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Thread: ME Shows
15/01/2012 08:56:31
I was wondering if there are any model engineering shows in the north east?
 
I see theres the 'Ally Pally' and Sandown both really too far for me, Harrogate is handier but are there none in Teesside or Newcastle?
 
With my other modelling head on (www.nrmodeltruck.co.uk) there are regional shows all over the country and 2 or 3 big ones each year.
Thread: Springs
15/01/2012 08:52:16
Ah ok Alexandra Palace, Ally Pally haha.
 
Bit far away for me but will probably show my face down at Harrogate.
Thread: Milling Course
15/01/2012 00:16:44
I'm just about to buy the material to start the project in chapter seven, l think this will be a useful addition to my shop (garage)
 
Aye mines a garage too.
 
Funnily enough so am I. I don't think I need a boring head at the moment but I do have a use for a dividing head. Although having said that its probable that the grinding head will be of more use to me at the current time.
 
I'd have gone for that first, but the text says that you will learn stuff from one project to make the next so I'm worried that by going straight for grinding rest I'll miss summat.
 
And thankyou Harold for your extra notes. Can you do me a favour and check your PMs

Edited By Wolfie on 15/01/2012 00:18:31

Thread: Loctite
15/01/2012 00:05:34
OK so the general purpose tommy bar/thread stuff is 603 right?
 
Thread: Springs
14/01/2012 21:25:19
How come someone else has edited my post?
Thread: Milling Course
14/01/2012 21:18:37
Whats a jack screw?
Thread: Loctite
14/01/2012 19:51:58
Noo I don't want the bonds to break at all either before or after turning. I want to be able to attach a couple of pieces of metal together so they stay there. I don't want to turn any washers.
 
This is what I want..
 
They are designed for one thing: retaining shafts or male threads in holes or female threads. They remain liquid in the presence of air, but in the absence of air (e.g. in a tight-fitting joint) they polymerise to something akin to perspex. This forms an interference fit, and with the stronger grades you would probably destroy the parts if you tried to pull them apart.
 
So I can screw summat together and have it stay there. Or get a tommy bar to stay where it is. Permanently.

Edited By Wolfie on 14/01/2012 19:54:36

14/01/2012 18:29:35
The general idea is that they DON'T come apart. I think the retaining stuff is what I'm after.
Thread: Milling Course
14/01/2012 17:40:32
Right then. I've done all the basic stuff and I now have a home made clamping set and I'm dead chuffed so no laughing . I made a few mistakes, but I know what they are.


Thread: Loctite
14/01/2012 13:40:32
I am informed that it is possible to use a Loctite glue to glue small items well enough to be machined

However on looking at the Loctite website theres dozens of them. Which one do I need for general purpose use?
Thread: Springs
14/01/2012 08:39:36
Cheers all, that Maplins box will do nicely.

 

Edited By David Clark 1 on 14/01/2012 21:11:52

13/01/2012 21:46:25
I want a handful of compression springs to experiment with.
 
So I go look on the net to be presented with a bewildering number of wire thicknesses, diameters and lengths.
 
Is there shall we say a more 'usual' size thats used in model engineering or is there somewhere I can get a mixed box of a couple of dozen. I don't want 500 springs
Thread: Cleaning T slots
13/01/2012 18:44:05
Does anyone have any brilliant ideas as to how you clean out t-slots full of damp swarf?
Thread: A Milling Course - mistake?
12/01/2012 10:47:33
OK cheers thats cleared up the confusion
12/01/2012 09:46:04
OK my other question has generated some confusion for me.
 
The book I'm working from, Harold Hall's ' Milling A Complete Course' has a little piece about climb milling and direction of travel etc. However he calls it up and down milling.
 
Thing is there is a diagram of each and a bit of text. the text goes as follows.
 
"Such terms as up milling (climb milling) and down milling....."
 
But looking at the other sites a couple of people posted they don't agree, their captions indicate that its down milling thats climb milling. Is it wrong in my book?
 
Diagrams on page 15 and text on page 17, can anyone confirm this?
Thread: Endmilling direction
11/01/2012 21:03:55
Sorry yes I should have made it clear that I am talking about cutting something down in height where each pass takes off a complete layer.
 
I know about going against the cut when cutting a shoulder.
11/01/2012 19:28:28
Following through Harold's book I am now making some T-nuts and I read in that section that once one pass of an endmill has been made (to reduce something in height) you return it back to the start for your next cut.
 
Why? An endmill is symmetrical, it should perform the same whichever direction it goes in??
Thread: lathe query
11/01/2012 09:22:39
How does that work then? Is the headstock tilted by half a degree or something? That implies that if you go all the way across or even just further than the centre that you would have a sloping face?
 
And welcome Dave, these guys are great at answering all sorts of silly questions, really helpful.

Edited By Wolfie on 11/01/2012 09:24:05

Thread: Mill spindle trouble?
10/01/2012 19:40:46
Happy to report that mill is back in operation, taking on all that I'm (carefully) throwing at it. I'm happy, Amadeal dealt with it well and well done them.
 
I've discovered I can fit bearings

I did mean fine feed John. I only use the quill to move it over distance and not at all for milling.
10/01/2012 11:51:12
One or two other people have mentioned the fact that a problem has been aired publically on an internet forum before the dealer was contacted. Actually thats not true, I was in contact with them from almost the word go and then that evening related my experiences here.
 
I'm afraid that is a consequence of the modern world. Internet forums and social networking mean that such things are broadcast much quicker and more widely than before. Not necessarily always good, you may have seen in the news the unfortunate family of the asian lad shot in Manchester found out about it over Facebook before the police had a chance to tell them.
 
However in the case of consumer relations it can only be a good thing. The onus is upon any supplier of anything to provide a reasonable product and act accordingly if this is not so. I am pleased to report that Amadeal are fully aware of the situation and are dealing with it satisfactorily. This fact also wouldn't have been as widely reported without me having done so on an internet forum. So well done them.
 
Think about it, I'd have gone to my local SME meet in a couple of weeks and related my experiences as probably would anyone else. Its just that our 'club' on here is more widely viewed.
 
Incidentally talking of computers, it probably doesn't fit here as all of you reading this have to be using a computer, but I'm surprised about how many of the brilliant engineers I have met at my club who are clearly technically excellent are reluctant to take up the use of computers and the internet. I'm an ex truck driver but now an IT engineer (currently unemployed ) and I'm coding a website for my club but when I suggested emailing our newsletter or even (shock horror) downloading it from a website there was a fair amount of opposition. It must be a generational thing, I am the second youngest in the club by quite a long way.
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