Member postings for David Colwill

Oh dear. I have just ticked all of the boxes. I hope I'm not the first.

Anyone got a cylindrical grinder going cheap?

David.

Personally I would only buy things that can't be added later. Obviously you will need cutters and a means of holding them and a way of securing work to the mill. After that have a budget available for bits that you need and order them as you go. I see rotary tables have been mentioned, I have one and have never used it. I am not trying to say that rotary tables are no good, just that I don't use one. It can be very frustrating knowing that you have a large chunk of money sat in a drawer when the thing that you need to "crack on" is on hold until finances are available.

I can promise you that you will require a huge number of bits and pieces that you could never guess.

Far better in my opinion to let your new hobby take you where you want to go rather than try and map it out in advance.

Regards.

David.

Hi,

Here is a link to Artisan Foundry which is the supplier used by Myford Boy

**LINK**

I have never used them and have no connection.

i did try using cat litter to temper sand but wasn't successful, so I would be interested to know how this works out.

I had come to the conclusion that it might be prudent to buy the necessary materials to see how the whole process works before trying to make shortcuts as there were to many variables for me to work out what was going wrong.

Regards.

David.

It even comes with 1 holder.

Why why why

David

Hi,

It looks like an archer quick change chuck on steroids.

I had one with only one holder and decided to trade it for beer tokens which were more useful.

**LINK**

This one looks similar to the one I had.

Regards.

David.

What state are the led's in?

I have recently had a problem with my UC300 where on switching the PC and machine on it appeared dead. Powering both machine and PC down and rebooting solved this ( I have no idea why ).

Make sure that the PC is connected to the internet as differences in firmware will prevent it from running, these will be corrected if there is a connection.

Regards.

David.

If you need to extend threads on bolts, try using Chinese made bolts. These use CCS which is Cream Cheese Steel and can be cut with a sharpened cucumber if need be.

Hope this helps

David.

If you do a search on eBay you will see, in the top right hand corner, the word advanced. If you click this, you can scroll down to "sold listings" check this box and you will see all results for that search and the prices that they fetched.

In my opinion this is the best guide for how much something is worth.

Regards.

David.

Just out of curiosity do the Transwave rotary converters give you a neutral?

Regards.

David.

Outside toilets on ships are not such a good idea

I have one of the imported ones complete with shaft. I should be in the workshop on Monday so could measure it up.

David.

PM sent.

Many thanks.

David.

Many thanks to all

The (I assume original) three phase motor is still fitted. I will have a look to see what speed it is. I think I have enough information to proceed although in what time frame I'm not sure.

The link to the manual was a huge bonus.

Thanks again.

David.

Hello,

I have just acquired an Elliot 10m which is missing the motor pulley. Does anyone know the dimensions or have any kind of drawing of it? Also does anyone know the type of belt that it used?

Thanks in advance.

David.

Don't mess with Da Geesta.

(sorry)

David.

Or of course one can simply search Google for "Testing Machine Tools Schlesinger" and download it!

David.

Ps Thanks Michael for bringing this to my attention.

I believe it has its origins in Siam. White elephants were considered divine, they automatically belonged to the king and because of their divine status could not be used for work. When given one you were expected to feed it and look after it. I imagine that an elephant of any colour can eat quite a lot and not being able to use it for anything, it would be quite an expense.

(done without reference to google so go easy on me please)

David.

Edited By David Colwill on 15/11/2017 18:23:00

Glad I'm not the only one annoyed by him. I have a standing search in that category that is limited to a 50 mile radius from me, he appeared a while ago and I wrongly thought he'd give up as I can't imagine he is selling anything.

I'm glad you posted this as I have been meaning to block this seller from my search results, which I will now do.

I realise that I could be guilty of sexism as this could easily be a she but don't care!

David