Member postings for Bob Perkins

Hi Malc

I bought a verticla slide from Chronos a few months back and have bee very pleased with it. I had to adapt it for my Sieg lathe, There are some photos in one of my albums.

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Bob..

Dear all

Thanks for your advice and comments. No point in asking for them and then ignoring the. I plan to change the material to steel to add some mass. I'm not going to try to add weight to the original aluminium design. I want to keep as close to the plan as possible as I'm trying to copy an original flywheel. However I'm not sure if I'm a "filer" or a "fabricator", I have a foot in both camps at the moment

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Bob..

Jason

Thanks for you comments. There are 4 spokesn If you click on the image it open the original image, well it does on my pc. I'm hoping the mass will be ok as the original design had a diecast flywheel. My logic is that If it works great. If I cock it up then it's £6 of ally not £20 of brass, and I'll hopefully detemine the best method the make it. As per you comments I think it will be lots of filing.

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Bob

Dear all

A bit more advice please. Can I make the flywheel in the picture from an aluminimum round in a lathe without a rotary table?? The image below is a bit rough, but clearer if viewd from my album.

Thanks in expectation

I finally resolved my parting tool holder query yesterday. The supplier replaced my SIEG tool post with a SOBA tool post. It seems a lot more solid. I had to bore the base out a bit to fit the SIEG spindle, which was the first time I used my face plate. I had to remove the safety guard to enable the face plate to rotate. I then had to remove it's mounting spindle to allow the bolt heads on the clamps to clear. I didn't need to bypass the shut down microswitch, whih allows the lathere to run with all this taken off. Guess I'll leave it all off now.

Bob..

Hi Mike

I've used m-machine and found them to be very good. www.m-machine-metals.co.uk.

Bob..

Thanks Sid

Thanks for all the info. I have Google info and loads of Photos, some quite detailed which will help no end. From the info from Terryd I discoved that the original was know as a MESCO engine after the Manhattan Electric Supply Company. I found a copy of an advert, with no date showing 3 three sizes, the largest having a 3 1/2" fly wheel a was 7" long. One search took me to a copy of the July 1931 Pratical Mechanics Magazine. I couldn't find any MESCO engine info, but the Americans sure know how to put a magazine together!! See the link below. Thanks again all for the replies.

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Bob..

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=td4DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PP38&lpg=PP38&dq=MESCO+engine+plan&source=bl&ots=WM1S5spatI&sig=6PbIWz5ypDD7-FFQA_ISOGGTPOQ&hl=en#v=onepage&q=MESCO%20engine%20plan&f=false

I'm currently considering the same. I was kind of leaning towards a chuck with 3MT to fit the taper in the headstock. My thinking being that this would be more flexible if I changed machines at some time. I had not considered David's point , with a back plate holder I will be able to use it to hold small stock as well as milling cutters. Now leaning the other way ................ Thanks David

Bob..

Thanks for the link CB, this is exactly the end result I have in mind. I would like to scratch build though rather than buy a kit. The finish on these looks really good, so perhaps a kit.........

Bob..

Thanks Nigel.

I've seen some Youtube stuff on solenoid engines and had an hour on google but can't seem to find a set of plans for one. Any clues gents??

Bob..