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Member postings for Rick Spaidal

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Thread: How to mark out and machine a radius
30/04/2013 17:57:06

For us newbs please exactly what is a filing button and how does one get some and then how does one use them ?

Thread: Taper Attachment Advise / Help
12/02/2013 22:22:28

I just purchased a taper attachment for a 13x40 lathe from EBAY, my lathe is a 13x40 except it is not setup to accept one yet,
there are no mounting holes or bolts in the rear of the saddle to mount the attachment to.
My question is how accurately do I need to make the taper attachment parallel to the ways, does it have to exact to within a thou .001"
if I don't remove the saddle and hand drill and tap the mounting holes I may not get it within a 1/16" will it still work OK or should I go
to all the trouble of completely dismantling the carriage/saddle so I can locate it exactly?

Thread: spiders
21/01/2013 00:55:56

Wish I had some spiders for my lathe

Thread: Carfbide Brazing Help Please
21/01/2013 00:53:54

I want to braze a small piece of carbide onto a piece of steel to keep the end from dulling so fast, are there any tricks or tips I should know about or does one do it just like steel to steel ?

Those store bought carbide lathe tools that have carbide brazed onto the is very close to what I wnat to do but I need my own shape

TIA

Thread: Magnetic Milling Machine
25/08/2010 19:13:49
It seems in the last few months my manual milling machine has taken on a magentic charge, all the steel chips are sticking the the cutters, vice and workpiece while held in place to be machined. Has anyone else had an issue like this and what does one do about it ?
Thread: Digital editions of Model Engineer and Model Engineers' Workshop.
05/02/2010 15:25:56
Is the "total rescanning" complete yet ?
 
I am still having some issues with printing
issues 122 to 149 as they have edges that
show weird positoning marks and color charts.
 
Is anyone else having probelms like this?
Thread: MEW Digital Archive Scanning Problems
01/02/2010 15:18:22
Posted by Greg Brodie-Tyrrell on 30/01/2010 07:49:48:
To whom it may concern,
 
After the complete rescan, I note that for the following issues, downloading of the following page (for each issue) and indeed of all subsequent pages, is not possible.  The pages can be seen in the viewer, but the download process "hangs" at the stated page number.
 
Issue   Page
4           69
6           71
8           53
16         62
 
Greg Brodie-Tyrrell
Oakbank SA
 
 
I just got issue 4 and 6 to print all pages but
8 and 16 still hang

Edited By Rick Spaidal on 01/02/2010 15:20:17

Edited By Rick Spaidal on 01/02/2010 15:38:07

Thread: Castings vs Steel ?
29/01/2010 21:11:13
I am new here and enjoying this forum !
my question is why are so many parts made from
castings (so cast iron) vs steel
is cost the only reason? I see castings are not that cheap
I give a face plate as an example, whats wrong with machining
one out of steel, or the cross slide of a lathe, they are cast as well
but could be made out of steel
 
TIA
Thread: MEW Digital Archive Scanning Problems
28/01/2010 16:38:55
Who is the correct person to report problems to
and get updates on how progress with the
"total rescan" please ?
Thread: Issue 78 Missing
06/01/2010 14:43:28
I also am dissappointed, having a hard copy subscription I was able to see from issue 122 to present, and they are in pretty good format so once I found out that in order to see the rest I needed a digitial subscription I went and paid my 29 pound ( not sure how many dollars CDN that is yet ) only to find what Gordon has found. missing pages, pages out of order, missing issues. I too would like to know what is going to done and when about this, money don't grow on trees and I sure don't feel like I am getting my moneys worth with the digitial subscription !

Edited By Rick Spaidal on 06/01/2010 14:45:06

Thread: MEW 3 page missing
04/01/2010 22:25:33
Are you trying to view ISSUE 3 in the digital section of the web site
because all I see is issue 122 and newer, am I missing something ?
04/01/2010 22:24:41
Are you trying to view ISSUE 3 in the digital section of the web site
because all I see is issue 122 and newer, am I missing something ?
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