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C'mon Dave, spend, spend, spend it!

You can't take it with you so do like me, have anything you want because the more you leave behind, the bigger headache you create for your beneficiaries, working out how to squander what's left!

John

Just thought that I would use another thread for the following rather than go OT elsewhere.

S.O.D., you said that you have a low opinion of them, so how about this -

I once worked for a UK subsidiary of the Singer group in America, who closed the Singer sewing machine factory in Glasgow and flogged off the name to someone in the Far East. Should you come across a 'Singer' shop anywhere in the UK, it will be a franchise run by the shopkeeper.

John

Just flabbergasted that anyone would p**s around with this idea when the proper tool can be bought so cheaply, as someone else said and the other remark about the ruination of a job which has had a couple of days work put into it or perhaps an expensive casting, as they all are these days. Even a very expensive tool that is the proper one for the job, e.g., dividing gear, one could buy, use it for the job in hand then flog it on to get most of your money back. Any shortfall in buying/selling, treat as being a 'rental' of the device.

I was being pestered daily at one time and tried all sorts of ruses. Getting so annoyed one day that I made a really offensive remark to the Indian accented male. Sounded like he choke with shock and said hold on I'll get my supervisor, who turned out to be a woman with an English accent. Perhaps he thought that I wouldn't dare utter the same remark to a woman. Given that they were both criminals, just try me! I repeated my thoughts on those types and cut off the call before she could respond. I am certain that they removed my number from their list as it went quiet for a ong time after that.

On another occasion I was being asked for personal info and butted in with, since you obviously have the correct number for the name, you probably also have the address so if you write to me on headed notepaper, setting out your request, I'll read it and think about it. Didn't get chance to finish saying all that before they cut off the call.

I have read all the above posts and note that none mentions this. All connections to the battery or other terminals should be made before switching the charger on. Then there will then be no spark. Explosion is very unlikely as there would need to be a substantial build up of hydrogen and oxygen trapped within a building or shed, garage. That sort of quantity of gases would likely build up after perhaps several hours of charging. However, it would always be best practice not to smoke inside a charging room and avoid sparks, naked flames, just in case.......

Edited By DMB on 12/07/2022 21:09:16

Years ago I made my own csk tool which works OK. Chuck short length of Silver Steel in 3 jaw and swivel topslde over to 45° and turn taper on SS bar. Mount bar in Toolholder at right angle to lathe bed and fit milling chuck on headstock to take an endmill and using the point as a guide, mill away almost half the diameter, leaving a small allowance for sharpening. Alternatively, use the mill if you have one. Harden and temper to light straw colour. Works well for me.

Duncan,

Read my posts - I find RDG ' s flat top and bottom blades perfectly satisfactory.

John

Photo above is RDG Toolholder that I now use in preference to previous naff designs sold by other suppliers, in my opinion. The blade is 3/32 x 1/2 x 4" HSS. It's flat topped. Works perfectly for me on my Super7. One small problem is the need to set it up square to the work, meaning the blade is pressed against the face of the chuck then tighten toolpost clamp nut.

As stated in my previous post, I'm looking into machining Reeves' GHT design casting to affix the same Toolholder to the rear toolpost with two mods; a small steel strap plate screwed to the LH side at the bottom to act as a stop against the LH side of the cross slide and a T nut full width of the casting base + a bit to speed up insertion of same into the T slot. I will be only using the casting as a base and not having the swivel top part - just a clamp to make the whole as rigid as possible.

Just been in workshop and recovered parting toolholder and blade. No markings on the toolholder which is holding a blade marked RDG 3/32 x 1/2 x 4" HSS. So it was RDGs but I don't recall buying the set. Very pleased with it, having previously bought what turned out to be inferior designs elsewhere.

I didn't make mine, I purchased ready made holder and blade. Unfortunately I cannot remember where from but it looks like the holder shown in RDGs Myford set. It's a taper sided wedge bar that holds the tool in the correct position within the holder. As I didn't buy the set, I wonder if it wasn't RDG but another supplier. I have just looked at Arceuro and Chronos and drawn a blank. I clamp it in the QCTP on the topslde and slacken the tool post, run saddle up to stationary chuck and hold the blade against the face of the chuck to align it and tighten the tool post nut. Running the S7 at reduced speed on the VFD, generous supply of cutting oil and no trouble parting off steel. Frying pan type sound.                                                                                                       I have a casting + drawing from Reeves for the rear parting off tool post to Geo. Thomas'design, which I will get round to making up sometime with small changes as follows. A small plate screwed to the left hand side at the bottom to act as an alignment stop against the LH side of the cross slide. A  T - nut full width of base + a bit on the RH side of the base to make it quicker and much easier to fit on to the cross slide. Should then be able to just wack it on and have it aligned all in one go.

Edited By DMB on 07/07/2022 19:41:15

I have most volumes of Model Engineer and note all the changes in design, colour or lack of it, size, content etc. Notably, before 2nd WW, large format brown (and I think, some blue colouring) with full page inside photo of a large lathe with the operator sitting on board the saddle. Sort of like those damn great bending rolls (for ships armour plating) just inside the gates of Chatham dockyard. Subject photo changed of course, with each weekly issue. The war years saw their offices burnt out but ME kept going in entirely black and white in miniature format and weekly.

After the war it gradually had a splash of front cover colour on a bigger format and around 1963 a giant format for a short while and propper colour printing, still weekly for sometime. Now down to fortnightly and a smaller size that appears to be a mag industry standard.

Wonder for how long before we're forced to accept digital only?

Edited By DMB on 07/07/2022 09:46:51

Hopper,

Years ago my late wife's work colleague who had a young son at that time who said, "Mum, what's an EP?"

And any other reader young enough to not know, it's Extended Play, referring to a 7" diameter vinyl record, doing 45RPM in a record player, all the rage back in the 50s/60s. Many famous names on them, e.g., The Beatles.

John

Neil,

To summarise,

1. Get rid of the awful slippery surface

2. Keep the multi - coloured large bold "Workshop" title as that's what the mag is about.

3. Simplify the cover with one large pic of what you think is the most interesting item inside.

4. Get rid of small font contents list, which is better inside in it's current layout.

5. Have a decent sized issue no. at the top as in the past with the date next to it. Most of us horde back numbers as a reference source and need issue no. or date to find required reference.

Hopper, look at my post 07.44, I forgot to mention that I'm one of the "snow whites", still costing precious Dosh for regular Barber visits. Had an old codgers bus pass for more years than I care to remember!

Edited By DMB on 07/07/2022 08:25:57

I like "heritage media" (Hopper), when it comes to mags - subscriptions for MEW, ME, EIM, Narrow Gauge World and Computer Active. Read very few newspapers these days, just an assortment of various paper's content put on Google.

Note my subscription to MEW/ME/NGW, they are all completely different subjects.I regard EIM as being a mix like ME used to be. Clever marketing to split subject matter of ME as it was. CA is another story and it helps keep me up to speed with what's going on in computer related sphere.

Edited By DMB on 07/07/2022 08:18:18

Agree with Jon Lawes' comments in that the most interesting item inside should be selected with a reasonably bold title for the cover.

Wenches on wheels are ideal for a bikers mag.

Bearing in mind majority of readers probably baldies and Grey's or even snow white's with possibly deteriorating eyes, do away with that awful small font contents list which only repeats the inner contents list.

Get rid of that horrible slippery surface finish. When that recently re-appeared after a fuss made about that somewhile back, I thought, oh no, here we go again. Mags won't stack. Snow white and long in the tooth, what few are left!, I may be but always willing to consider anything new to decide if it's any good/what use to me? Change for the better always welcome.

Neil,

I like the top of MEW, where "Model Engineers" seems to be about the right size and "Workshop" is also a good size - LARGE letters with that wonderful multi-hue colouring to the letters make it stand out and memorable, immediately indicating the content subject matter.

Well done so far, just keep it up!

John

BUT I haven't got a long forked chopper!