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Edited By Martin Walsh 1 on 14/12/2013 09:20:49

Edited By Martin Walsh 1 on 14/12/2013 09:25:14

I have used worn hacksaw blades as parting tools successfully in the past

also used them for packing for the toolpost not needed now

as I have QCTP

Best Wishes Martin

I ordered some taps and dies from Tracy tools 1500 yesterday they came first thing this

Morning hows that for service excellent

Best Wishes Martin

there have been a couple of postings in the wanted part recently.

where I have emailed possible suppliers for people.

looking for hard to find items.

I have never received a reply or a thanks

what has happened to the goodwill between model engineers

ah well times change I suppose

Best Wishes Martin.

Edited By Martin Walsh 1 on 02/11/2013 21:03:42

Edited By Martin Walsh 1 on 02/11/2013 21:04:05

Its a breeze now with a 3/16 Hex screwdriver nothing gets in the way

I think Myford put them on their newer Machines when they  run out of the square ones

Best Wishes Martin

Edited By Martin Walsh 1 on 02/11/2013 14:01:23

thanks for directing me to AHC they do have a excellent stock and I will

use them in future they stock bsf bolts.

unfortunately they don't stock 3/8 bsf grub screws

I going to order from emkay supplies with a few other bits to make the order larger

I didn't think it was a good idea in the end to cut 1 inch long ones down

as they damage easily when holding them

thanks to every one for replying it is very much appreciated

Best Wishes Martin

that's right he is the only seller as well. There is another seller that sells stainless 1 inch long grub screws

so I suppose I could cut them to length

Best Wishes Martin

Edited By Martin Walsh 1 on 30/10/2013 17:16:33

Thank you very much bob

Best Wishes Martin

Hi

I was wondering if anyone knows of a supplier of

3/8 BSF 1/2 Long grub screws I need 2 for the

myford s7 topslide locking screws

have tried ebay but no luck

thank you very much Martin

browsing through a well known tool supplier on ebay

I noticed that some items had a over inflated BIN

price for example 6 inch Indian made rotary table over £900

set of turning tools for myford over £500 etc

is there a reason or is it a mistake

Best Wishes Martin

Edited By Martin Walsh 1 on 28/10/2013 10:27:47

I'm really pleased there are 2 magazines one for tools one for steam I buy both excellent

magazines keep up the good work.

That really angers me when you go in WH Smiths and see people blocking up

the gangway reading the magazines with no intent of buying all magazines should be sealed

why should someone buy a magazine which has got a load of thumb prints on it

Edited By Martin Walsh 1 on 20/10/2013 10:58:57

Abwood are still going strong

www.abwoodcnc.co.uk

Best Wishes Martin

Edited By Martin Walsh 1 on 19/10/2013 21:47:34

Just checking the date its not April the 1st

hmmm porkies spring to mind

Kind regards Martin

You could use it as a door stop or a heavy duty paper weight

Kind regards Martin

I'm just guessing but would imagine it was for a art project of somesorts

I have seen a post in the wanted section before asking for swarf for a art project

Edited By Martin Walsh 1 on 13/09/2013 06:27:49

Hello thanks for the info these are the answers

1 yes the machine is in good nick bearings slides etc

very well looked after

2 I get a mirror finish with HSS I grind all my hss blanks myself and use a diamond stone

to get a nice edge

3. Iam a experianced lathe operator been using lathes for nearly 40 years

as a hobby and for a living but have never used inserts have used wimet carbide tools

for cast Iron

4.Yes these are the tools in the set

1 turning and facing 90 degrees with 95 degrees approach Right Hand

2 same as above but Left hand

3 turning with 75 degrees approach right hand

4 same as above but left hand

5 I use a gauge with a spirit level

6 longer sprials

Best Wishes Martin

Hi Thanks for the replies I will try a higher speed and coarser feed

Should I use any cutting oil ?

Best Wishes Martin

Hi

A while ago I received as a gift a set of 8mm mini turning tools

thought I would try them out today.

I tried to turn 1 inch dia free cutting mild steel and got a very poor surface finish

I was running abt 700 rpm on my Super 7 fine feed 4 thou per rev

the indexable tool holders where not cheapo ones but a good make

what im I doing wrong

If a 3 jaw chuck is still running out by a few thou after cleaning out the thread

on the mandrel and the chuck making sure everthing else is spotless

correct me if Iam wrong after taking the backplate off the chuck could'nt you drill the holes in the

backplate a few thou oversize and again take a few thou off the index on the backplate

put the backplate back on put some silver steel in the chuck and tru it up with a DTI

and tighten up the bolts would this be ok to do

Best Wishes Martin