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Very interesting, Tony

I am not doubting your word, but I’m intrigued to know how a one-piece forging would be fitted to the vice-screw.

… was it somehow forged in-situ ?

Don’t think I have ever seen one.

MichaelG.

Stripped the carriage of my VM210 mini lathe, re-assembled and shimmed the plates holding the carriage onto the ways. The carriage hits a high spot in the center of the ways, would lapping the ways with grinding paste be an option to level the ways to the carriage and is there a specific technique involved?

Many thanks for your advise.

Russell

As the man said, "Buying anything from the UK is now a pain-in-the-arse "

Sad to say,I found the same thing, just not worth the hassle .

Its something that always puzzled me that one would take care to machine a register accurately and then not use it as a precise and repeatable locating device.

The only function of a loose fitting spigot and recess is to roughly align the two before getting out the Manchester screwdriver!

I suppose its an acceptable method for something that is not intended to be taken apart.

Ian P

Puzzle no more, the loose spigots are used to gain acceptable concentricity from poorly made affordable tooling most of us use.

Tony

Never cared much for those folding joint handles.

I know the theory is that the swivel joint gives you clearance between the handle and the end of the vice or milling table without the business end being over long. In practice they always seem to be at the wrong angle so a good deal of removal and re-fitting is involved when adjusting and final tightening the vice. Always seem to need two goes at tightening 'cos they are at exactly the wrong angle.

Totally agree!

Tony

Hopper, I took on board your advice that a silver soldered joint would not be strong enough to withstand the forces involved in cuting especially intermittently. So I made a joint between two bits of 1cm square mild steel bar. Putting one end in the vice and a lever on the other end, I could feel the bar flexing but the joint remained sound. I couldn't apply enough force to break or bend the bar or joint.

So I'm going to continue with my approach in the knowlege that it will produce a strong tool holder.

John

How do you deal with emails, when a company wants a scan of your passport, or other personal data, address, bank account number, for example?

Not having a go at all; genuine question. Do you use encryption software or something?

LOL, so they are advising the owners of keyless cars to use a steering wheel lock for security. Err, seems to rather defeat the object and be going back to square one 1970s style. How about they just make a key system that works?

Lot to be said for the old hidden toggle switch in the fuel pump circuit. Simple but effective.