Member postings for Mark P.

Whilst on the subject of milling, has anyone converted their WM16 to inverter drive? The reason being I am contemplating doing this to mine ( I find that my motor eats brushes). Also is it the spindle gears which are plastic and will the ones Arceurotrade sell fit? When I do carry out this conversion I would like to retain the Hi Lo gears to increase the usable speed range.

Regards Mark P.

Hi Ron, I have fitted the Arc Euro DRO's to my WM16 X and Y axis fairly straight forward fit.

Mark P.

Hi Ed, will try taking the weight off the head and then adjust the gibs.

Will Warco offer an inverter upgrade for the WM250 do we think?

Mark P.

Hello all, has anyone got a spare copy of this months MEW? My newsagent was not supplied with theirs and don't look likley to get one either.

Regards Mark P.

I can recommend a search on flea-bay I get 90% of my materials from there and find it cheaper than other hobby suppliers.

Regards Mark P

Sorry to hear of your disaster Bill,hope you get things sorted out soon.

Whilst on the subject of corrosion removal has anyone got any ideas for cleaning up corrosion from aluminium brake calipers? I remember from when I was in the aircraft industry we used a product called Deoxodine 624,this killed corrosion on ally but I can't find a similar product for home use.

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Well who's a numpty then? Thanks Mick I looked in the manual after you had reminded me, never thought to look in there! Anyway the ones I have made are in tolerance (30.12mm - 30.2mm) Thanks for the replies panic over.

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Hi all. I have been making a set of 4 stainless pistons for my motorbike,on completion I find that they are all .03mm undersize they should be 30.18mm I've ended up with 30.15mm. The question is will they be OK to use or shall I remake them? I think that they should be OK as the seals should take up the.03.

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You could try metal stitching,I have done this in the past on big diesels and pump casings. I believe kits are available and there some good guides on youtube.

Mark P.

A big dog helps!!

Mark P.

Today I have been trying to exorcise the gremlins from the electronics of my car Grrrrrr!!

Mark P.

Hello all,has anyone else had problems when lowering the head on their WM16 mill? I find that it judders or sticks on the way down. I have checked and adjusted the gibbs but nothing seem to to cure it, I have thought about fitting a flipping strong spring to put it under some load. Any thoughts?

Mark P.

The BF20 looks very very similar to my Warco WM16 am I right? Maybe the ballscrews would fit it. I will have to do some investigation.

Mark P

It would get my vote.

Mark P.

I have just been setting up my lathe after moving house and have managed to achieve a run out of .0009" over 15" is this acceptable for general use or should I try to better it? The lathe in question is a Warco WM250.

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Thanks for the reply, thought as much as I said they look "cheap"

Regards Mark P.

I have aquired some M6 taps from the Tap and Die Co. They are marked up HQS, I assume that it refers to the steel they are made from but what is it? To be honest they look quite poor quality, they were bought to replace a set of M6 Sherwood taps which got lost when I moved house.Does the team think that I will get the same amount of use from them (I had the Sherwoods for over 15 years) they were used very frequently in steel/stainless steel ally etc.

Mark P.

Oh yes we like this,keep it simple.

Mark P.

I tend to open a window and put a wooly on. Also I slap oil all over the place.

Mark P.