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1st Mar 2021, 08:43 PM
Thread: Your latest project
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Sticky: Smaller Brass Dovetail Insert : Why ?
G'day Jackaroo,
Think I misunderstood something, see last photo, why do you need a female dovetail slot with a much smaller brass male dovetail running up the centre of it ?
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7th Jun 2020, 10:41 PM
Thread: What did you learn today?
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Sticky: Ball turner from rotary table
Saw a clever trick on the homemadetools forum a while back. Might be handy for someone.
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4th May 2020, 11:18 AM
Thread: Taper Comparitor !
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Variation in tapers
Hey BaronJ,
Nice, well done and thanks for the posts.
Am curious - what sort of variation do you see on your gauge when you compare an MT2 to an MT3 ?
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9th Feb 2020, 10:18 AM
Thread: Brooks TC Grinder.
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Hey BaronJ, Good idea re using the broken tap...
Hey BaronJ,
Good idea re using the broken tap and cutting a thread for it to fasten into.
I have got some old broken taps to do this with.
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28th Jan 2020, 12:54 PM
Thread: 17 tpi thread
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[QUOTE=azzrock;1962284]hi frank . Thanks and Yes...
[QUOTE=azzrock;1962284]hi frank . Thanks and Yes you got it. I was thinking about cutting a 1.5mm thread. I dont have the 127 tooth change gear. Ill have a play around with the gears i have all ready...
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26th Jan 2020, 05:40 PM
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Thanks for your help. I found this LINK...
Thanks for your help.
I found this LINK for Starret Tool Oil which is expensive in Aus compared to USA
and there seems to be a lot of info about clock oil HERE quite interesting "Properly... -
26th Jan 2020, 03:54 PM
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What is tool oil & clock oil please ?
Snipped from another thread
I googled Tool Oil and got a heap of links to oil for air tools - is that what is meant above ?
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19th Jan 2020, 11:28 AM
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what to do with old drill.
Perhaps something like this ? Don't know what surface speed is required, but can be controlled to some extent by disc diameter. Drill wouldnt be running for long.
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19th Jan 2020, 09:41 AM
Thread: The quest for the holy grail...
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Shed organisation
Hey RacingTadpole,
Great idea for a thread, thankyou. Am gonna copy your clamp rack.
My wife encouraged me to tidy my shed. Am 1/2 way there. Got some sets of drawers from officeworks at... -
18th Jan 2020, 09:24 PM
Thread: Brooks TC Grinder.
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Here are a couple of close ups of the thing Kryn...
Here are a couple of close ups of the thing Kryn is talking about at the bottom RH side of his photo.
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17th Jan 2020, 11:57 AM
Thread: Gear cutters - DIY Metric Conversion
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63 teeth the current minimum. Depending upon...
63 teeth the current minimum.
Depending upon what other spur gears you have and what ratios are in your gearbox you might be able to lower that a bit further
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16th Jan 2020, 08:37 PM
Thread: Gear cutters - DIY Metric Conversion
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A 47/37 pair will give you a ratio of 1.270270...
A 47/37 pair will give you a ratio of 1.270270 and that's a lot less teeth to cut for a tiny difference in ratio. There are calculators online like this one that will print out prime number templates...
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16th Jan 2020, 08:18 PM
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Welcome to the forum. Lots of us have Hercus 9"....
Welcome to the forum. Lots of us have Hercus 9". (including me)
Am sure somebody from ACT or nearby will be along shortly.
There is a special Hercus subforum - worth a look around.
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16th Jan 2020, 10:01 AM
Thread: Brooks TC Grinder.
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Hey John, This chap didn't have a groove seems...
Hey John,
This chap didn't have a groove seems like he cut straight to calculated depth. He is only cutting brass probably a bit easier to cut than steel ? Several other videos on youtube, worth... -
16th Jan 2020, 07:42 AM
Thread: Brooks TC Grinder.
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Another sneaky way to make partial worm gear
See attached file. Shows an interesting variation on the "use a tap to make a worm gear" idea. Possible to cut the curved recess by using a milling machine or a form tool on lathe..
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14th Jan 2020, 11:22 AM
Thread: Your latest project
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Sticky: How To Square DIY Angle Plate ?
Hey Steve,
When making a big angle plate like that whats the strategy for ensuring the two critical faces are at 90 degrees ?
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13th Jan 2020, 10:26 AM
Thread: What can I use as a cutting fluid.
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Cutting Oils
I've had the impression for a while now that the subject of cutting oil for us hobbyists is a bit like oils for the lathes ways.
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4th Jan 2020, 12:46 PM
Thread: A chinese Poem
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A chinese Poem
The rusty screw,
never using a wrench,
hard twist,
antitwisting screw slide
the six edges and corners to twist off the screw or bad twist wrench.
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26th Dec 2019, 09:02 AM
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G'day Ben, Thanks for posting the video. ...
G'day Ben,
Thanks for posting the video.
That chap did it in 75 minutes, mine is taking far far longer, ie several hours so far. Same situation steel tap in Aluminium.
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18th Dec 2019, 03:54 PM
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G'day Aaron., Owsitgoin ? Busted tap in...
G'day Aaron.,
Owsitgoin ?
Busted tap in Aluminium. Fizzing away quite nicely now, goes much faster if heated slightly, All the write ups on the internet seem to be true so far. Approx 120... -
17th Dec 2019, 06:55 PM
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Finally Found a Source of Alum for Broken Tap in Aluminium
Alum : Pottassium ALuminium Sulphate but formula can vary, some people use it to extract broken taps from non ferrous metals - well documented in lots of places on internet see link "Alum broken tap"...
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15th Dec 2019, 10:30 PM
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Little Hoggers = Face Mills or end mills ?
How do you use these things - they look more like what I have been calling face mills rather than end mills.
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15th Dec 2019, 10:08 PM
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Fine Twizzle mechanism
Had another go at fixing the gripping mechanism on the other two mics. Persuaded the end off the shaft to have a look.
See photos - its clever, but strangely unsatisfying to use - its just a... -
14th Dec 2019, 06:32 PM
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Cleaning and Old Moore & Wright Micrometer
I was lucky to be first on site when RacingTadpole gave away 3 micrometers recently. Hey RacingTadpole many thanks. Had a great time fiddling with these.
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3rd Dec 2019, 05:54 PM
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Yes please I would like them and I will send a PM...
Yes please I would like them and I will send a PM right now
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2nd Dec 2019, 10:14 AM
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websites for scanned Joe Romig articles from very old magazines
If you enjoy looking through old books and magazines then this list of articles written by Joe Romig approx 100 years ago might be fun to browse through ..... I was thoroughly entranced when I first...
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24th Nov 2019, 11:41 AM
Thread: Model Engineering Workshop
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Indexes for magazines
Kryn has mentioned before when there is an index in the hard copy magazines.
There are various online databases and indexes that cover ME and MEW one list is available here
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21st Nov 2019, 10:06 AM
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planer marks and job done
...... and these would be the planer marks ? .....see attached ......they are obvious right on the ends of the table and less obvious but still there along the length of the table. Mill is RF30...
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17th Nov 2019, 08:53 PM
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Thanks for all the responses, Looks like it...
Thanks for all the responses,
Looks like it was a fairly optimistic comment that I heard on the news.
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15th Nov 2019, 03:38 PM
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Return of manufacturing industries to countries like Australia ?
A comment on the ABC news this morning regarding prospects of manufacturing industries returning to countries like Australia.
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10th Nov 2019, 03:47 PM
Thread: Power hacksaw
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Could the remnants be transformed into a die...
Could the remnants be transformed into a die filer ? You already have the slow reciprocal motion. I haven't got much of a clue really, the idea of transforming it into something else seemed...
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10th Nov 2019, 03:06 PM
Thread: Power hacksaw
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Am intrigued ............ What will it become...
Am intrigued ............
What will it become ?
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10th Nov 2019, 02:34 PM
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Myford rear mounted accessory table
Thanks Michael,
Have been pondering your reply for a while now.
The way I see it ........ if I can get some benefit by managing to use the relatively underutilised and therefore unworn parts of... -
10th Nov 2019, 02:05 PM
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Cleaning Cast iron surfaces : Mill Table & Lathe Ways
It seems to me that my mill table and lathe ways are always grungy gray compared to the almost silvery shiny surfaces I see on forum photos.
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10th Nov 2019, 11:32 AM
Thread: power hacksaw plans and designs
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Speed Reduction Workaround
Whether you go for bandsaw or hacksaw at some point speed reduction will raise its head.
See attached photo for what I thought was a clever workaround using your existing lathe speeds, I pinched... -
9th Nov 2019, 10:44 PM
Thread: power hacksaw plans and designs
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Hacksaw Plans
I've accumulated a few plans from trawling around with google.
You have probably already found these but just in case .....
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15th Oct 2019, 11:54 AM
Thread: Help Boring Longish Holes
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Harold Hall Idea - might help you
In a Workshop Practice Milling book Harold Hall suggested the following - its not an exact quote just what I remember as being the guts of his idea.
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13th Oct 2019, 02:37 PM
Thread: Model Engineering Workshop
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Try this
Hey Wheelinround,
Get a current Groupon voucher for $30 for Magzter and you get 12 months access to electronic copies of ME and MEW and approx 3000 other magazines including various computer,... -
29th Sep 2019, 09:45 PM
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Vibrating Engraving Tools ?
That's amazing.
Is the vibrating engraving tool likely to be something like this or something far more elaborate and expensive ?
What do you chaps use to do things like that ?
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21st Sep 2019, 01:22 PM
Thread: France 1785 : Hardening Pistol Parts
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France 1785 : Hardening Pistol Parts
From The book called "Exactly" by Simon Winchester, 2018, ISBN 9780008241773, in a section discussing standardising pistol parts in France in 1785 so that spare parts were readily available and...
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15th Sep 2019, 08:04 PM
Thread: Brooks TC Grinder.
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Would it be possible to mount a dremel grinding...
Would it be possible to mount a dremel grinding point or wrap some emery paper around a rod in the lathe chuck and with the workpece mounted on an angle plate slowly wind the workpiece past the tool...
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26th Aug 2019, 09:48 AM
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Chatter with form tool
In one of his books L H Sparey gave the tip that running a form tool on a rear mounted toolpost can significantly decrease chatter, and that he ran 1" radius form tools on a little myford lathe with...
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11th Aug 2019, 06:56 PM
Thread: New Hercus user in Revesby, Sydney
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Probably, After you have made a few posts and...
Probably, After you have made a few posts and they have identified that you are not a spammer I think it gets a bit easier to send in pictures and make posts.
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10th Aug 2019, 12:01 PM
Thread: New Hercus user in Revesby, Sydney
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G'day Nigel, Welcome to forum. Lots of Hercus...
G'day Nigel,
Welcome to forum. Lots of Hercus machines here, there is a subforum for Hercus and be ready for the requests to send in some photos showing progress from pile of parts to fully... -
10th Aug 2019, 11:37 AM
Thread: Coffee machine experiments
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Hey Bob, My favourite tipple very similar, ...
Hey Bob,
My favourite tipple very similar, only the added liquor is anise (sweet not dry) somehow the coffee and aniseed tastes go well together.
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10th Aug 2019, 11:12 AM
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Hdmi from TV to laptop vs firestick chromecast roku etc.
I can connect a tv to an old laptop with an HDMI cable and then anything that appears on the laptop screen appears on the tv screen. So any netflix, stan, amazon prime etc etc etc content that you...
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7th Aug 2019, 11:25 PM
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Further to Graham's post. I've read about...
Further to Graham's post.
I've read about people using toothpaste to polish the knifeblade. Google finds lots of examples.
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6th Aug 2019, 12:14 AM
Thread: repair shop abc tv program
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Who pays ?
explained here https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2019-06-26/does-the-repair-shop-actually-exist/
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23rd Jul 2019, 10:33 PM
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Thanks for all the suggestions. Very useful. ...
Thanks for all the suggestions. Very useful.
Yes Graham, well done, that is the other jig that I have bumped into on the internet. That looks like a great video to help make a jig. Didn't really... -
23rd Jul 2019, 01:14 AM
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Thanks for the tips and photos above, Main...
Thanks for the tips and photos above,
Main purpose of question was to find out if ordinary folk use those jigs or is it mainly knifemakers ( cutlers ?)
I have only ever used hand stones and...