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Thread: Hints and tips
22/02/2010 16:24:47
Some simple tips
1 Use a stone disc in an angle grinder to grind copper and brass materials, it doesn't clog as it would if using a metal cutting disc.
2. I have old kitchen cupboards mounted on the walls in my workshop; paint the doors with blackboard paint, they then make super little planning boards etc
3. When marking out, put the pencil or scriber onto the job and bring the ruler up into contact with it, much easier than trying to align things the other way round.
4. Use a little grease on the threads of a woodscrew into plugs in the wall, perticularly with outdoor installations. They run in nicely, can be tightened just so, and later on removed when that job is redundant.
5. I have several quick change toolholders, with tools installed, on a shelf at eye level behind the lathe; try putting them onto the shelf with the TIP of the tool visible, saves ages pulling them out to find the one you need!!
6. The outer part of my workshop is unheated and tools will rust. Some respond well to spray with WD40 followed by wrapping with Cling Film. Oil works even better combined with the film, I protected machinery slideways in this way over a house move with storage in a shed for 15 months before I was able to build a new workshop.
 
Just a few I've found useful
 
Brian Wood
Thread: 2MT Test Bar
22/02/2010 10:50:57
I bought Arrand test bars some years ago, they come with statements of surface finish, roundness, run out and so on. Testing these needs specialised equipment certified to at least 10x better accuracy than the spec which the bar meets. Testing  between centres will simply not be good enough.
 
Trust the manufacturer in this case, I can vouch for their quality.
 
Brian Wood
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