Member postings for victor mcconville

Hi Ches, You will find many friends here and much help for any problems you may find in your travels
.I am from Arbroath, where in Scotland are you based?
I have almost completed a Vee 8 Glow Engine of 10.5cc capacity, half way through manufacturing a brass clock.
I also fly RC model aircraft (& crash them) super glue is great stuff!
Ask anything at all there are no silly or stupid questions just some of the answers.

All the best
Vic McConville

Hi Bob, The above device is a fill used in Clock making to file smooth a rivet pin flush with the parent metal causing as little damage as possible.

Hope this helps

Vic

Hi Vic, Another Vic (Victor J) I have an ER32 Straight Shank Collet Chuck unused from Cutwel (Code ER32-100)

I have extended it by 80mm but it has never been used. It could be held in a four jaw Chuck if need be.

If you PM me I can send photos and can arrange delivery ( I have no use now for this Chuck

Victor J

Hi Brian,
I have a Beugler Pin Striping Kit , This Kit is brand new ,never been used, an impulse buy I am afraid.
Looking at their website the kit I have would seem to be a Professional Kit priced are you sitting down? £219
How ever there is no way I would have paid that amount (I have a reputation to uphold, i am Scottish and very mean.)
Joking aside this kit is of no use to me, if you are interested drop me a PM and tell me what it would worth to you if anything.
Victor J

Hi again Martin, Sorry the travels are 150mm x 350mm not 250mm x 350mm.and Z travel is the same as the Bridgeport by a lifting knee.

Old age creeping up i think

Vic

Hi Martin, i have a Chester Machine Tools 625 Mill which is very like a small Bridgeport with power feed, I have R8 Tooling in mine which is pretty robust.

Have a look at the Chester UK web site and check out their smaller mills, my work shop is 2mtrs X 8mtrs any my mill is across the 2 mtr. the travel is 250mm x 350mm

You can find Chester Machine Tools on this page over to the right and down.

Hope this helps

Vic

Hi, John A Cole 1,

I have A Sieg C0 lathe which I have modified in a few area's
If you remove the Tail stock and look under the carriage along the ways from where you have removed the tail stock you will see the strips of steel that secure the the carriage down.
They are very fiddly to set and keep set as they use grub screws locked with nuts to allow minimal lift with smooth movement.

If you are interested I could describe what I did to improve the accuracy of the carriage.
Victor J

Hi Brian,
The three jaw Chuck screws on to the headstock with an external 14 x 1mm thread on the spindle and an internal 14 x 1mm thread in the chuck, the chuck is located on a registered shoulder and gives the run-out on my chuck of 0.002" total.
Hope this helps
Victor

Hi Again Brian,

The drill chuck screws on to the tail-stock 14mm x 1mm external thread as does the three jaw chuck.
The live centre is a slide fit inside the tail-stock sleeve.

Victor J

Hi Brian John,

I do not have a Nano, I have a Sieg Baby C0 Lathe.
Which is about the same Size.
It was delivered 6 weeks ago, one day after ordering.
A test piece of S/S was turned down to 0.010" dia (.25mm dia) before it broke off.
The three jaw Chuck run-out was less than 0.002".
Although only 150watt motor I cannot stop the chuck by hand so the power is good.
The tail-stock alignment was out by about 0.004" (0.1mm)but can be adjusted.
The only problem was the way the carriage/cross slide is secured to the ways, but now after a bit of work is very good and robust.
The statements above were the areas where there is no information anywhere on the net and were my main worries before ordering.
In my opinion this lathe will be much better than the Nano mainly because any faults can be corrected easily.
I already have a full workshop, this lathe is for clock parts and use in the house in the cold Scottish winters.
any questions please ask

Victor J

Hi Mick D,

Where in the North East do you stay, I have aChester UK 626 Vertical Mill which I think is the same as the Warco VMC.

I have an R8 spindle and table movements are the same.
I stay in Arbroath Angus, if you want you could visit and cut some metal to help you decide.

PM if you are interested.

Victor J