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Member postings for Phil Ashman

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Thread: steel price
15/02/2010 13:46:11
Dougie,
I didn't know they had a £10 minimum policy. Now I understand what I thought was the blokes impressive mental agility when he said, "It's £8.51 plus VAT, that'll be ten quid mate".
Phil
12/02/2010 13:43:42
Well yesterday I paid £10 for a piece of 3mm mild steel, 11" x 9" from Metal Supermarket, and that was an offcut. So I think you had a pretty good buy. I'm always tempted to walk out, but the alternative is to buy by mail order, pay a fiver post and packing, and then wait a week for it.
Phil 
Thread: drilling holes in axleboxes
01/02/2010 13:48:02
I used a simple jig to determine the axle centres, to ensure that they were the same on both sides of the loco. The same jig was then used to determine the centres in the coupling rods, because if they're not exactly the same, the rods will bind. Having got the centres, the boxes were bored in the 4-jaw.
 
Phil
Thread: Setting Injectors properly.
26/01/2010 13:44:10
Only one or two reamers are needed for the ones described recently, so I think I'll give it a go.  I asked the question because LBSC's injectors were thought to be a bit hit or miss. I don't know about the DE Lawrence ones described in the 70's. (or  80's).
25/01/2010 14:02:39
 
Meyrick,
 
Did you make the injector? I'm trying to decide whether to have a go, along the lines of the recent ME articles, or buy one in and save the (possibly wasted) time.
 
Phil
Thread: Airbrushing
05/01/2010 13:35:45
Airbrushes are great for painting any kind of model. You can use more or less any sort of paint, but it needs to be well thinned, and plenty of thinners is needed for clearing the airbrush when pausing painting. I have a badger 200, and it suits all my needs.
 
Also, get a compressor. Using those cans of compressed air is a miserable experience, due to the constantly varying pressure, and they're pretty expensive as well.
 
Phil
Thread: Water gauges for small boilers
23/12/2009 12:46:10
Polly Models/Bruce Engineering do a Plain type with blowdown valve in 1/4 x 32.
The catalogue doesn't say what the glass diameter is though, 4 or 5 mm.
 
But, a water guage is dead easy to make, and as long as the glass is of adequate diameter, and the passages through the fittings are big enough, it'll be as good as any commercial one.
 
Phil
 

Edited By Phil Ashman on 23/12/2009 12:48:20

Thread: Choice of small milling machine
21/12/2009 13:09:28
Martin,
 
I've got a WM-16, very similar I imagine to the WM-14. It has none of the faults described above, I've been using it for nearly a year now with no problem at all. Probably the X3 is every bit as good, but I chose the Warco because it has a bigger table, and the M2 taper makes tooling interchangeable with the lathe.
Thread: Starter Clock Project
25/11/2009 15:11:54
John,
As a break from building a loco, and as a first clock, I made John Wildings 3/4 second Hipp pendulum clock. It was a straightforward job, and didn't take forever to make.
You only need one gear cutter, and the scrap box will provide much of the material.
 
It's quite a decorative clock if you take the trouble to make a decent case for it, and timekeeping isn't too bad either, a minute or two a week is achievable.
Thread: Cleaning up corroded dials
20/11/2009 14:12:38
Michael,
 
It looks like Jenolite is available again. Look on WWW.Jenolite.com
It comes in liquid, non drip liquid, and jelly.
 
Phil
Thread: Broken Tap Extractor
16/10/2009 13:20:35

I used the alum method to dissolve a broken tap in a boiler backhead bush, and I think it was HSS. Had to make a little container out of plasticene around the tap, so it only held a small amount of solution, and it took over a month to dissolve the tap! But it does leave the hole completely undamaged. It also helps if you can keep the solution hot.

Phil

Thread: Small Milling Machine
30/09/2009 13:56:20
Robin,
 
I have a Warco WM-16, which I imagine is very similar to the 14, and I'm very pleased with it. It's robust and well made, and so far it's done everything that I've required of it. I've done a few basic accuracy measurements, which confirm the test report. But the gears are noisy. I thought it might be faulty at first, now I'm just used to it! The other thing that bothered me is the lack of provision for lubrication. You can do the obvious things like oiling the slides and the screws, but there's no provision for lubricating anything in the head, nor is it mentioned in the handbook. Perhaps it's not neccessary. But for a small workshop, I think this is an ideal mill.
 
Phil
Thread: Clayton Wagon Leaf Springs
16/09/2009 13:29:17
James,
 
Hewsons also sell annealed spring steel, and in the size you need, 1/2" x 16swg. He also gives instructions on how to heat treat it on the web site. I've used this, and it's good stuff.
 
Phil
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