Member postings for mechman48

I got 5 of eBay, arrived flat tipped, I use 3 of them for , lube oil, cylinder oil & for dropping Loctite / studloc on to some of the smaller items that needed it.I use a bit of tape to seal off that one so air doesn't get into the barrel. I don't fill the barrels fully, the two 5ml ones are filled to only 2ml ( oils ) & the one for Loctite ( 2ml ) has only approx' 0.5ml in, as needed, all ideal for model making.

George.

Re. video... How NOT to part off !!. he says later that he's 'happy with it' ... easily pleased I guess.

+1 for Journeyman's comment.

George.

Would have been a better video if you had shown close up of movement if the dti pointer during adjustment.

George.

I have just ordered 50 ea. of 2mm & 2.5 mm stainless washers at £1.99 per pack, cheap as chips, usual disclaimer applies.. from ...

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George.

I have a couple of books that are handy for 'beginners'...

Milling a complete course - Harold Hall - Workshop practice series # 35

ISBN 978 -185486 - 232-7.

The Milling machine - Harold Hall - Workshop practice series # 49.

ISBN - 978 -185486 - 266 - 2

Workholding in the lathe - Tubal Cain - Workshop practice series # 15.

ISBN 0 - 85242 - 908 - 8

Vertical milling in the home workshop - Arnold Throp - Workshop practice series # 2

ISBN - 978 - 85242 - 843 - 6.

The Compact Lathe - Stan Bray - ISBN - 1 - 85486 - 013 - 5.

All handy ref. material & easy reading

George.

Dr_GMJN

...'Also cleaned up all the Little end pin end, the stud ends and bolt heads - most of them had prominent pips:...

These generally indicate that your tool tip centre height is incorrect; either too high or more is the probability too low, needs adjusting. Never the less superb workmanship, looking to see it running, well done that man!.

George.

Same here but without the Clarkson chuck & I have imperial collets in.. 1/8 - 3/16 - 1/4 - 3/8, commonly used sizes

George.

I removed the guard from my WM250 soon after I got it back in 2012; never missed it. I just took the spindle out of the plastic holder & left the switch in the closed position. I now use a full length acrylic guard of my own making with attachment to the bec via brackets & neodyniiinnnnumm magnets. It has been called an aquarium with one side missing..

George.

+ 1 .. Me too, although most of my cutting uses a tangential HSS holder, so really only a light touch up when needed. Any other heavier turning I have insert type tooling as needed.

George.

Going back to the gear adjustment; I set the backlash gap as per Old Al said, using paper & set gap on each set of gears working up from the bottom... the paper IIRC was .003" folded giving .006" gap, some may say .004" is preferable. I used motor cycle chain lubricant spray on the gear teeth, slightly thicker than SAE32 but not as thick as transmission oil.

George.

I have a WM250 & have made a banjo stop adjuster to set the gear train whereas I can take the gear train in & out of engagement. I got the idea from Journeymans workshop where he has a write up on fabricating the banjo stop adjustment, works a real treat.I only use the self act on long turning jobs so gear is mainly out of mesh,only noise I have is belt drive.See below, in it, at the end is a clip of my machine running with gears in/out of engagemant worth doing.

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George.

Silly Old Duffer...thanks for the clarification.

George.

Using acronyms without first explaining what they mean ...

George.

I've lost track of what's going on ... can't post links under CoC rules... ' what's CoC' ?... any thing to do with My Time Media ? what links are /not allowed ... eBay et al ? ... Help!

George.

Can you 'borrow me' instead of 'can I borrow' or.. will you lend me..

same with 'you are joking me' instead of 'you are kidding me' or 'are you joking/kidding'.

George.

Hi, as you mentioned you won't be running it for any extended period so I wouldn't worry about it. My S10V is only for display, as my other models, so it rarely runs for any period longer than a couple of minutes to keep things free. When I give my models a run, on air, I generally put a few drops of lube oil in the crankshaft cups ( home made ) & drop a few drips down the cheeks of the big end & let capilliary action do the rest.

George.

NUCLEAR methinks! ..

I replaced my old Vax wet & dry vacuum with a smaller but more powerfull wet & dry cleaner from Screwfix ( usual disclaimer ) which also has the blow function... Titan TTB350 vac 1300W, wet & dry plus a pack of 10 spare bags, all at a very reasonable price, it certainly has the suction to shift stuff, the only down side it has a shorter hose than the old Vax.

George.