Member postings for bernard towers

That’s because its a bs thing Noel!

Most new vehicles with led headlights do not conform to cons and use regs as regards to beam pattern , it’s quite interesting to see it on a beam Setter!!

My Mother bought a Raleigh Lady’s cycle in 1949 and was fitted with wheel rims that had Stabrite stamped on them, still using it in the 80s and they looked as good as the day they were made!

Michael, The readers are made from 5/32” dia silver steel/ hss depending on how you are equipped. The angles in DAG’s book are 6deg, 9deg and 13deg incl. with tip sizes typically 0.015”. I suppose micro grain carbide would be a fun thing to make them from!!!

I made all the readers as per DAG Brown ,turned the taper hardened then ground in the t&c grinder and the tempered in domestic oven. They work a treat.

Derek just use a bit of foam for that.

Mount it in the slot which does not require a lot of knob twiddling between turning and parting, having said that 2 slots are better than one and with the long crosslide you still have two choices of position.

  I have tried contacting Millhill Supplies via their email request form ,no answer so far (6 days) . So phoned them and the person answering asked which company??? ,anyway promised to phone on mobile as I was out for the day, no call back but when I arrived home there was a missed call on my land line and no call today. I give up.Oh have tried today and no answer.

Edited By bernard towers on 26/11/2021 15:42:10

If you think your repeats are approved by a doctor think again, mine were approved by a phlebotomist who I know personally (no special treatment) and she was rubber stamping a hundred or so a shift!!!

I want to buy parts for my sherline mill from the USA but have no idea on how much Tax/import duty/VAT will be incurred on a bill of£60. Have looked at GOV. and am even more confused,HELP,

Foreign was definitely marked on items that came from japan at least in the 50s but seemed to change when the dinky transistors came out and had (Made in Japan) on the back.

It seems the second hand car market is having an upsurge as millions of spare parts are temporarily unavailable!!

Howard , Trico used to do something like that they were fixed to the screen with suckers (pun)

My round eclipse chuck was stiff to operate when I bought it (secondhand) but had an oil filler hole , plug removed and nothing came out so in with some hyd oil and now is silky smooth.

Plus one for that Nicholas I think it was for non commonwealth goods.

I’m sure I have a few around, let me know the size and I will investigate.

2 available on our fav auction site £6.60 each.

It has to be said that if the manufacturer didn’t put there name on it they had the perfect get out clause!!

Dead simple use an internal grooving tool put on a cut of approx 10 to 12 thou and from the chuck end of the bush draw the tool thru the bush smartly as the lathe is turning, job done . Done it dozens of times, don’t make it complicated.

I have heard that Ford are to offer conv kits for smaller cas In their range.