Member postings for Mike Gibbs

I recently purchased a good condition Record 3.5" bench vice. The mounting holes measure up to a non-metric size. Would M10 work OK with suitable washers and nuts? Are there any drawings of this model in case I need to "service" it at some stage?

Thanks

Mike

Many thanks. I was unaware of the on-line index! I can now raid the club library for the articles I'm missing, but I don't think there are any more on "Mixi".

In the way of things I am about to take custody of "Mixi" as built by Gilbert Lindsey and recorded in ME 2nd January 1976. Gilbert was my wife's paternal grandfather, and Mixi is the last of his locos remaining in the family.

I don't have easy access to ME index going back to the 1970s to know if there were any further articles published. Can anyone help?

I'm also unaware of any drawings or further details. Anything in this line would be of great value taking the loco forward.

I do have photocopies of articles he wrote in ME, but I don't think I have the full list. Again, please can anyone assist?

Novice builder here! I'm just completing a 5" steam loco. I need to attach works and name plates (all in brass) to the painted loco (automotive 2 pack). The naneplate could be screwed to the side tanks, but the works plates will have to go on with adhesive? I would need to seal round the screws in the tank sides.

I would appreciate any suggestions or "words if wusdom".

Thanks, Mike

I'm ready to commission some nameplates for my Polly Engineering 5" gauge 0-6-0 orensterin & Koppel. With diane Carney not supplying etched plates until spring 2014 at the earliest, I'm wondering what other suppliers are around for nameplates?

I'm aware that Polly Engineering can supply them, but would like to consider options.

Any thoughts much appreciated.

Mike

OK - I "measured twice and marked once" where the cut needed to come. I put the tube, wrapped in paper, in the chuck of my lathe. Tightened just enough to grip. I then set up a carbide tool tip in the tool post and VERY gently brought it in to contact with the rotating tube. Good clean line scored in the glass. Wet the line with saliva and tapped it with a light hammer. Not a perfectly clean break, with about an eigth of the circumference breaking beyond the line in to the work piece. No problem given the pipework configuration. Gauge glass now safely installed on the backhead!

RESULT! Thanks guys.

Thanks gentlemen. I will report back on the "outcome"!

I'm getting close to finishing my Polly Engineering O&K, and need to trim (~10mm) off the gauge glass provided for it to fit. Any suggestions on ways to perform this cut? I do have a lathe (Myford speed 10) and an old diamond scribe, also Minicvraft drill accesories.

Thanks

Mike

Many thanks everyone. I have purchased the Chronos bending toll, and a set of pipe bending sprinmgs from the same source. Practice on some brass tube has generated perfectly bent pipe. Today it will be the copper pipes!

I'm getting close to finisdhing my Polly Engineering O&K "Suzanne", and need to bend the annealed copper pipes for the water and oil feeds. The pipe is ~5mm diameter, and I can only find benders down to 1/4". Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Mike