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26th Jul 2023, 11:37 AM
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Velocite 3 is a very thin spindle oil with the...
Velocite 3 is a very thin spindle oil with the consistency of kerosene, and not suitable for lubricating ways. For the ways on a 540 they are lubricated with a feed from the hydraulic oil tank so...
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21st Jul 2023, 01:01 PM
Thread: Multifix tool holders
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Multifix tool holders
I have a Multifix B tool post with a few tool holders which is perhaps a little big for my lathe and an E size post and holders would probably be a better fit. So if anyone has an E size post and/or...
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9th Dec 2022, 01:15 PM
Thread: Brierley drill grinder chuck size
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Thanks for the information on your zB25. I have...
Thanks for the information on your zB25. I have got hold of a manual from Griffith in the UK and I find that my grinder is a ZB21. The through bore is 22mm. there are a few other differences from the...
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13th Sep 2022, 08:52 PM
Thread: Mobil Velocite3 spindle oil search
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I drove up to Penrith today to pick up 20 litres...
I drove up to Penrith today to pick up 20 litres of Hyplex Sindle Oil 3 which Prolube's rep emailed me yesterday to say that it had arrived. as mentioned in a previous post, several different oil...
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7th Sep 2022, 12:41 AM
Thread: Mobil Velocite3 spindle oil search
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Thank you RC for the info on the 540 oil mixture....
Thank you RC for the info on the 540 oil mixture. My 540 has angular contact bearings and not plain bearings like yours. According to the info your 540 takes DTE light as standard so the dilution...
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3rd Sep 2022, 10:44 PM
Thread: Mobil Velocite3 spindle oil search
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Thanks for the responses chaps. I am not much...
Thanks for the responses chaps. I am not much further ahead in the search. Velocite 3 seems to be freely available in the UK and USA, it is still being refined in Korea but the demand in OZ is...
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1st Sep 2022, 11:54 PM
Thread: Mobil Velocite3 spindle oil search
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Mobil Velocite3 spindle oil search
A Jones & Shipman 1212E cylindrical grinder has just found its way to my workshop. The workhead requires a dose of Mobil Velocite 3 spindle oil according to the manual provided with the grinder. I...
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11th Jul 2022, 10:57 PM
Thread: Brierley drill grinder chuck size
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Thanks for your information. i am leaning towards...
Thanks for your information. i am leaning towards trying to find the correct 6jaw chuck. providing of course that there is not too much else missing, we will see!
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11th Jul 2022, 10:59 AM
Thread: Brierley drill grinder chuck size
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Thanks for that Steve, I will keep that in mind....
Thanks for that Steve, I will keep that in mind.
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6th Jul 2022, 10:13 PM
Thread: Brierley drill grinder chuck size
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Thanks for your reply. Your suggestion re an ER...
Thanks for your reply. Your suggestion re an ER collet chuck could be a way around the lack of a suitable chuck but to do an inch drill it would have to be an ER40. I wonder if the closing nut size...
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5th Jul 2022, 06:16 PM
Thread: Brierley drill grinder chuck size
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Thanks for your reply. Your Spiromax certainly...
Thanks for your reply. Your Spiromax certainly looks to be very similar to a Brierley so probably a ZB32 would also have a 110mm chuck. I am on the track of a Brierley but I am not sure if it is a 25...
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2nd Jul 2022, 08:10 PM
Thread: Brierley drill grinder chuck size
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Thanks for your reply. I understand that the ZB25...
Thanks for your reply. I understand that the ZB25 takes a 1 inch drill through the chuck and a ZB32 takes a 1 1/4 inch drill. I am wondering if a 75mm chuck has a bore big enough. Perhaps a...
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2nd Jul 2022, 04:23 PM
Thread: Brierley drill grinder chuck size
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Brierley drill grinder chuck size
Could anyone tell me what the diameter is of the 6 jaw chuck fitted to the Brierley ZB 25 and ZB 32 drill grinders?
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19th Nov 2021, 07:42 PM
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QLD The jaws arrived today. With a wee bit of...
The jaws arrived today. With a wee bit of fettling they willbe perfect. Very happy! Thanks Eric.
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14th Nov 2021, 12:27 PM
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QLD PM sent Peter Fou
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30th Aug 2021, 11:31 PM
Thread: Anyone bought from China lately
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Talk about travelling the world--a couple of...
Talk about travelling the world--a couple of years ago I had a small parcel posted from the UK, the tracking and subsequent postmarks on the parcel saw it sent via Ascension Island, way down in the ...
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11th May 2021, 07:02 PM
Thread: Rolling Mill
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Thanks for that China, I know what to look for...
Thanks for that China, I know what to look for now.
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10th May 2021, 06:44 PM
Thread: Rolling Mill
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China, Looking forward to any info you can glean....
China, Looking forward to any info you can glean.
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9th May 2021, 09:19 PM
Thread: Rolling Mill
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My daughter is into jewellery and has a rolling...
My daughter is into jewellery and has a rolling mill and I have been thinking of motorising it. Could you tell me what the motor and gearbox unit is on yours? It looks to be what I am envisaging.
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18th Dec 2019, 08:28 AM
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The Toughs I saw when they still made them were...
The Toughs I saw when they still made them were painted silver with the wording on the front in red. This was in the mid 60's and beyond. They may have used a different color prior to that, perhaps a...
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27th Aug 2019, 11:39 PM
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Hi Quentin. ...
Hi Quentin.
https://www.cromwell.co.uk/shop/lubricants-and-chemicals/hot-dip-coatings/1106
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22nd Aug 2019, 11:05 PM
Thread: Parcel costs from UK to Australia
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Parcel costs from UK to Australia
This has probably been asked before but I haven't been able to find the thread. Has anyone had any dealings with a parcel sending outfit Parcels2Go.com ? I would like to have a small parcel weighing...
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7th Jul 2019, 03:03 PM
Thread: Deckel KF 12
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Deckel KF 12
I have a Deckel KF12 Copy/pantograph mill in excellent working condition in need of a new home. If any member is interested in taking it off my hands for no money send me a PM. It is in my shed in...
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12th Jun 2019, 12:24 PM
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Bill, No trouble to come up to Sydney any time...
Bill,
No trouble to come up to Sydney any time to suit you. Youngest daughter and grand children in Surry Hills need a visit periodically so a detour on the way is no trouble, either by road or... -
11th Jun 2019, 01:22 PM
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If it is not already taken I would like#18. I...
If it is not already taken I would like#18. I could come up to Sydney when you have sorted everything out.
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25th May 2019, 12:05 AM
Thread: Which lathe should I keep ?
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Having owned an Emco V10 P many years ago, while...
Having owned an Emco V10 P many years ago, while being well built and well suited to a small home workshop environment it has a couple of minus points, the first being that unlike its bigger brothers...
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22nd May 2019, 10:10 PM
Thread: Bridgeport lead screws in Aus
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Just a word of caution about replacing an Acme...
Just a word of caution about replacing an Acme leadscrew with a ball screw. Ball screws have so little friction inherent in there design that without restraint {which is given with a servo motor on a...
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12th Mar 2019, 06:06 PM
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https://www.nortonabrasives.com/en-gb/sticks-stone...
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11th Sep 2018, 02:28 PM
Thread: Identify this strange instrument
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Bob, I have sent you a private message Peter
Bob,
I have sent you a private message
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11th Sep 2018, 11:23 AM
Thread: Identify this strange instrument
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Bob, My instruction book is in English so if I...
Bob,
My instruction book is in English so if I can scan it successfully I will email you a copy.
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11th Sep 2018, 09:30 AM
Thread: Identify this strange instrument
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Ralf, Your Centricator is similar to mine. You...
Ralf,
Your Centricator is similar to mine. You will find that the parallel sleeve on it fits over a 1MT integral shank. The Green plastic piece with a cord attached should have a magnet in the... -
10th Sep 2018, 11:24 PM
Thread: Identify this strange instrument
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What you have there is a Centricator, a high...
What you have there is a Centricator, a high class centering instrument made in Germany (under licence in Oz?, but I doubt it) and although not made by Deckel, listed among the Deckel accessories and...
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3rd Aug 2018, 11:31 PM
Thread: Cuttimg aluminum plate
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While it sounds like butchery, a thin abrasive...
While it sounds like butchery, a thin abrasive disc on an angle grinder will do the job. I have cut 12mm aluminium plate successfully with a 1.5mm disc on a 125mm grinder. Just light pressure to...
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27th Jun 2018, 10:16 PM
Thread: Moving 600 kg Mill
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Years ago I helped a friend move an Elliot mill,...
Years ago I helped a friend move an Elliot mill, Bridgeport size and configuration, over a lawn much the same as you are contemplating. we used scaffold planks and round-bar rollers about 20 mm...
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15th May 2018, 12:43 PM
Thread: Long Angle Lathe file ?
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Every time a piece of abrasive cloth/paper is...
Every time a piece of abrasive cloth/paper is used. If the lathe has a coolant system it is critical to prevent any abrasive dust from entering the system by blocking off the drain to the tank so...
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15th May 2018, 08:35 AM
Thread: Long Angle Lathe file ?
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You are right in saying that some professional...
You are right in saying that some professional machinists don't bother protecting their lathe beds but I guess that firstly, time is money, and secondly their lathes are simply tools to be used and...
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15th May 2018, 12:22 AM
Thread: Long Angle Lathe file ?
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If I remember rightly I probably bought my...
If I remember rightly I probably bought my Brazillian lathe file from Blackwoods in Perth round about the time Anorak Bob bought his. Like him the file new was fairly aggressive so I stoned one side...
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14th May 2018, 10:56 PM
Thread: Long Angle Lathe file ?
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Bob, I have just measured my files and the...
Bob,
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14th May 2018, 06:15 PM
Thread: Long Angle Lathe file ?
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The three I have are all Nicholsons, one made in...
The three I have are all Nicholsons, one made in Canada and has 'Lathe File Fine' engraved; the next is made in Australia and has 'Mill Long Angle Lathe" engraved: and the third made in Brazil has...
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14th May 2018, 12:39 PM
Thread: Long Angle Lathe file ?
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I have had long angle lathe files for many years...
I have had long angle lathe files for many years and concur that they are nice to have but not essential. Filing on a lathe is among the purists, frowned upon. However in our home workshops filing...
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29th Jan 2018, 11:42 AM
Thread: Grinding Tungsten Carbide ?
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Just be aware that many purveyors of cheap...
Just be aware that many purveyors of cheap Diamond wheels call them CBN or "Diamond/CBN. CBN is cubic Boron Nitride, vastly different in composition from diamond which is a form of carbon. Genuine...
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26th Jan 2018, 10:28 AM
Thread: richardson drill press
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Many years ago I modified a Tough drill, which...
Many years ago I modified a Tough drill, which was similar to a Richardson with the extended shaft, by shortening the complete shaft. This entailed machining the nose down to shift the bottom bearing...
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15th May 2017, 09:34 PM
Thread: Worst Shop Day Ever
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Coming from a crane operator and rigger...
Coming from a crane operator and rigger background I can see why that hoist rope broke. Wire rope for hoists/cranes in my experience do not have fibre cores. Fibre cored wire ropes are used for...
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2nd Dec 2016, 03:08 PM
Thread: quick changing tool post recommendation
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Unusual looking QCTP...
Unusual looking QCTP
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2nd Dec 2016, 10:47 AM
Thread: Magnetic DRO
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Fairly recently I installed a 3 axis DRO with...
Fairly recently I installed a 3 axis DRO with magnetic tapes and reading heads, purchased from Allendale in the UK, on my Deckel FP1. For many years previously I had a Mitutoyo system on my previous...
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12th Oct 2016, 09:45 AM
Thread: Spiral clamps
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Michael, email sent. Peter
Michael,
email sent.
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13th Sep 2016, 12:53 PM
Thread: Creeping or not to creep
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http://www.fuchs.com.au/Product-Details?productId=...
http://www.fuchs.com.au/Product-Details?productId=39143&productCategoryId=31
My two bobs worth.
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20th Mar 2016, 08:51 PM
Thread: When is Easter?
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When is Easter?
Just had a look at "What's going on" in the forums opening page and according to it, Good Friday is on 1st of April 2016. Rather strange!!
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15th Mar 2016, 10:35 PM
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If no one else closer responds, bring it to...
If no one else closer responds, bring it to Mittagong and I will do it gratis.
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16th Feb 2016, 08:13 PM
Thread: Jones & Shipman 540P table lubrication
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The problem appears to have been solved. I...
The problem appears to have been solved. I removed the table today and ran the pump as Richard suggested. there was a minimal amount of oil coming to the rear way and much less to the front way which...