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John Have a read of THIS POST from some time ago

Bill

Well here's another one on ebay, but this time with a further adapter.

**LINK**

I wonder if it was one of their own proprietary fittings to a series of different shanks, now discontinued and replaced with the current system, of parallel stubs and drive pins, as seen in this pdf Page 4 **LINK**

All the best

Bill

Edited By peak4 on 20/02/2017 09:53:33

I have two, a plain Super 7 pre Power Cross Feed, and a Warco Super7 copy, with the bells and whistles. (Gearbox, PCF and Newton-Tesla drive).

The trouble is, they're 30 miles apart.

The intention was/is to use the Warco as my sole lathe in the new workshop when I've finally moved everything else over from Sheffield to Buxton, and sell the genuine Myford directly from the old house.

Trouble is, that the Warco has some "interesting" design feature which will need a lathe to rectify, so it looks like I will have to move the Myford over here for a while, even though I promised SHMBO that I'd no need for them both.

p.s. actually I've got 3, the last one being my original lathe, a little Simat, currently not commissioned and sitting in a wooden box in my old cellar.

Sorry make that 4, I've also inherited my Dad's Record wood turning lathe, though it's not been re-commissioned yet. I'm still awaiting the construction of a second double garage, to house the bikes and the Marlin.

Edited By peak4 on 15/02/2017 21:35:34

I made my last batch of MT2 blanks that way, but used a re-ground broken carbide centre drill as the movable centre; a press fit into a length of 1/2" bar to suit my boring head. It worked fine, and being carbide, didn't suffer any noticeable wear.

I do have a brand new rotating centre, on a 2MT shaft, which is a tad undersize, so won't lock into a 2MT socket.

I've been looking for a use for it since it arrived as an extra bit with my Warco copy Super 7 lookalike.

All the Best

Bill

Can't see any number stamping on the rotary bit, but might you have it upside down, and it pivots on the boss and may be used for grinding a radius on cutters?

Re. Rust proofing, not tried using it on chucks, but Motorex 645 aerosol works well on the various bikes.

I'm still using old stock, but I believe This Is The Same Stuff, just renamed.

I have looked at both models in the past. The Teng one seems very similar to the Stanley one I linked to earlier, even down to the writing on the twisty bit of the ratchet.

I guess the Teng one may well be better made, and/or with better quality inserts, but for me personally, I like having 1/4" sockets at both ends, rather than 1/4" + 8mm (as per the Teng variety), as it lets me crack a tight fixing on the motorbike, before using the ratchet end.

Each to their own obviously, but maybe I'm a skinflint too at £15, with a few sockets thown in, as well as bits in a case, as opposed to about £30. I'm sure the added sockets aren't as good as Britool/Teng/Halfords Pro etc. I've only used them with this little ratchet and haven't broken them or rounded off any fixings (yet  

Regards

Bill

Lots of links to plough through there John; this is the one I was referring to earlier.

I quite like it as one end has a plain hex for loosening tight screws without fear of damaging the ratchet, plus there's a spring retainer for the bit at both ends

All the best

Bill

Edited By peak4 on 09/02/2017 09:45:02

John, I've been using one of these for a while now, quite compact, and got me out of various difficulties.

**LINK**

Mine came from Clas Ohlson in Doncaster for about a tenner, but sadly they've now closed.

I should be able to sort you out some close up photos and measurements if you need them, just let me know.

For other readers, these are on offer at Aldi at the moment, probably too big for John's application, bit worth investigating for other uses; I find them quite handy on the motorbikes.

**LINK**

Regards

Bill ( the ugly bugger with the beard and the 3/4 flute core drills @ Doncaster last year)

If you have a look back at Page 2 of Neil's thread on Corner Joints in Plywood, I posted a couple of links about Tricoya waterproof MDF board.

**LINK**

There still is Ian, I've got one in the Landrover somewhere; used to be carried by motorcyclists on long trips into the wild at one time as well.

Also the mention of tyre pressures also reminds me of the destructive force of tyre explosions.

Just have a search on youtube for "Tyre Cage" and have a squint.

My trailer/towing dolly has small split rims @ 80psi; I make sure they're on the hub, with wheel nuts on before fully inflating them.

See also This Youtube Video of someone slashing a tyre; note how he's dressed before and after.

Regards

Bill

Edited By peak4 on 04/02/2017 13:31:20

Edited By peak4 on 04/02/2017 13:32:04

Might well be made out of Nomex, which is rather good stuff, and also more tolerant of washing.

Regards

Bill

Dave, ignore my link anyway, I'm obviously half asleep. Not enough coffee yet, they were for carbide tipped reamers.

I think you might want to slow down a bit with the reaming. Have a look HERE

Also is your reamer a machine reamer, likely with a Morse taper on the end, or a hand reamer, with a square on the end to fit a tap wrench.?

Regards

Bill

Both are nice parts of the world. Bit far for you to pop in for a brew to our new spot though.

I presume he must have realised that he was overpricing it a bit by the time you got there. Since I've already got a Clarkson and am in the process of making & modifying tooling for it, I couldn't justify spending too much, even as a restoration/resale job.

Glad it's gone to a good home.

Regards

Bill

I spotted that in John's emporium a while ago; realistically Ii was out of my price range, and I couldn't really justify it whilst Jane was with me, particularly as I'd recently bought a house just up the road at the time.

Looks like his shop's closed at the moment; whereabouts are you?

Regards

Bill

Thanks gents, just a thought.

Regards

Bill

A general query about moderators and how posts with the moderator's hat on are displayed on the forum.

I've been careful to post this here, rather than in any more contentious threads.

It seems entirely reasonable that mods should be able to post on threads, in exactly the same way as any other member, as we all have something to contribute from time to time.

However, one thing I've noticed, is that if a mod is posting as a mod, the formatting of said post is exactly the same as if they were wearing their own hat, which could potentially lead to confusion, conflict, or misinterpretation.

Several of the other forums I frequent display text whilst wearing a moderators hat differently to when they are posting personal opinion.

e,g, On my local forum, the Moderators post is on a blue background; if the same mod posted with their private hat on, the text would just come up on a white background the same as everyone else's. Other forums have mods text in a different colour, or with a different banner.

Would this bulletin board software allow such niceties?

N.B. This isn't aimed as a dig at anyone, just a general query.

The other point I've thought about, is would it be possible to provide a "Preview Post" radio button along side the "Add posting" one?

All the best

Bill

Edited By peak4 on 01/02/2017 01:26:25

I did actually lash something up using my Myford top slide, by removing the lead screw and end plate.

The latter being replaced with a bit of angle iron and a linkage to a lever , whichpivoted on a piece of round bar bolted to one of the Tee slots on the cross slide.

I then used this to make splined shafts for the Ducati brake linkage out of Stainless bar when i was restoring it.

Indexing was done by a gear train off the headstock spindle.

Also used a similar arrangement for cutting a keyway in a pulley.

Seems a shame to chop them up; another use would be for a lever operated slotting attachment for internal keyways etc.

I'm actually looking for one to do that job myself.

All The Best

Bill