Member postings for maurice bennie

Hi Denis, I too was like you,many years ago ,woodwork and metal work teachers were all taken to fight in the war and we never got to learn these crafts. When I retired I had the wish to make something, and like you bought a lathe ,Saw some books in the "Workshop practise series "

Now have most of them, and very slowly sitting in front of the lathe with book in one hand have managed to produce , from castings ,a Stuart mill engine ,never steamed but it works on compressed air. If I can do it so can you ,do not give up .The joy I felt when that started to turn I will always remember. He who never made a mistake ,never made anything.!

good luck Maurice

Hi Mike . Never make the cut all way round ,only a third will be better. Put the mark on top,bend glass down and pull at same time. If you have a diamond tile cutter that will do it but more trouble.

I have broken many tubes the first way and no problem .Was a lab tech for many years

Good luck Maurice

HI all "Lakeland" cookery shop sell a kind of teflon thin sheet for lining baking trays.

maybe you have some in the kitchen I never said that .

maurice

Hi all. Had the same problem and had a large rant .After a abeer to calm down I ,returned pushed some keys and all of the adverts on the right hand side have gone , except the blue My Hobbystore at the top.Please dont ask me how Ihave no idea.

Happy now .If I can do it anyone can do it as I am totaly computer illiterate. Maurice. must be magic !

Hi Ossie as you have now bought a wheel look on internet for GRINDING WHEEL DRESSER

get a bar one not a single stone one. GENTLY feed the dresser ,holding square on the rest so that it just brushes the wheel until the re is no vibration. Do check ,as previously mentioned, that the centre has the spacer fitted'properly and the cardboard washers are fitted each side of the wheel.

Good luck Maurice

Hi Bill again, See(Workshop Practice Series No 9.

ISBN 0 85242 845 6 NEXUS Secial Interests. Also ( MODEL ENGINEERS handbook). by

TUBAL CAIN .A mine of information ,It s not let me down yet

Maurice.

HI Bill are you using the right silver solder? these are the melting points of jewellery grade silver solder

ie for assaying.

EASY 705-723

MEDIUM 720-765

HARD 745-778

All of these can be used on brass ,copper ,and some iron,and steels .but are very expensive.There are others to be had called silver brazing rods,a lot less silver and cheaper. Ifyou have TUBAL CAIN hand book on page 6.3 there is a list of all grades of silver brazing alloys and their melting points As all previous posts very good advise ,in silver smithing ,big jobs ,bushy flame, small ie jump rings needle flame .Fluxes I have used are DIEWERSOL ,BORAX ,and fof silver ARGO-TECT(this stops fire stain)

Good luck Maurice

Hi Gordon I would cut bar in half,fix in chuck and fixed steady turn down end. do likewise with other half .Centre drill each half and put in a pin to line it up .Weld or braze together Asyou said that it need not be accurate .Just a thought but I have no idea what you are going to use the bar for ,it may not work

good luck Maurice.

Hi Re salt (sodium chloride) bath ,tried adding same to boiling water and it does raise temp,the amount I managed to get away with (some one elses salt) it raised the temp by 4c, not much but adding a kilo of sugar the temp rises much higher ,the temp of jam.I only managed about a table spoonful of salt in a pint of water.

Takes me back to Beery my chemistry master many eons ago.

Maurice

have just got a new comp windows 8, Every time Igo onto a new site some maniac womenoffers me a free gift if I fill in a questionaire,That costs a fiver post. Please does any one know how to get rid of this rubbish.(trying to be polite)

Maurice

Hi all,Perspex sheet can be softend by adding sugar to water and heating .can get over 120c.

I have not tried salt but I think it would work. There is more even heat so you avoid bubbles.

I know this is not salt bath ,molten salt (sodium chloriide) melts at 801 c not nice!

Maurice.

Hi Mike.could you use domed rubber tap washers and stick your 6mm stem on with something like "HAFIX" glue .

Just a thought Maurice.

Hi John , Scrap photo printers have good steel shafts which the carriage runs on .I do no know if this is of any use ,being 8mm dia 400mm long (the pieces I have).

Maurice

Hi , I have used pen kits from AXMINSTER TOOLS . every thing supplied but the holder, which can be made of anything .I know this is cheating ,but I am not clever enough to do what you are trying .

The kits are good ,I think they are from U.S.A. and use a standard roller type ink cartridge also a pencil version.

best wishes Maurice.

Hi Brandon .My first engine,built many years ago, was a Stuart Turner S50 mill engine ,still have it and it will run from a 12v tyre pump.My great grandsons love watching it .I made it with an early myford and a few hand tools.

Good luck with whatever you choose .Maurice

Hi Michael , I have the Ian Bradley manuel and on page32 there are instuctions on how to adjust the clutch

book is ISBN 0-85242-775-1 hope this helps Maurice.

Hi Please can someone tell me what JB weld is as I have not heard of it . Thanks in advance

Maurice.

Hi Rod , have routed plywood using four and two blade milling cutter ,four is best at as high a speed as posible on my small mill .With care can cut free hand shallow quarter inchgrooves .Made some track for wooden train set .have not tried solid wood but Ido not see why it would not work

Best of luck and take care Maurice

Hi Derek .Could be the pot needs cleaning, there is a spray which I use that can be found in electronic shops, or radio repair shops .See if you can scroung a squirt from some one .

Best of luck Maurice

Hi Stuart I have used an inverted jig saw clamped upsidedown in the vice ,Abit dodgy but it works.

I extended the table by screwing a sheet of ply onto the foot of the saw. I dont think that I would go to 800mm