Member postings for Mark Foster 1

try some matches in the flutes

Kwil more than the rest of the world ! what I and others do not like is all this free stuff appears only available to the mother country .I just ask people to open there eyes .Many a fine modle built here in Australia and the US we all buy the Mag .we should not be descriminated against .

please please please make what ever you do world wide . England is a very small place there are other people who read your great mag .

Its not the package but the support youneed. Its easy when you know how But getting there is the hard bit .Without support its way to steep .

take a look at sheet cam .It works well with Mach . but it is not 3d

Dont bother as the mag makes it all the way to Australia . without any gifts its a con from the poms !

hi well in my workshop have the following lathes DSG 13x42 , Leinen Approx 9x18 , and a hercus southbend boxford type . a nice lot of lathes and the lathe I like using the most for small jobs is the Hercus ( quick change box ) all the bells etc VFD .The hercus does the most .easy to use . the only lathe I have sold was a Myford baught brand new saved for when I was at school . would not give a flat bead lathe shed space ( I learned a lot on this lathe .book in one hand machine in other ) I find a v bed lathe strets ahead of a myford .I red all the books as a young fellow and Myford was it . so that is what I bought. . wish it had been a Hercus . buy the bigest lathe you can afford .

Try to get some LACO soft solder flux .great for that sort of job . Its what we use to do it on the job

how about a picture ? or a bit of the plan if it is the same as mine .

Have you a mate who reloads his own AMO . put it in a case tumbler with some wallnut shells .and there polish .you will see your face in them .

try a bit of sunlight bar soap on the job works well

yes I have a 13x42 DSG easy nice machine Has it got graduations on the tailstock

the radial holes just have screws in them to locate the bearing .(from memory ) think it would be better to have a steped bore

I have built one I think ! the bearing is just pinched in the Al bit .you have to wash out the bearing no oil . Mine has been heated with a Metho burner . runs for hours on a small amount . a nice running engine . How about a picture . I will take one of the bit .If its the same engine

I have also found the cad free stuff just Junk !!! some improvment with LACO flux but not a patch on the old cad stuff .I use it most days its my trade .still have a couple of kg of the old stuff .I worries me about the boilers being built with this !

try CTC tools take a look on the net .great tools etc

just grab it with the side cutters . Works . but marks the key .file up or replace key

Hi guys Ihave a lens that goes behind the carterage on my welding helmet .it is great . ask at your welding shop I use a 1.5 a breath of fresh air for us older members