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Thread: What did you learn today?
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4th Sep 2013, 03:56 PM #211Most Valued Member
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4th Sep 2013, 04:03 PM #2121915 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.
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4th Sep 2013, 04:59 PM #213Most Valued Member
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You said "Maybe .100". ", then 1mm. then I got confused.
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4th Sep 2013, 05:08 PM #214
Yep it confused me re-reading it.....that's ok, its one of my many skills
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4th Sep 2013, 07:38 PM #215Most Valued Member
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Things happen fast when everything goes pear shaped.
RobThe worst that can happen is you will fail.
But at least you tried.
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4th Sep 2013, 08:16 PM #216Distracted Member
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Ewan, have you checked the spindle for runout?
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4th Sep 2013, 08:42 PM #217
First thing i did. Not even a twitch on a 10th indicator. Phew.....
I don't plan on doing it again either.....its by far the worst thing to have happen to me i reckon. The shaper vice bump was one thing, but this was in a different ballpark. I'm looking at how i can put some adjustable stops on the machine, shouldn't be too hard.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.
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4th Sep 2013, 10:05 PM #218Golden Member
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Ohh ouch,
On the shoulder grinding, it is a real tricky one to get right with power feed, at best you will load up the wheel and round over the corner of the wheel going in too slow or worst explode a wheel.
I rough it close, dress, finish to shoulder with manual feed and then power feed out from the shoulder with a slow crossfeed to spark out, limit switch is set well before the shoulder. This is one reason why I want to put a servo on the cross feed.
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6th Sep 2013, 03:59 PM #219Distracted Member
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Glad you weren't hurt Ewan. You do read some horror stories about wheel failures. Was the guard damaged at all? I'm guessing it's a heavy cast one. I will need to come up with some guarding for the Orphan TC but I'm not sure how to go about it. Maybe weld something up from heavy pipe. Anyone got some, say 6" pipe or column they want to sell me a piece of?
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6th Sep 2013, 07:18 PM #220Most Valued Member
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6th Sep 2013, 07:22 PM #221Distracted Member
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Thanks Phil I will send you an email.
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7th Sep 2013, 10:29 PM #222Most Valued Member
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Girl, I don't wanna know about your mild-mannered alter ego or anything like that." I mean, you tell me you're, uh, super-mega-ultra-lightning babe? That's all right with me. I'm good. I'm good.
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7th Sep 2013, 10:34 PM #2231915 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.
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4th Oct 2013, 07:11 PM #224Pink 10EE owner
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Not machine related but what i did learn today was that when reversing, a distance of 300mm can be the difference between firm ground and getting stuck....
Gold, the colour of choice for the discerning person.
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20th Oct 2013, 09:55 PM #225Golden Member
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Todays learnings
Learned how to
Turn a 3" hexagonalbar down to a cylinder - was very tentative at first but lathe didnt bite me - got more adventurous towards the chuck end
Use center drills and tailstock for support
Split 25mm off the end of cylinder - that was fun and far easier than I expected - trick seems to be to just keep going
Stall the lathe by having my steady too tight on the workpiece
Get smelly oil all over my hands
Not keep offcuts in the lathe stand cabinet cos they can rattle and tinkle a bit and you think its something wrong with the lathe
quite happy
Bill