Member postings for Brian G

Is there a reliable way of telling which is used for an internal thread? I have bought individual BSB taps and dies where needed, but on second hand models there is always a fear that they will have used cycle thread - after all, there are plenty of sets of "BSB 26 TPI Cycle Thread" tap and die sets on eBay.

Brian

Dragging this up because my son just had a go at me over a drawing I gave him. Does anybody else still use "shewn" and "shewing" or am I really from the Ark?

Brian

I always top Cromwell orders up to £20 to get free delivery - there is normally something else I want but can afford to wait for, and if necessary I can continue to add to the sets of T Handle Allen Keys and Record clamps that I am making up one or two at a time.

Brian

Looking at the photos Rainbows has posted of his other equipment, coupled with the phrase "Its going to be a restoration project" suggests an older machine. (Edit: so do the pictures Rainbows has posted whilst I typed this)  A quick check on Lathes.co.uk comes up with two machine tool suppliers in Enfield, both close to Brimsdown, H D Murray **LINK** and W H Bass **LINK** . I wonder if either of these could be responsible?

Brian

Edited By Brian G on 15/09/2017 14:34:02

As long as the quality manager can produce certification showing that the gnat's cock can be traced back to the International Standard Gnat at the BIPM I don't have a problem - I am no longer a quality manager

Incidentally, is the expression "made a right cod's of that" local to Kent or nationwide?

Brian

This is reminding me of a story told by a colleague who was in the far East during the war. The close up pictures of mosquitoes in the film show given before shipping out had nothing to indicate scale. As a result he and his comrades just brushed 'gnats' aside whilst on the lookout for mosquitoes the size of dragonflies.

Brian

I noticed that "Rosso" is the cheapest, just like my local filling station

Brian

I recognise that one despite coming from Kent - I guess it comes from working with a 70-year old Brummie engineer for many years. He had almost gone metric, replacing "a couple of thou" with "a gnat's cock" and referred to any machine that broke down often as "up and down like Collins's cocks" which I took to be a reference to the famous galloper.

Brian

I wasn't complaining Neil, I only looked at them to see if I had understood the original posting. I suspect that if I did try to read all the threads, by the time I got to the end I would have forgotten the earlier ones anyway and would need to start again and "that way madness lies".

Anyway, we all have to save some time for the workshop

Brian

Hi Neil

I thought I would take a look and every thread I have clicked on in the "Beginners Questions" topic earlier than "Posilock Threads" half way down page 207 (last posting 23/05/2009) brings up the message "Sorry, but the thread cannot be found". Many also show a negative number of replies.

Brian

Calling the image "arc crate.jpg" might be a hint? The box looks like the one my son's X2.7L came in, so I will guess a milling machine. Hopefully yours doesn't have to go upstairs...

Brian

If you can create the image, why not print your own on decal paper, then varnish. It is available with white or clear background. If you need light colours on a clear background your only choice is an ALPS printer or similar, which means you would need to commission somebody like precisionlabels.com **LINK**

If you want labels rather than waterslide decals, how about printable vinyl? **LINK**

Brian

A search for Gewindebohrer 8,5 x 1 (German uses a comma for decimals) threw this up **LINK** .

Brian

Relax, according to Oscar Wilde "Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative".

Brian

My son's milling machine has a cap fixed to the belt cover which retains the drawbar when it is unscrewed. The force is therefore acting through the quill (which will move down unless locked) and the spindle bearings. I assume this is done for safety reasons as the ejection cap is non-rotating and in operation encloses the rotating drawbar.

Brian

When Marx recorded that "In Birmingham alone, 500 varieties of hammers are produced..." did that include different "Brummagen screwdrivers" for different screw heads?

Brian

I prefer to hold the chuck when tightening, thinking a slip may be better than braking something. I was caught out by hand-holding an MT3 face cutter in my son's X2.7 though. When I came to remove it I found there wasn't enough clearance between cutter and spindle for the pin spanner, so I couldn't use the self-eject and had to resort to a copper hammer.

Brian

This is the eBay listing I referred to for NOS BA ring spanner sets:

**LINK**

I'm glad to have a set, but not so sure about their utility (especially 4BA and below which aren't bi-hexagon).

Brian

Although I have got nearly a full set of BA ring spanners, if I'm being honest with myself box spanners are far more useful for that very reason. If I were starting from scratch it would just be box spanners and open end laser cut spanners. They may not feel as nice as forged spanners, but from an access point of view there is no contest.

Brian

I have only seen forged combination spanners in 0, 2, 4 and 6BA I'm afraid. You may have better luck with ring spanners however as Gordon, Britool, Bedford and Matador all made BA ring spanners.

The Gordon spanners from 0 - 7 BA are normally available as NOS sets on eBay, but the prices vary considerably (the set on there now is £22.95 including postage). Britool are harder to find but I know they went down at least as far as the RH1115 8BA/10BA ring spanner, but I haven't found some of the intermediate sizes in over a year of looking.

Brian