1/4" hole all the way through. At present the jaw opening and the fixing ends are both blind.

The jaw section of the chuck has a very shallow depth and only grips the top 15-18mm of the drill. Its fine for most drills but I want to hold a (usually double ended) Slocumb bit so only the tips of jaws really come into play.

The part I want to drill is very hard but I am hoping it will succumb to a carbide drill so I need to dismantle it first. Does anyone know how easy it easy to dismantle a Rohm chuck?

Ian

Edited By Ian Phillips on 06/08/2012 21:41:35

Getting back to the original posting.

Mexican Jon wondered whether a long arbor supported by the tailstock would be better than a short version. I would say that it depends on how near the MT2 end the load is. I say 'load' because we dont know whether its the gear or the cutter on the arbor.

Surely having the cutter or gear close to the headstock is going to more rigid than the same load in the middle of a long arbor with one end only supported by the tailstock.

Ian

David

As I type this text there is a flashing advert just to the left of the screen still advertising it as 'web app'! I woudl bet that most people reading the advert would only latch on to the second word so in effect it is still being described as that.

I think there are two real reason for the IT problems that seem to plague this site. First is that the software written/created for the MHS group is just badly/poorly done. Secondly once the software is published and in use, it gets abandoned not really maintained.

As I understand it, some flavours of Android cannot handle some specialised apps but the vast majority (I guess 98%) just work. Something as straightforward as the MEW app should be bread and butter to any respectable software house.

Ian

According to the Buck & Hickman blurb, the 400ml can actually contains 300ml of the Rocol Ultraglide, at £22/can that works out to over £70/litre, or even more frightening £550 a gallon!

I know these numbers are not really relevant because there is a price penalty for putting the stuff in an aerosol (not unique to Rocol either, even bottled water is more expensive than petrol). My feelings are though that the aerosol version is just nowhere near as effective as the stuff in plain containers.

When I used the aerosol version (probably 15 years ago) its effect was dramatic by comparison with ordinary oil.

I will chuck out the aerosol and get some proper stuff, just need to find out what the difference or advantage of X5 over things like Ketan's Rock oil SAE 68.

Out of interest, (should start another thread really) what sort of oilcan tip/spout should be used with the ball type oilers? I usually press the ball down with a scriber and drip oil past it but that can't be right really.

Ian

Reading your reply is tempting me to drill some holes in the lathe carriage so the lubricant can be applied directly to where its needed, also as you say it will then displace the old oil and dirt.

I have just read some blurb on the Rocol Ultraglide and its described as 'tenacious', considering that it costs over £22 for 400mL the only thing tenacious about it is the grip on your wallet! Normaly I have a high opinion of Rocol products too.

Ian

I purchased a 400mL aerosol can of it a couple of years ago, have used it occasionally but am not convinced it is as good as 3-in-1 or engine oil, especially taking the price into account.

There seems to be little actual lubricant in the can, just lots of solvent and propellant. Initially after applying it to the bedways of my Boxford the movement is much improved but a few traverses later the coating dries out and the effectiveness seems to have dissipated.

Oddly I am sure that when I used some at work about 10 years ago its effect was significant and long lasting, maybe it has been reformulated to comply with some directive, (or just reformulated to increase profits!)

What would you recommend as the best balance between initial cost, lubricity, and ease of application?

Ian

Edited By Ian Phillips on 26/07/2012 16:02:54

Bazyle

I'm curious. What is the connection between 3C and Boxford?

I have seen lots of Boxford lathes over many years and cannot recall any of them having 3C tooling (OK maybe the odd one), in general though surely a rarity.

Ian

Michael

Creating the correct profile on the brush is usually done by trapping a longish strip of sandpaper/wet&dry between the brush and commutator (abrasive side out) and alternately pulling the paper strip ends. Easier to do than describe, clean the carbon dust off before running.

I would not advise using the chair without a correctly functioning speed controller. straight On/Off sounds positively scary!

Ian

Wolfie

I wasn't trying to be clever, I just was unsure what direction you wanted to drill the hole.

A hole normal to the taper is easier than one at right angles to the axis as the drill has less tendency to run off, its more or less like cross drilling a parallel shaft. One way might be to put the taper in a vee block mounted at an angle (say clamped in the machine vise). You could use the steel rule trick to find the centreline. Start off with a spotting drill and you might not even need to centrepunch.

Ian

Youv'e done it again Wolfie!

Please give some indication of which way you want to drill into this taper, axially, radially, 90 degrees to taper surface? also material and hole size would clarify things.

Ian

My reply to Tomfilery

Your post confuses me, firstly you say that in the main you dont experience the problem although you obviously have seen it as you say its annoying, OK not as annoying to you as the people on this forum that in your opinion have done nothing to find the cause!

Quite a few people on this forum have proactively made efforts to solve the problem, even those who make a posting just reporting the problem are in reality trying to find the cause so your opinion about whingeing comments is quite rude really. You then later mention infantile comments and teddies/prams which I find insulting. Just look at the post immediately prior to yours (from M Gilligan) to see an example of what lengths some people go to to try and help.

Lastly you state that by searching previous posts the problem can be corrected, I wish!

I have probably read most if not all of the posts on this topic, if I followed the advice given in those posts I would by now have changed browsers three times, tried alternative operating systems and bought several computers and undoubtably would still see the adverts overwriting the texts!

By the editors own admission the problem exists, I for one do not believe its caused by the forum users and I doubt I am alone in that opinion.

If you do know how to stop the adverts overlapping the texts, please, please share it with us all.

Ian

Going by the length of time that the overlapping adverts saga has been going on they must (IMHO) have prioritised being careful over actually making changes!

Also they dont have to control the way people post, just be aware that if anything can go wrong, it will.

Surely if nothing else they could restrict the width/size/length or whatever,of the fields that we can enter text and images into (with informative error messages or at least a helpfile). Even if its not a perfect solution it would ameliorate the problem.

Ian

Just to add my experiences with this advert problem.

Using XP, IE8 as I have done for several years I frequently find that the adverts do overwrite the posts, however its not consistent! some days its fine and other times I cannot read the posts. Oddly compatibility mode sometimes does help but very often. I have tried to investigate what causes the variability but so far without success.

As I understand it compatibility mode is provided by Microsoft to assist viewing websites that do not fully conform to the current standards/norm. That fact, and the fact that of the HUNDREDs of site I visit never have this problem leads me to the conclusion that the fault is of MHS making and not to do with what browser or computer we use.

I thank DC for fixing the examples that he is made aware of but I feel he has involved himself in a never ending (and thankless) task!

Ian

Probably several complex reasons,

Because its cheaper to make a digital one

Digital is easier and quicker to read,

It makes the company metrology lab look high tech and up to date.

I think manufacturing cost is the main driving force

Ian