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Thread: Stainless Steel
20/04/2011 00:30:46
What method did you try first?
could you start with a piece 1 3/4 by 8 , clamp one end in the vice and the other between two lengths of flat bar and twist then use a paper template to mark out the profile?
should avoid creasing.
just a thought . never had to make anythink like that, but am curious as to how it should be done.
 
peter
Thread: Case Hardening
05/03/2011 14:03:25
Best not to try and case harden any exotic alloy steels, but generaly, most straight carbon steels are case hardenable. 080M15 & 130M15 arespecificaly designed for case hardening.
perhaps best to stear clear of trying to case harden free cutting steels , especialy the leaded type, although there are types of free cutting steel that are case hardenable,but cannot recall what the alloying agent is.
can highly recommend WPS 1 hardening, tempering and heat treatment by Tubal Cain.
about the only book you'll need on the subject.
Thread: Chemi Blacking
24/02/2011 20:56:47
GLR sell both a hot black solution as well as a cold (room temp.) solution.
only used the cold solution . worked O.K.
usual disclaimer
Thread: Brake Discs
04/12/2010 11:38:50
I can remember all the commotion about cast v stainless discs on motorbikes in the 70's. Nearly everybody swore that holes in discs had an effect. Vaguely recall an article in the motorcycle press argueing about what pattern they should be. that is untill the D.o.T carried out some proper trials on them and found that the holes actualy slowed braking in the wet by holding water in them. Holes soon disappeared. As for the ugliness of rusted C.I. discs I can also recall one story of a learner rider taking his pride and joy back to the dealers complaining of poor braking. He'd oiled the discs to stop them rusting.
Thread: PRECISION , ACCURACY and QUALITY
25/11/2010 16:41:03
precision=the tolerances to which i intend to machine.
accuracy = the size i actually machine.
quality = accuracy minus precision.
 
which is why i always claim that the axles i turn are not all different sizes but merely bespoke to there individual wheels.
Thread: Why is everything you buy such rubbish!!
08/11/2010 12:35:56
We're seriously considering using one of the Chinese PCB manufacturers as well - the UK firm we've used before is expensive.
 
personaly, I blame the greedy workers. Fancy demanding 1st world wages to live in a 1st world country. lets all try and put the buggers out of work ay?  then we can all moan about the increase in taxation to pay for the welfare bill.
i remember reading a few years ago about traffic cones. one of the leading manufactures in europe is (still is?) british. when they tried to break into the german market, ( E.U. rules on competative tendering and all that crap) the government (german) kept on moving the goal posts to try and stop them meeting their specifications so as to protect there own manufactures. i don't blame the germans for trying to protect thier own industry, i just wish we could be more like that.
if , as i was told as a young man , "the world doesn't owe us a living" is true , then perhaps we should owe each other a living instead ? and start reading the "made in..." labels of what we buy.
we harp on about human rights, personal freedom, dignity at work etc. then run head long into trying to make the worlds largest dictatorship the richest country on the planet.
I would call for the revival of the "I'm backing britain" campaign  of the sixties, but what would be the point? We seem to make bugger all these days. 
Thread: Metric vs Imperial - Practical or Traditional?
07/10/2010 00:10:11
Thanks Kwil and Chris for the heads up re fractional calipers. Now i know what to look out for at the ME exhibition.
and Ian, just three feet of snow!!! shear luxury !!! 
06/10/2010 13:51:01
if students are anything like the ones i come across in Liverpool you'll end up with 4 very stuffed students and 6 hungry ones. but getting back on topic, i'm ambivalent about which is the best system . I hate trying to read 0.5mm graduations on a steel rule as much as I hate the 1/32nds. The one down side of imperial, as far as model engineering goes, is converting fractions from a drawing into decimal places. now for a question, did/does anybody make dial indicators and/or calipers that measured in fractions?
when i built the micrometer scribing block from Tubal Cains 'simple workshop devices'-superb book by the way. very much aimed at the model maker- I used a 32 thread instead of the stated 40 TPI . purely because I could then scribe of in fractions instead of converting to decimal. it did make marking out a bit easier.
Thread: Visit to London
26/09/2010 17:27:04
it's been many years since i was in london, but if i remember correctly, the science museum has a large collection of models displaying the development of the steam engine. superb model of King GEorge V as well.
as I intend to go for a weekend to see the model engineer exhibition this december i hope some of the forum members who live down south can suggest other places to visit.
Thread: plastic containers
25/09/2010 01:46:09
not quite off topic , but my teenage son being an avid muncher of tic-tacs, i've persuaded him not to throw away the empty containers and now nearly all my small rivets and BA screws live in them. take up virtual no room and easily sorted/identified for use. Also, bless that teenage appetite for a take-away at weekends, those empty  microwaveabe take-away cartons make superb storage containers for almost everything else. In an unheated garage workshop they help keep the rust menace down during damp winters. And they're free. I'm dreading the time he adopts a healthy lifestyle. may have to start buying stuff!
Thread: Boring for a Beginner
24/03/2010 16:27:08
The chapter on boring tools in 'Model Engineers Workshop Manual' by GHT , are these essentialy the same as the articles on boring which appeared in ME 3562-3564, which are in digital form on the home page of this web site?
Thread: Prescription Safety Specs
24/01/2010 13:07:44
If i've read my reciept correctly (I was getting 2 ordinary pairs, bifocal safety for work & single lens safety for home use)  expect to pay 50 pounds for single & about 140 for bifocal on the high street. I would expect to pay less over the internet. I used Donald & Aitchison purely because it was convenient for me.
Thread: Power hacksaw
21/01/2010 16:02:11
Thank's for the link to the index archive. For anybody interested some articles on hacksaw blade relief for powered machines appeared in volume 142 year 1976 (although not been down to the library to check them) but ,as you say, if the blades last forever why complicate life?
20/01/2010 20:02:48
I'm thinking of building a power hacksaw myself, but before sending of for the plans of the cochrane does it have backstroke relief of the blade and /or dashpot control? I remember many years ago seeing some articles in model engineer about modifying a shop built saw with these features. does anybody know the year? Our main library has most volumes in the reference section so I can always look them up. But theres an awful lot of years to trawl through! If the features are not on the cochrane design they are something that i would like to build in. (too mean to buy new blades!)
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