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Hello from Sheffield, though I'm in the process of flitting to Buxton.

Bill

One of my vices has a tenon, but for a quick cheap and cheerful, an angle plate held in the vice and indexed against the column of the mill, then tighten the bolts.

Bill

Perhaps also read this thread for an easier and cheaper method.

RDG sell the 33 & 34 tooth gears as mentioned in the thread above, also for sale via their ebay shop if you prefer.

I've a pair of John's originals which I use on my Warco 720 (Super 7 clone) lathe.

Regards

Bill

Thanks Arthur, so my inspired guesswork was right. I do have two singer machines driven by round leather belts, though smaller in cross section.

And also thank Michael, yes I know they are Falsing, I just can't type

The handles are pretty much identical to the various Maun pliers I own, so I wonder if there was a tie-up historically between the two companies.

Edited By peak4 on 12/08/2018 13:53:08

Too late to edit the thread now, but I did wonder their use for cutting HT leads and fitting some sort of early end caps.

Bill

Another "Please ID this" thread.

I've just picked up a pair of unusual parallel pliers, with handles in the style of our own Maun Industries ones, but with jaws I've never seen before.

I'm guessing they are to cut and pierce some non-metallic tube or belt.

The hole through the cutter, and punch section is about 1cm, or probably 3/8" clearance since they are American.

They are made by Fassing Products Co. of New York

I'm wondering if they could be for cutting round leather belting, such as that used on old sewing machines, and piercing the ends for the joining clip.

I can't find much reference on the net.

Thanks

Bill

I think Thaiguzzi, if you search through his posts/photos

Got the same job to do myself at some point, as I've just bought a 90° horizontal milling cutter for the grooves.

Bill

If as you say, he has another one as well, then at least you have something to immediately compare it with and check measurements against, as well as counting the various bits.

This may be useful if, like me, you don't know these machines well.
Like many purchases, it might be about as much judging the vendor as well as the product.

He claims "This is a very nice Colchester Chipmaster Lathe. It is in very good mechanical condition - headstock and gearbox oil has been kept nice and clean and all the bearings and slideways are good."

If that's not the case, it gives you a good reason to walk away, as well as a valid excuse for ebay.

Good Luck

Bill

I assume M18 refers to 18mm Outside Diameter, but to work out which nut would fit, you need to know the Inside Diameter, or at least the wall thickness of the tubing to work it out

This Link will take you to a table of Across Flat/Across Corner dimension of metric nuts. There are many similar tables on the net for other threads/spanner sizes.

So say your tube is 18mm OD wall thickness 1.5mm then ID is 15mm.

M8 would be too loose @ 14.3mm M10 too tight @ 17.8mm

Your only option would be to look around for a different thread, or file a bit off each of the corners of the nut.

I'm assuming you don't have access to a lathe to do the job.

Bill

Mods/admin working late there, just been accepted

Bill

If you do go down that route, I'd try and find the fine grained stuff, which seems to have more rubber, less cork, and by its nature, more bonding material.

**LINK**

Bill

We used to use several of these at work before getting a deWalt TCT chop saw.
I found that it didn't take long for the wheels to flatten the tooth set on the inside of the blade, and yes it was the wheels, not the 45° twisting bearings.
Also I'd suggest that with aluminium wheels, the blades might start eroding the wheels. At least tyres, home made or otherwise, have a bit of give in them.

Bill

Just applied, so I'll let you know.

Bill

Ron, I've re-tyred all 3 of mine rather than retiring them.

One a little 3 wheel Burgess, one a larger 3 wheel Emco, and the last one a hand held 2 wheeler.

I used strips of car gasket material, the stuff often used on sumps, made from granulated rubber and cork, bonded together. These are glued onto the wheels with plain old UHU contact adhesive from poundland. The gasket is available in sheet form from some car spares or is often seen at steam rallies.

It works perfectly well, with the blade staying on the wheels and doesn't slip.

Are you within easy travelling distance of Buxton?

Bill

Edited By peak4 on 06/08/2018 20:18:19

Steve, check your emails, there should be a couple of scanned jpgs awaiting you

Bill

Steve Message me with an email address and I'll send you a scan of mine.

Pretty tatty, but readable

Bill

Whilst I always like the idea of doing as much as possible myself, would Alpha Bearings be able to assist?

I could to with talking to them about Ducati bevel big ends. I understand that the owner has recently passed away, so I don't know the current state of play with the company.

Bill

I didn't get anywhere with the PCB number either.

I'd still go with testing the diodes, easy enough with a multimeter.

Change the electrolytic capacitor; they are cheap enough.

Test/replace the three other semiconductors Q2-4

The disk capacitor C4 should be reliable enough.

Do a continuity check on the inductor.
are there any other components on the reverse side of the board?

If it's an old PCB, I'd try changing the capacitor before condemning it to the bin.

Electrolytics do tend to expire with age.

Bill

Cheers Murray, I've got some 40mm 12v fans in stock, and I've certainly got some 30mm plain box, but without any internal fins. 40mm box will give me more space to play with, and also fit the fans I have available.

I could go with a different sports-plan, and use 4 normal lengths of heatsink and just screw them together, but was wondering if anyone had seen this section available at a sensible price.

This heatsink on ebay is 120x100x18mm, so I could slice two pieces in half, and either use them to line plain box section, or screw them together to create my own box.

It's just that it would be easier to find a bit of the stuff ready made.

Cheers

Bill

p.s. Jeff Many Thanks, looks like we were typing at the same time.

Edited By peak4 on 03/08/2018 20:31:51