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I banned Amazon from receiving my hard earned years ago when they made me register, hand over my credit card details and proceed to the checkout, only then to be notified that "we don't ship to your...

Thanks to all for your help with this...especially xynudu who made a short youtube video explaining some of the options https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcyD4axD3Yg (thanks Rob, very much...

I've only had my SC4 lathe for a short while, but the thing that is starting to annoy me is how to stop the spindle from rotating when I am removing or replacing the chuck (which is held in place by...

Thanks Chris, you're very kind, but I'm treating it as a training exercise so I'll see how I go :D

Hi Dave J,

I didn't know what a helicoil was until you mentioned it, so no I haven't thought about it :). Where would I get it and would it matter that the M10 is 1.5 pitch and the M12 is 1.75...

Hi Rob (xynudu?),

I don't have any brazing equipment or skills yet. Still a baby, but I'll get there one day :)

Cheers,
Andrew.

Hi Ian,

I was just trying to use material that was readily available to me. Bunnings seems to only stock bolts that are either stainless steel, hot dipped galvanised, some other weird tech coated...

Thanks BaronJ,

If high tensile steel is the problem then I'll try a different steel - I was just trying to reduce the amount of threading I'd have to do and thought that modifying a bolt would be...

Hi Grahame, (reposting this: it disappeared into the ether)

Yes, I'm very new to this...the plan is to make it one of my retirement activities. Most of my current understanding comes from watching...

Hi Bob,
I thought about option 1, but on closer inspection the 10 mm bore is in a tube which itself is screwed into the QCTP. I can't really verify that until I can get it apart which is proving...

Hi Grahame,

Yes, I'm very new to this...the plan is to make it one of my retirement activities. Most of my current understanding comes from watching hundreds of YouTube videos :)

I tried so...

I'm having a go at turning a bolt down to anchor a Model 000 QCTP to my Sieg SC4/510 lathe.

When I bought the QCTP, I didn't realise that I'd have to make the bthing fit, which is a bit annoying,...

Thanks Kryn,
I'm pretty sure (now) that it's a software calibration issue. I'm using the TouchDRO android app that was shipped on a tablet with the machine. It has a "counts per inch" setting for...

Thanks guys,

Superglue and blue painter's tape did the trick :)...

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I was able to mill the window for the LCD - with a bevel too :U. The finish wasn't great but, for my first attempt,...

Newbie question: I have a piece of 130x150x3mm aluminium but my mill vice is too small to hold it (see pic).

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This is the very first time I've tried to use my mill (Sieg sx2.7) and I'm...

Thanks Bill, I'll see if I can find those books.

I've watched an awful lot of Youtube videos so far, and thought I was up to speed, but it's amazing the difference between just watching and...

Hi all,

Well this is a surprise! I went to register and found that I had already registered back in 2005 for the woodwork forums, but then moved on to other things (mortgage repayments mostly)....

I use Firefox's Mouse Gestures extension so I rarely have to use the keyboard when browsing the forum.

You navigate using your mouse to 'draw' the action you want. For example, I right-click drag...