Member postings for chris j

Try using something like gixen.com.

Links not working

 

Posted by Springbok on 08/02/2013 06:07:10:

ChrisJ

Sorry did not mean to sound offish.
The whole thing I would think weighs over a ton and rear wheels approx 3 feet dia so would need a very big tubIf my compressor is not man enought maybe nitromors. But would like to get it running for the club up our Ashton Court site for the summer season.

Bob

Posted by Springbok on 07/02/2013 14:11:45:

Thankyou but need a little bit more help that that and I do not have a sit on mower

Not sure how much help this is but I have a garden tractor that caught light and is now a rusted hulk.

phones the local sand blaster and he told me that it would be in the region of £40 to blast clean.I

Posted by Brian Wood on 05/02/2013 13:54:34:

A good suggestion Chris, but you run the risk of getting a dealer in who will want to have it for himself to sell on and make money from it

Select your valuer with care!

Brian

 

It might be worth £500 or £1,500, so many variables.

 

It might be better to let someone pop round and have a look at it.

 

Posted by martin perman on 05/02/2013 12:52:07:

Gentlemen,

I'm not sure if this is in the right place and I think this question has come up before but cant find it either so will ask away.

I saw and spoke to J B Tools at Alexandra Palace about some tips I was after for a friend, they didnt have any but I was told to ring them at a specific time the next day so passed this info to my friend.

He rang at the arranged time and got no answer and has tried again since but an email from him today says he has given up.

Any idea's please.

Martin P

Posted by Dave Owen on 04/02/2013 17:31:11:

Hi

does any one have a wiring diagram for a warco 220 lathe, i have a 5 wire cable so it includes a reverse, any help greatly appreciated.

Dave

I am not a number, I am a free man.

Looks like a good idea.

Anyone got an ebay link or number ?

Posted by JasonB on 27/01/2013 15:49:53:

Because of the angle of the cutting edge (100deg+ 5deg clearance) you cannot turn upto a sholder so either have to turn right through to the other side or use the tool to take out most of the waste and then swap for a right hand tool.

Here you can see where I roughed out the crank for my firefly and you have to leave the sholder at an angle. You can take a good cut with these 0.100" if your lathe is upto it.

Then go back and tidy it up.

Edited By JasonB on 27/01/2013 15:56:24

ointer" />

Posted by JasonB on 13/01/2013 19:57:58:

Watch some of the sets of indexable tools as they have some very obscure tips. Try to keep to one or two tip shapes

I would go for 12mm unless you intend doing a lot of heavy work and buy individual tools rather than sets which tend to have ones you will seldom use.

Assuming you are looking at indexable tools then I would go in order of most used:

R/H turning, this will turn along the work & face CCMT type tip

Parting

6mm &10mm boring bars CCMT, 16mm is nice for deeper holes

Through turning to use the other two sides of an 80deg tip

L/H turning handy for facing larger items and working away from the chuck

Most of mine are Glanze but also have a look at Greenwood who are usually there

Edited By JasonB on 13/01/2013 19:59:30

Posted by jason spencer on 26/01/2013 09:34:49:

I'm looking at purchasing a marlow 3A, however i've also looked at a warco VMC.

Does anyone have any infomation/opinions on the two machines above?

The Malow is a little larger and about 200kgs heavier, its 3phase so will need an inverter however its only a 1hp motor so for £100 i'll have variable speed etc.

Posted by Jeff Dayman on 21/01/2013 22:06:37:

I've seen the through hole bars and drills used on large industrial machines with very high feed rates and 20+HP on the spindles, but I can't imagine a home shop would benefit from them. They are for industrial ops where large metal removal rate is critical (read great big swarf - 10 chips to a pound kind of ops)

The motor on most hobby lathes would almost drive the size of coolant pump you need to properly feed through-hole drills and bars with 80 psi plus coolant.

Just my opinion - save your money for something you really need in your home shop.

JD

 

I was just looking around the Chronos site at some boring bars and saw some with a through hole coolant system.

Are they any good ?

How do you pump the coolant through ?

Is there a fitting of some kind.

 

Chris

 

Posted by David Clark 1 on 21/01/2013 13:57:41:

Hi Chris J

What sponsor. We do not sponsor the other exhibition.

I can't see where sponsorship comes into it.

regards David

 

ointer" />

 

Posted by Adrian Parker 1 on 21/01/2013 12:19:31:

I would just like to point out that this thread which, frankly, has very little to do with Model Engineering has attracted 70 replies and 5538 views.

A thread asking for technical assistance on Carbide brazing attracts 2 replies and 168 views.

Does this tell us anything?

Adrian

Posted by John Stevenson on 21/01/2013 09:26:22:

Gray,

In the Burrell post some guy called Alan Turner came on defending Graham but it turns out that it was Graham because he was posting from the same IP address, what is known as a sock puppet.

Later in the post graham made a reply about doing his own castings but forgot to log on as graham and logged on as Alan Walker

I pointed this out and said repeat afer me, I am Graham , not Alan a few times with a smiley but David deleted the post for some reason ?

ointer" />

Posted by David Clark 1 on 20/01/2013 10:21:37:

Hi Ian

Several people got personal messages explaining my decision including reasons I could not post without causing trouble.

On occasion I have contacted people by phone to explain decisions I have made where I could not put something in writing.

Please remember that I am employed and have to do what I think is right for my employer if I wish to remain in work.

regards David