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Hi Margaret, there are a few different ways of getting the broken threads out, but I doubt you will not have the experience or the gear to do some of them. Easy-outs are one way, but as they have sheared off, these may not work, drilling them to the tapping size, will very often allow the remains to be pulled out with nose pliers, but of course they will need to be drilled on centre, building them up with weld is a very successful way, but will require a good amount of skill on such a small size, but drilling a blind hole about half the diameter a soldering/brazing a rod into the hole, would have a good chance, but again will need an amount of skill. If you have a small engineering firm near you, they may be able to help, but of course that will have a high kind of price, but an ME club might do it for next to nothing.

Regards Nick.

Hi, I'd give the heads a few moderate taps with a pin punch and hammer or just use a piece of mild steel rod, slightly smaller than the heads, and then give them another try. The most important thing about cross heads screws, is to use the correct fitting driver for them, as there are quite few different styles these days, which don't have the same angles on them. It's not only Chinese cross head screws that get messed up this way, as plenty of British ones also do, especially if the correct driver is not used. Drilling the heads off would be my next thing to do, but you may end up with barely any of the thread protruding to get hold of, judging on how short those screws are.

Regards Nick.

Edited By Nicholas Farr on 29/07/2023 16:04:45

Hi, it is a universal transfer punch, similar to Warco Universal Transfer Punch

Regards Nick.

Hi Martin, as Nick Hughes has shown, primarily designed for use in a vice, but as Nigel Graham has said, they can be adapted for use in a fly press, and probably in any type of press. Below is a photo of a 6" pair that I adapted back in 2013 for my fly press, and which includes a back-stop for doing multiple bends of the same dimensions. I have folded a 6" length of 1.5mm thick steel sheet to 90 degrees with it with very little effort, and it may even do 2mm thick steel.

Regards Nick.

Hi Mat, the Warco drill is still available, but has changed a little Warco 2B12 Bench Drill the one you have is from around 2005 or before and had a price tag of £190.00 including VAT and delivery back then. The multi-purpose machine is a WMT300/2, with the customer fitting kit for the WMT300/500 inverter drive, and probably the 3ph motor that they sold separately, plus the machine stand for a total cost of £1703.00 including VAT and delivery, back in around 2005.

All the standard accessories that were included with the basic machines are shown.

Of course you will have to judge the price you are willing to accept, bearing in mine their age and condition. Hope this helps.

Regards Nick.

Edited By Nicholas Farr on 27/07/2023 18:45:31

Hi Mat, both those mills were sold by Chester UK Ltd., the first one is a Conquest Mill, and in May 2005 had a price tag of £495.00 including VAT and delivery. These were sold for many years before and after 2005 and were available in both metric and imperial.

The second mill is a Champion Mill/Drill and was also sold for many years before and after 2005, but colour changed from green to the one in this scan, from about 2000/2001, the price tag for this in May 2005 was £545.00 including VAT and delivery, and was also available in both metric and imperial.

The stand for this was an optional extra with a price tag of £164.50 including VAT, and probably delivery if it was bought at the same time as the machine.

I'll see if I can find some info later on your Warco machines.

Regards Nick.

Edited By Nicholas Farr on 27/07/2023 12:38:30

Hi, my Astra clocked 144002 miles yesterday at the MOT, and there is no sign of pending failure of the clutch so far, and there is nothing in the service history to say it has every been changed. I've only driven it for 27155 miles.

Regards Nick.

Edited By Nicholas Farr on 27/07/2023 11:13:19

Hi Martin, as Vic has pointed out, it wasn't in ME, but Martin Evens did a 5" gauge Royal Engineer in Volumes 140 & 141, which is a Royal Scot class. There are drawings for this, but as Vic has said, the measurements would have to be modified to suite your model, and a few details maybe slightly different.

Regards Nick.

Hi Martin, you may like to look at these two scans.

Regards Nick.

Hi Aston, so why did you say earlier that you didn't know what it is for.

Regards Nick.

I don’t know what this screw is for

Hi Aston, so where does it go?

Regards Nick.

Hi Andy, photos would help, but they both would probably sell, how much for will depend on their condition and size, and the make will also have an effect.

If your unsure how to post photos How to post photos

Regards Nick.

Edited By Nicholas Farr on 26/07/2023 11:29:49

Hi Aston, shouldn't do any harm drilling it out, try one that fits in the hole first, but you need to get some idea as to how deep to drill it, as it's probably in a dimple, and you may need a solid carbide or cobalt drill bit if it's a hardened grub screw.

Regards Nick.

Hi IanT, if the motor runs while holding the green button down, or that you have wired it directly, then I very much doubt there is anything wrong with the motor. The start/stop button is not latching, and I agree with what Robert has said.

Regards Nick.

Edited By Nicholas Farr on 26/07/2023 11:10:10

Hi, if you actually go onto Chester Machine Tools web site, you will find they are out of stock of both the MT2 and MT3 complete tools, and the tips are not listed in the option at all

Chester Machine Tools

It's just the same on their Hobby store site.

I got one of them when I bought my Chester Champion milling machine, and I found the tips soon lost their edge. I've found the body of it, but I remember I'd taken off both the tips and the piece that holds them in, and I can't remember where I've put them. I'd got the idea of fitting triangular ones in their place, but it didn't look very feasible, and it's just been sat in my garage for ages.

Regards Nick.

Edited By Nicholas Farr on 25/07/2023 21:15:30

Hi Stephie, it's always a problem for those who don't know much about tools and machines, and I do agree that some clubs may be able to help. The machines will be worth the most, but their accessories that go with each of them will give a better price, but maybe harder for you to sort them out. The Warco lathe photo in your post above, looks like a 1327BH from about the mid 1996, which would have cost about £3000.00 back then.

The shed looks to be a bit cluttered up, (a bit like my garage at the moment) which makes it difficult to sort out what goes with which machine, so as Bazyle has said, it would help if it could be sorted out a little, which you will probably need some help with from trustful people that you are likely to find in a good club.

Regards Nick.

Hi MichaelG, yes it was the fact that the scale is calibrated in minutes-of-arc, that made me think it was of interest. I did look up Leslie Hartridge Ltd. and read about the anti-backlash device, but not having any experience of fuel injection pumps of how they are driven, I couldn't see how the gauge would have been used for these. I think you have found the answer, and I think I have a little understanding now, thanks to your link.

Regards Nick.

Hi MichaelG, I've no idea what it was used for, but it was mounted on this 2-1/2" x 1-3/4" x 1/8" gauge plate, via two 10 BA countersunk screws, and the two large holes are 1/4" dia. for mounting onto a machine, maybe, but don't know if that was original.

I had planned on making a new plate with a lug on the back, but haven't started on that small job yet.

Its operation is really very silky smooth and the plunger travel is about 11mm, which gives eight full turns of the pointer. The upper plunger bearing though is blind at the top, so can only be operated from the bottom. The dial can be rotated, but the locking tab and screw are missing.

It could be used for comparing sizes of two different things I suppose, if nothing else, but would help to set up a vice squarely on a milling machine.

Regards Nick.

Hi, here's a Mercer gauge that most people probably won't have seen, it is probably made to order by a company that some may know of. It did have a tip on the end of the plunger, which happened to fit another gauge that I have that didn't have one. This was in a box of oddments that I got off a car boot sale many years ago.

Regards Nick.

Hi Andy, I'm not familiar with the type 40, but Mercer were good quality gauges, so if it says it has a precision of .0001" then it most likely is.

I have a Verdict one that has a resolution of .00005" but it only has a travel of 0.28"

OK, I've found some info in this scan below, model Beta 0.0001" gauges.

Regards Nick.

Edited By Nicholas Farr on 19/07/2023 20:00:53