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Have you tried positioning the cursor over what you want to Right Click, and instead of doing so, hit Shift F10.

Seems to work in most programs, though not all.

There's quite a few on Homemadetools.net so I'm sure you should get some ideas off there.

Bill

For basic photo manipulation, re-sizing for the web, cropping etc. FastStone Image Viewer is pretty good.

It even does basic Colours, Curves Levels etc. these days.

Regards

Bill

I got the impression that the OP was seeking advice rather than abuse;

<I edited that bit out of the first post so I'm editing out of the quote as well - Neil>

Edited By Neil Wyatt on 14/06/2017 22:16:33

If you have any old computer hard drives, you will find they contain two very strong magnets. Don't try to separate them from their backing pieces though, as you will obviously destroy the plating/coating, and they then start to break down.

The platters themselves are often usable as surface plated mirrors for viewing nooks and crannies.

Google a brilliant at many things, but Google Translate could do with improving a bit.

It's often said that you should translate into your native language, rather than from it; I think this is a prime example..

Whilst the tool capacity for the Myford toolpost(s) may be advertised as 1/2", it probably refers to using the "Boat" type tools which allow the toolbit to rock to allow adjustment in height.

If you're using 1/2" HSS blanks for rigidity, then just grind the cutting edge a little lower.

Obviously it's a bit more of an issue with carbide tooling, either brazed, or inserts. In this case you need to mill or grind a bit off the bottom to lower the cutting edge proportionally.

it's obviously less of an issue with the single tool holders where the base of the tool bit sits directly onto the topslide.

In my case, I made something similar to this many years ago. Obviously the issue is that the bit of metal below the slot for the tool needs to be of a suitable dimension to prevent it bending under load, and it's this thickness which restricts the tool height.

I got round this by losing that piece altogether and machining a plain rebate rather than a more conventional slot. i.e. there is no bottom to the LH edge of the toolholder. I then cut and welded a short length of ex-bed angle iron in place. This provides a very thin base to the toolholder, but it's still rigid as one now has a square hole for the tool, rather than a three sided slot. I can now use 1/2" tooling without issues.

Sorry for all the external links, but the relevant parts are on my other lathe 30 miles away, so I can't photograph them at the moment.

Well, some years ago I acquired an old cable pressurisation compressor; oil-less with very worn PTFE piston rings,

At the time they were about £70 for a set of three, so I just packed them out with a sliver of coke can in the base of the piston ring groove as a short term measure.

Still runs fine, so I never did get round to buying/making more, but I did corrugate the sliver of can a bit to fill the space better..

Yes, I bought a small bucket of a copperslip equivalent that I'm still working my way through, but even better was some black stuff I bought; ex of US missile maintenance at a steam rally. Even works years after application on Landrover series shackle bolts.

When I bought the Ducati, there was a Mk1 Le Mans next to it in the showroom, but it was dearer and the bank wouldn't loan me the £200 it needed to get it. I had enough cash for the GTS, £1200 as I recall- quite a lot on my wages in 1979.

Bill

Looks like SIP sell both 390g & 600g presumably designed specifically to catch the unwary.

Bill

Not in my case, Stainless wheels and spokes too; I just hate cleaning and polishing and not wildly bothered about originality, so long as it's broadly in keeping. 

Edited By peak4 on 22/05/2017 14:17:12

Have you still got the le Mans? I also made stainless pistons for the Brembos on my'77 Ducati 900 GTS, along with lots of other stainless bits.

Still got it, since 1979, but since bought an old Mk3 lemon as well.

If you have another reason to visit Sheffield, you will find they are cheaper for collection in person, particularly if you can get by with some noggin ends.

Also for personal visits, they are quite amenable to cutting whatever length you need.

Riley's tools just down the road too, though I've not visited under the new ownership.

I get my stainless hex from AMB since they are just down the road from me. All stock is listed in mm, but that doesn't mean to say it's all metric.

Well if you need something to knock the rust off one of these lathes, you could try this hammer

Dunno Sean, but on the strength of this thread, third from end posting, I bought one a couple of days ago, though not had chance to try it out yet.

Bill

Edited By peak4 on 20/05/2017 14:03:35

Neil, been having a play with that on the test thread, before I saw your answer.

I think the forum software bases the size display on the contents of the table.

I found specifying column width caused a problem, but specifying Table width seems to work OK

14cm seems to fit in the display box on the forum OK; well that's using Opera as the browser anyway.

Well that's weird. my first version of this reply wrapped my text to the right of your table, so I added 3 line feeds, only to find my text a mile below your table. I then deleted the 3 line feeds in "Edit Post", just like when I added them, only now it displays reasonably.

It would seem that What You See in preview, or Edit Post isn't what you get when you submit post or save changes.

Well that's even weirder, I haven't changed the text size.

Edited By peak4 on 15/05/2017 22:11:13

Edited By peak4 on 15/05/2017 22:12:03

Well that seemed to work as a pasted table from Word, using the "Paste from Word" radio button at the top.

Preserves the three different justifications as well, at least in the preview, shame the table is too wide on the submitted post.

1.0 cm column width

5cm Table width

15cm table width

14cm table width

Looks like you need to specify the table width rather than the column width

Edited By peak4 on 15/05/2017 22:00:54

I did wonder if it was an early safety lamp, possibly later sold as a heater.

The first ones ware all gauze rather than glass, as normally seen in the later miner's lamps.

Please do, you'll be most welcome. Not be to that circuit for years, but looking forward to a re-visit with a camera sometime this summer.

A friend of mine used to race them years ago, apparently peak power @ 16,000rpm but engine expired @ 16.600rpm

Bill