Page 49 of 179 FirstFirst ... 3944454647484950515253545999149 ... LastLast
Results 721 to 735 of 2682
  1. #721
    Join Date
    Oct 2007
    Location
    Sydney
    Posts
    3,112

    Default

    Awesome! Now I know who to send my stuff to for engraving

  2. #722
    Join Date
    Oct 2011
    Location
    Norwood-ish, Adelaide
    Age
    59
    Posts
    6,541

    Default

    Correction -
    Quote Originally Posted by Pete F View Post
    Awesome! Now I know who to send my stuff to for (really bad) engraving
    Michael

  3. #723
    Join Date
    Oct 2007
    Location
    Sydney
    Posts
    3,112

    Default

    Well, it HAS to be better than my texta!

  4. #724
    Join Date
    Mar 2008
    Location
    nowra
    Posts
    1,598

    Default

    I picked up a Tesa 25-50 mm 0.001 for 3 euro The same seller also has all this stuff but shipping even to Switzerland from Austria is bloody expensive





    My eBay Messages Inbox Message.jpg
    BETTER TO HAVE TOOLS YOU DON'T NEED THAN TO NEED TOOLS YOU DON'T HAVE

    Andre

  5. #725
    Join Date
    Apr 2010
    Location
    ringwood vic
    Posts
    251

    Default

    G'Day Fellas,
    "The Pig gets a gold tooth to go with the lipstick"
    Been a member here for about 3 years and finally had a find worth gloating about , picked up Mizoguchi MU 4 boring and facing head for $125.00. It would appear to have done very little work in it's time and has most of it's accessories with it. When I got it, it had a fixed MT4 shank but being a true Philistine I whacked it in the lathe, dialed it in and turned it down to 20 mm (a few sparks and lots of smoke, but got there) I have had a quick play with it and everything works as it should. I need to get a 20mm MT3 collet as this will recover about 60mm of headroom .
    mi1.JPGmi2.JPG

    Regards,
    Martin

  6. #726
    Join Date
    Nov 2008
    Location
    Perth WA
    Age
    71
    Posts
    6,458

    Default

    Well Martin, that is a worthy gloat. Well done.

    BT

  7. #727
    Join Date
    Jul 2011
    Location
    Melbourne Australia
    Posts
    1,376

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by toolman49 View Post
    Been a member here for about 3 years and finally had a find worth gloating about
    G'day Martin.

    Well done, nice pick up. Dont be such a stranger. You obviously have a lot of determination or talent to turn that shank down.

    And that price is even better.

    Regards Phil.

  8. #728
    Join Date
    Jul 2003
    Location
    The Fabulous Gold-plated Coast.
    Age
    69
    Posts
    2,251

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by toolman49 View Post
    G'Day Fellas,
    "The Pig gets a gold tooth to go with the lipstick"
    picked up Mizoguchi MU 4 boring and facing head for $125.00...

    Regards,
    Martin
    Great score on the boring head. And well done too on customising it.
    It's all part of the service here at The House of Pain™

  9. #729
    Ueee's Avatar
    Ueee is offline Blacksmith, Cabinetmaker, Machinist, Messmaker
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    Canberra
    Age
    39
    Posts
    4,515

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by toolman49 View Post
    G'Day Fellas,
    "The Pig gets a gold tooth to go with the lipstick"
    Been a member here for about 3 years and finally had a find worth gloating about , picked up Mizoguchi MU 4 boring and facing head for $125.00. It would appear to have done very little work in it's time and has most of it's accessories with it. When I got it, it had a fixed MT4 shank but being a true Philistine I whacked it in the lathe, dialed it in and turned it down to 20 mm (a few sparks and lots of smoke, but got there) I have had a quick play with it and everything works as it should. I need to get a 20mm MT3 collet as this will recover about 60mm of headroom .
    mi1.JPGmi2.JPG

    Regards,
    Martin
    Well done Martin....
    I have had the idea that i may do the same with my 5mt Wohlhaupter. I have an adapter but it takes up a huge amount of Z, and is so long i can't use it horizontally. I was thinking of going one step further and making it NT40, there is just enough meat.....I don't know if i could strike up the courage to do it though. Well done again.

    Cheers,
    Ew
    1915 17"x50" LeBlond heavy duty Lathe, 24" Queen city shaper, 1970's G Vernier FV.3.TO Universal Mill, 1958 Blohm HFS 6 surface grinder, 1942 Rivett 715 Lathe, 14"x40" Antrac Lathe, Startrite H225 Bandsaw, 1949 Hercus Camelback Drill press, 1947 Holbrook C10 Lathe.

  10. #730
    Join Date
    Apr 2010
    Location
    ringwood vic
    Posts
    251

    Default

    G'Day Fellas,
    Thanks for the comments, I suspect the shank was either flame or induction hardened, once I got through the first .01 mm (which was a bitch) the going got a lot easier, the last couple of finish cuts were done with a HSS tool.
    Regards,
    Martin

  11. #731
    Join Date
    Nov 2012
    Location
    Blue Mtns
    Posts
    115

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by toolman49 View Post
    G'Day Fellas,
    "The Pig gets a gold tooth to go with the lipstick"
    Been a member here for about 3 years and finally had a find worth gloating about , picked up Mizoguchi MU 4 boring and facing head for $125.00. It would appear to have done very little work in it's time and has most of it's accessories with it. When I got it, it had a fixed MT4 shank but being a true Philistine I whacked it in the lathe, dialed it in and turned it down to 20 mm (a few sparks and lots of smoke, but got there) I have had a quick play with it and everything works as it should. I need to get a 20mm MT3 collet as this will recover about 60mm of headroom .
    mi2.JPG

    Regards,
    Martin
    Hi Martin
    Great find, the mizoguchi B&F heads are beutiful bits of tooling. Can be a little stiff new but get smoother with use. I have an R8 model and I think later mizoguchi's had detachable arbors but they had become very expensive by then. Did you get any of there bits of carbide? They used to be the hardest carbide I had ever used and get the initial shape on them used to take ages! Iirc the tool holders were 18mm not 3/4 and the internal key way 6mm (tight ) not 1/4"?

    This stuff came from a magical time in the manufacture of Japanese machine tools when there stuff was top class but the price great, i have an Auroa? Tool and cutter grinder, I doubt we will ever see this again. Think Mizoguchi, news, mazak, kitagawa, Makino just to name a few.

  12. #732
    Join Date
    Nov 2012
    Location
    Blue Mtns
    Posts
    115

    Default

    Don't like the term Gloat, as my good fortune is another persons (business) misfortune! but I bought a Colchester Chipmaster last week. One owner machine in good condition, got 3 jaw, face plate, travelling steady, Dickson S1 QC toolpost and 4 toolholders and several tailstock chucks. Needs a D1-3 4 jaw, D1-3 backplate for my Pratt Burnard 6 jaw I already have and a fixed steady.

    Probably throw a Easson 2 axis readout on it once I clean it up, unless somebody can suggest better?

  13. #733
    Join Date
    Sep 2006
    Location
    Mallacoota,VIC,Australia
    Age
    53
    Posts
    1,010

    Default

    HI,
    Well done Martin, that certainly is a great score. That looks like a round column Mill in the second Pic ?, does it handle the size of the Boring & facing Head OK ?.
    All The Best steran50 Stewart

    The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.

  14. #734
    Join Date
    Mar 2009
    Location
    Blue Mountains
    Posts
    195

    Default Chipmaster number five?

    Quote Originally Posted by achjimmy View Post
    Don't like the term Gloat, as my good fortune is another persons (business) misfortune! but I bought a Colchester Chipmaster last week. One owner machine in good condition, got 3 jaw, face plate, travelling steady, Dickson S1 QC toolpost and 4 toolholders and several tailstock chucks. Needs a D1-3 4 jaw, D1-3 backplate for my Pratt Burnard 6 jaw I already have and a fixed steady.

    Probably throw a Easson 2 axis readout on it once I clean it up, unless somebody can suggest better?
    Welcome to the club, by my count you are the fifth Chipmaster owner on the Forum. Mine came without a fixed steady as well, it did however have two travelling steadys, I swapped one for something I wanted from another forum member. The standard fixed steady is not a heavy duty unit so rather than try to find one I made my own, it is not that pretty but it works well especially on large work. My lathe is a work in progress, I have had the bed reground a few years ago but still have quite a few bits to take of and finish, trouble is, of course, it is in use all the time.
    I am in the mid mountains, PM me if I can help. Regards, Mm. (Phillip)

  15. #735
    Join Date
    Nov 2012
    Location
    Blue Mtns
    Posts
    115

    Default

    Thanks MM good to know of another "chippy" fan in the mountains. I have fancied one for many years. Getting the bed machined is a big order, did you do tailstock saddle etc? The bed on this one is average but for what I will do should be okay. I have a set of machine straight edges (prismatic angle) for scrapping machine beds so I may give it a "touch up". I do have a Victor 400x 750 lathe as well, and that has a heap of accessories as well and is in good order but cuts a terrible thread! Hence the chippy.

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •