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Michael / Kiwi Bloke

Thank you for the kind words.

I have always been impressed at how Neil and the team at MEW have portrayed my work. So I’m sure I will be happy with how it turned out.

The entry in the Stevenson trophy may have been putting the cart before the horse so to speak. But the competition extension gave me the impetus to get a long term project finished. I feel entering the trophy is not about winning but to put ideas out into the world for the betterment of our hobby.

If you have read any of my articles. They are not highly dimensioned blow by blow articles but they are designed to put an idea out into the minds of the readers , to show the inexperienced one possible way of doing a job. They can scale them up or down , modify the design to suit their workshop and needs. When I first started reading MEW many years ago, this is what I had to do as none of the designs of the day matched any of the machines I owned at the time.

Best regards

Brett

I haven’t actually seen the page with the description as it takes a few months to get my copy.

The item was sent in as an article recently and then entered in the Stevenson trophy when Neil extended the closing date for entry’s.

The jig is basically a means of holding already made or purchased Morse taper arbors that you want to modify the small end of the long taper.

It started as a one piece design I used when shortening the lengths of the Morse tapers to eject from the tailstock barrel at a certain point.

The 2 part design as shown is for holding the arbor more securely when doing more aggressive work , drilling and tapping a drawbar thread or modifying and existing thread in the higher tensile steels that some purchased arbors come in. The ready made arbor is inserted into the nosepiece, the two parts assembled, the stop screw is adjusted to suit the different sizes of jacobs tapers. This stops the workpiece moving forward and loosening in the holder as a result of the machining forces.

Regards

Brett

Edited By BS Meacle on 25/11/2022 01:03:16

Edited By BS Meacle on 25/11/2022 01:25:28

Hello Gray,

Thank You for the kind words of encouragement, I have long admired your exemplary work as well.

When I was working out the arrangement for my lathe, I did some 2D Drawings in Turbocad to work out sizes and fits. If you like I can prepare some more detailed drawings and send them to you and Don as well.

Regards

Brett,

Hello Graham and Don

I have been a member of the forum for a while although not a practising member. It was actually the forum that got me into MEW as I was one of Neil's lost authors from an article I sent in many many years ago.

Gray, I am honoured you remembered my work and your confidence that my ideas may be able to help.

My attachment does not have quite the same refinements and finish as your work and other versions, but does work as designed, making screw cutting a pleasure.

My lathe being the older square style headstock also has no gearbox fitted. I have been curious for some time about fitting the clutch to the newer curved headstock style lathe c/w gearbox. A different design operating handle handle and trip mechanism would be needed. I have only seen a video of the Jim Schroeder Setup and would like to see more of his version.

I have added some Photos to an album if you wish to have a look. Please contact me if you want any more information or assistance, and I am always willing to learn from others too.

Regards,

Brett