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Member postings for bernard towers

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Thread: A Merry Christmas to All
25/12/2021 11:17:45

Merry Christmas everybody and a Happy swarfmaking New Year.

Thread: 43 TPI
24/12/2021 11:53:31

Have you tried 0.6mm pitch?

Thread: Blank Tee Nuts.
24/12/2021 11:45:18

T nuts are freely available from a few of our usual suppliers

Thread: Gasket material for motor terminal box
24/12/2021 11:38:25

As Noel says silicone rtv just spread a film in the lid, leave to cure and use the plus is its difficult to lose!

Thread: MyFord S7 Carriage Screw
23/12/2021 21:38:48

Sorry Franco your original posting was for a 1/4 bsf thread not a S7 multi position carriage stop.

Thread: Minnie 1"
23/12/2021 21:29:20

+1for Jason you need razor sharp tools

Thread: 43 TPI
23/12/2021 21:25:57

Why do you find it necessary to screwcut a 5 ba thread??

Thread: Silver soldering stainless steel
23/12/2021 21:23:36

Silver soldering is brazing

Thread: Guided bus lane
23/12/2021 13:44:21

Just on the local news, Cambridge guided busway to close as they have safety concerns.

Thread: MyFord S7 Carriage Screw
23/12/2021 10:04:53

Can someone explain why I would get a personal message from Franco when I am not involved in this posting??

Edited By bernard towers on 23/12/2021 10:05:25

Thread: Rivetting
19/12/2021 19:21:56

Don’t forget to anneal non ferrous and let down steel ones beforehand, makes life a lot easier!

Thread: Yet another knurling question.
19/12/2021 19:18:09

When I have to do long knurls I get the knurls to get the correct pattern (timed together) which is not necessarily full depth and then traverse the length of the knurl then repeat a bit deeper till full pattern is achieved and use plenty of coolant to wash away debris. Having said that it’s not the easiest of jobs. Out of interest I have the lathe spinning at around 350 to 500 rpm depending on dia.

Thread: going carbide on a Myford
19/12/2021 19:10:11

Try a little we 40 as a cutting lube it should stop cold welding on the tip.

Thread: The New Normal Christmas?
17/12/2021 21:14:32

Local libraries are full of them

Thread: Unimat sl1000 tool post tool holder
16/12/2021 21:53:05

The second toolpost which Thor mentions in his post is the version that I use on my Peatol on couldn’t live without it. Toolholders are cheap or you could make your own with a strip af Ali, I have 12!, for mine and they ate all loaded. Go for it.

Thread: Wire
16/12/2021 21:47:57

Surely the sailing dingy wire is double wound so the use finer wire that accepts being bent round fittings more readily. The wire in the picture is Bowden pattern.

Thread: Machining Plastic
14/12/2021 23:24:50

The club I used to belong to used wood circular saws with tc blades.

Thread: Dimensions for model machines
12/12/2021 22:15:41

A visit to an industrial museum with a tape measure??

Thread: Horizontal Mill Project
12/12/2021 12:32:06

DPound to a pinch it’s tapered use a dremel  to clean ends to determine which end is the smaller of the two and bingo

Edited By bernard towers on 12/12/2021 12:32:41

Thread: Kant Twist alternative?
09/12/2021 22:15:28

e430f11d-6339-4317-9d25-f9a862b1c858.jpegI had my son laser cut my blanks and even then to make good clamps is a lot of work, you can see why they are so expensive to buy.546b90f5-6905-42dd-a05c-133eebb41652.jpeg

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