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Hi,

Simple question that I cannot find the answer to anywhere.

A while ago I bought some copper pipe for connecting to the S50 that I'm making (on hold at the moment).

The pipe I bought is 5/32" OD 0.014" wall thickness (28 SWG ?) from Reeves as here

**LINK**

Later I thought I might use 1/8" pipe instead so at last years Midlands show I bought some 1/8" OD from Blackgates. However this pipe has a much thicker wall (~1/32" and is coiled whereas the Reeves pipe is dead straight.

Which is the correct sort to use and does it matter?

Note this is for connecting pipe not a potential boiler.

Thanks for any replies.

Gary

As many updates as you want Allan, we're all temporarily soldered to this thread.

Gary

I'll get me coat.

Gary

How about car alloy wheel cleaner?

Gary

Hi Nick,

I don't know why it's popular for conversion but Arc also do a CNC version of the same machine.

**LINK**

Gary - a happy but inexperienced SX3 owner

I had a Gat air pistol in my early teens and it was absolutely rubbish but all I could afford. You had more chance of hitting a target by throwing the gun at it. When I got my first job at sixteen I treated myself to a Webley Senior pistol. Compared to the Gat it was a much more accurate and a thing of beauty (even though it was a weapon).

Gary

Hi Brian,

Sorry I didn't see your question straight away. But here is one supplier of hex headed screws that quite a few people on here use:

**LINK**

There are plenty of others.

Gary

Hi Brian,

Glad you got it running. If you wanted to improve its appearance for little effort you could replace the slotted head screws with hexagon headed ones. Much more realistic. Good luck with a boiler.

Gary

Hi Lawrence,

Someone has just asked the same question on another forum **LINK**

Might be worth following any replies.

Gary

I'm planning on going Saturday, but as I'm still recovering from a broken ankle I'm not sure how easy it's going to be. I certainly don't fancy crowds while on crutches

From past experiences at Harrogate and the Midlands shows it gets a lot quieter around 3pm. If you're wondering why I'd bother while on crutches it's because we make a weekend of it and the hotel is already booked. Might have the wife in tow though so it might be a flying visit. I can just imagine the comments "Have you seen enough yet?".

I'll be easy to spot on crutches.

Gary

Hi Martin,

Different area but Goretex jackets are waterproof but let moisture vapour out (i.e. sweat).

Gary

Hi Allan,

I'm no expert but the steps on the vice jaws are contributing to the problem. My vice just has parallel jaws with no steps or grooves meaning I can use parallels to position work so the milled surface is just above the top of the jaws. Gives a bigger contact area for clamping the work. Just an observastion, without a useful remedy.

Gary

Hi Brian,

If the lathe is surrounded by a wooden packing case I would dismantle the case rather than trying to lift it out of the foam. Once you've got the case and foam out of the way it is an easy 2-man lift. As Neil says you might be able to lift on your own but safer with two. Most of the weight is at the headstock end. I lifted mine with the wife. Remove tailstock to lose a bit of weight.

I built a bench to put mine on, but as others have said it really needs to be higher than your average desk and even some workbenches are too low. Unless you are happy with backache.

Once you are ready to have a go at using it you might find some useful info on these sites

**LINK**

**LINK**

Gary

For those model engineers with a 'bee' interest in the UK. 'The wonder of bees' on BBC4 8PM tonight (14th) might be of interest.

Gary

Hi Allan,

I'll be following your build with interest, especially as I fell down the stairs last Monday and broke my ankle so not much chance of me getting the S50 finished in the near future. All the time in the world for reading forums now.

Gary

Hi Mike,

I thought the same as you, that they didn't line up with the pads very well.

If you haven't drilled it already, here is what I did. I left the hole nearest the crank in the same location, moved the second hole (valve side) 1/16" nearer to the crank and moved the third hole (farthest from crank) 1/8" nearer to the crank. So that would make the 5 7/16" dimension to the centre hole 5 3/8" and the other two holes 7/16" from that rather than 1/2". Pics below, you can just see the original scribe marks.

Having said all that I've not got it running yet due to "essential" decorating of hall, stairs and landing.

Hope this helps.

Gary

Hi John,

This **LINK** might be useful. Lots of other tables on his site as well. I find the thread tables here very handy.

Gary

Bit late with this but it's on BBC4 at 11.50pm tonight (Tuesday), about 40 mins from now. I've seen it before.

Gary

Hi Gary,

They work for me in Firefox and Chrome on Win7.

Gary

Edit: What there doesn't seem to be, which is a bit annoying, is a way of getting back to the albums view from the end of a series of pictures in an album, other than clicking the back button loads of times. If the member has a profile you can click on their name and then click photos, but if they don't have a profile there is nothing.

Gary

Edited By GaryM on 20/03/2014 18:47:08

Is this tile saw blade any use Thomas?

**LINK**

Gary