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Thread: course's
31/01/2012 23:23:50
Bazyle
Sound advice, for that money you can buy a tidy small lathe the supplier usualy throws in some tooling join your local ME club and scrounge some scrap brass.
Pick a nice simple project and you will be off. Use forums like this for advice.
You will be on a hobby for life not just a 15 week course. and it will be What Next after the course ends !!
Good luck and please keep everyone in touch with your progress.
 
Bob
Thread: Basement Find
31/01/2012 14:56:23
Hi J would be interesting to know what he is really up to. Think he has renamed himself
for this posting. If I remember correctly we all decided to give no advice on prices.
 
The grammer then the "Thanks chaps" doese not ring true.
 
Sorry to be so synical but sounds like a general house clearance person trying to get prices prior to selling the goods.
 
Bob
Thread: Where do i buy the safety valve for my Polly engine ?
31/01/2012 14:41:52
Why not have the fun makeing them they are quite simple to make. just make sure the springs are correct type.
 
Bob
Thread: Basement Find
31/01/2012 06:09:47
If I recollect Was this lot posted before as a "Find" a few months ago and the concensus was to get in a decent auction house catalogue it for the lady as it left the house. Could be wrong but pics are the same. Now on looking at the posting date stamps it is the same. Maybe was also posted on a different fo forum.
 
Bob
Thread: World of Model Engineering downloads
29/01/2012 21:24:19
Hi David
Slow down I know you are just getting over a serious illness and I am sure that I can speak for all of us in that we want you as editor for a long time, So I am sure that over a period of time all these problems will sort themselves out.
 
Bob
Thread: Rep Rap
29/01/2012 21:12:44
For one of castings like this try
He will do one off's useing the lost wax system
 
Bob
Thread: Drilling brass - seizing
29/01/2012 21:05:42
Are you sure it is brass and not phosphor bronze but whatever it is take it very slowly and lots of cutting oil.
Thread: Steel boiler for 5" loco
28/01/2012 23:06:42
Nigel
A steel boiler for a 5"g is a non runner Wayne at Bell boiilers once said to me that the smallest he would consider was al large 7.25g have been in his factory and seen full size jobs. I managed to talk him into makeing a large 7.25 for me. The paperwork was about 1/4" thick and covered from material sources to insurance docs.
Contact Helen Wirral of Western Steam she is one of the best boiler makers in this country.
 And Oh get in the queue she is makeing my B1 boiler
Bob
 

Edited By Springbok on 28/01/2012 23:09:43

Thread: London Model Engineering Exhibition
28/01/2012 22:37:36
Hi Graham
Along with many please look for me would love to chat.
Question why do not all members of this forum have a little id badge
so we can recognise each other at the Bristol Exhibition.
Come on you young and old graphic designers . Ideas please
 
Look forward to meeting everyone
Bob
Thread: Storage of taps, dies, slot drills and end mills
27/01/2012 21:08:56
Wheeltapper beat me to it I use some old wooden floor blocks suitably drilled and a cheapo label maker to indicate what the size is ie; nBA, what die size type of tap or die
ergo BA.BSF.METRIC, BSP. BSW. ME. Works a treat as long as you remember to put it back whenever you have finished with it.
Bob
Thread: London Model Engineering Exhibition
27/01/2012 20:57:29
If you south of the Watford gap can get there passports in order come to the Bristol Show, warm friendly, lots for the kids 3 large halls masses of interactive displays all the best traders no long aisles of junk market trader tools. Only the best.
Nuff Said
 
Bob
Thread: think tank
27/01/2012 20:39:13
I agree with coalburner
A waste of a page. and as said before we tend to be a bit flippant in our comments.
Also it would be a massive task sorting out as they say the wheat from the chaff.
Nice idea but think unmanageable, unless..
Berto
how about you each week sifting through everything and presenting a page to Andy.
now there is a stimulating thought.
 
Off to Bolivia next week for a month and only comms is a secure satelite so no forums et.all;.
Will miss the workshop
 
Bob
 

Edited By Springbok on 27/01/2012 20:41:20

Thread: Vernier vs Micrometer
27/01/2012 04:43:48
There is a place in the home workshop for both. If it is general work I use the vernier if it has to be say a press fit out comes the micrometer.
 
Thread: Double thread T- nuts
27/01/2012 04:35:03
Great idea but the gap at the end of the chester626 due to it being a part of the coolant tray of the bed I would not be able to get them into the slots.
Thread: Is it time to give up?
26/01/2012 06:15:24
Hi Nigel
Never give up could you describe the symptoms is it that you are getting binding
I am sure with the wealth of experience on this forum we will be able to help you.
Could you post a pic of your loco
Bob
Thread: SS Great Britain
24/01/2012 23:18:21
Hi Steve
Looked at the video, you are a brave man to start a project like that all the best of luck and please keep us all posted as to progress.
Though looking at your album you have already created some lovely models.

Edited By Springbok on 24/01/2012 23:22:47

Thread: Shesto cadet lathe
24/01/2012 06:48:24
Everything I look at tells me that this is a CNC machine was it you that posted for help on the CNC forum
 
As blowlamp says what do you want to know
Thread: London Model Engineering Exhibition
24/01/2012 06:40:34
Bazyle
Look me up at Bristol usually steward for the 3 days
 
Bob
22/01/2012 19:56:58
Hi Bazyle,
you are lucky you could afford breakfast and lunch thought I would have to take out a second mortgauge for a coffee, coke and sadwiches (they were very sad)  for both of us when went there a few years ago, grandson and self found it a cold sterile place traders not friendly, very little seating and all taken up with people eating there own jam butties
No sorry we decided to never go there again.
We went to Sandown with our club this year and found it diametrically the opposite
 
Look at the BSMEE web site for a good friendly show with lots of boats as affiliated to a boating club..
 
 
Bob

Edited By Springbok on 22/01/2012 19:58:36

Thread: Parting off Blades
22/01/2012 08:28:23
Hi Billy
Try this site
It is American but tangenital tools aremanufactured in Australia. think chris is the UK distributor
This is also a must site for anyone interested in makeing tooling.   
Bob

Edited By Springbok on 22/01/2012 08:48:43

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