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Hi Mike & Guys
What lathe is it ? are the bearing in the headstock adjusted ok ? if the job is held in a 3 jaw chuck the jaws may be worn at the front allowing the bar you are turning to push away. By the way Happy New Year to you & all the Guys on this forum
Regards Nobby

Edited By Nobby on 31/12/2013 18:57:22

Hi Lee & Guys
Here is a 1/2" square toolbit I use in my Drummond hand shaper . Similar to the one that Lee described for flat
surfaces . works well . as been mentioned shape may vary depending on the job . it cutting down the side of a block the claper box must be tilted so the tool swing away from block on return stroke
Regards Nobby 

Edited By Nobby on 28/12/2013 22:12:13

Edited By Nobby on 28/12/2013 22:12:47

A Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year to everyone From the Clarke Clan .
Nobby

Hi AJS
Great list . in mould/toolmaking we used various steel KE 672 and before that K9
You dont make Motor Cycles ?
Nobby

Hi

Stock bars of steel are painted on the end . ie Red for MS blue for free cutting etc for aircraft work materials are in a bonded store and marked , & have to be signed for .
Nobby

Good thinking Phil
Silver Steel the sparks are like a sparkler
Nobby

Hi John
Welcome to this forum . I see you are into model aircraft as I am. There was a thread on the ED 2.46 a while back.
My interest was into A2 gliders & control line flying . Now I enjoy making & using workshop items
Nobby

Hi Nick & Guys
The stop I use is clamped on the milling table . so you can move it back for larger jobs. also where you have a screw adjustment mine slid with a M6 locking screw but on the it it had a locking collar .so when you put the job against the stop. remove the sliding stop and the you can run the program to machine say a radius on the end.
Remove job. Slide the stop back onto the collar stop Load job machine etc .
This way you can also use it as a back stop the other side of the vice . also without a vice using a fence and clamps
Nobby

Hi
As Martin says the rear toolpost is always there. Mine is an home made one for my S7 Mk1 with about 2 degrees rake and a slight angle one front so the job parts off cleanly then just finish off the last angled pip

Nobby

Hi Bill
Don't try in reverse etc with a chuck that uncrews as it could result with the chuck coming off when you are cutting

Nobby

HI Ronan
If you do buy an H.Gauge make sure that the scriber can reach the surface plate to read zero . some height gauges dont do this. The job/part has to be put on parallels take a reading etc
They may be more input on this.
Nobby

I double glaze my windows in my workshop/shed with bubble wrap . I cover my lathe's and mill drill with aircraft wheel cover material my son got me when in the RAF silvered on outside and rubberised on the inside
walls insulated with waterproof Millboard my Father got me Seem to work ok
Nobby

Hi Bob & Guys
When i got my s7 Mk1 in a sorry state there was no tailstock no x slide feedscrews and dials It was rusting away in a coal bunker next door to my .mate who rang me I picked it up for a fiver that was in 1986 . Could not find one so I fabricated one and made new dials etc I enjoyed doing it in my home workshop using a 1926 pedal driven Exe lathe
Nobby

Hi Ian
To confuse things more M10 x1 is close the 1/8" bsp
Nobby

Edited By Nobby on 05/11/2013 13:02:59

Hi
I renewed my subscription about 3 months ago and haven't received my free gift yet
Nobby

Hi Johnny and Guys
The one I made as John said . I found centre height with slips ect and fitted a tenon and  sideways adjustment 
 only as you can see it was fabricated using steel .Notice rule and pointer for setting depths and micrometer dial  Keep metal working
Regards Nobby

Edited By Nobby on 30/10/2013 10:16:10

Hi Guys
It was high flow milling that finished of the shaper where I worked .
Nobby

Hi Jim welcome
How about using a scroll saw with a fine blade . on mine I also fit small files as well and use it like a filing
machine . What you have to watch is that the teeth spacing/ pitch is less the the brass thickness
Mine has a support arm on it to stop job jumping up when sawing/filing
Nobby

Hi
To check if they are same .with finger put on some high spot blue and gently fit the arbor into the chuck and
See how it touches. MY son was a fitter in the RAF and he sugested to his dad on a job like this use a black felt tip pen and when dry try as i said with the high spot
Nobby

Edited By Nobby on 23/10/2013 23:27:56

Hi Julian and Guys
Sorry about the delay . felting the garden tool shed . on a shaper when at work years ago I used to make 36" long
half round cavity's top and bottom . some up to about 2" dia. I made a fixture that fitted in the clapper box facing
forward similar to a boring head that rotated with a toolbit the clapper was locked when using this
I roughed out first with a straight roughing tool . then finished with the fixture i made the two halfs dowled together then sent away for final lapping . then fitted in bolster . It was a 3 imp compression mould for a railway item
I will try and post a drawing
Regards Nobby