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    Lathes

    Dear Robert, furhtur to the above Drawings and castings for Sweet pea are available from Wayne Roberts Model Engineering Supply .au He is a Member at the Tullamarine Club.The price of a full set of...
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    Lathes

    Greetings Chaps. Roberts first post did mention a 5 Inch gauge loco. I suggested Sweat Pea because it is a manageable loco on a smaller lathe. Yes it was a Typo its an 0-4-0 with Hackworth valve...
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    lLathe

    Hang on chaps. The original post was what lathe with in a budget and this was stated was required to build a a 5 inch gauge locomotive. I suggested a 5 inch Sweet Pea which is a largish 0-4-0 narrow...
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    Slot

    Greeting what about two passes working off the dials I know this is awkward but it is a solution yours 4-6-4
  5. Thread: A Green Unimat3

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    Unimat

    Dear Nev I used to own a Unimat and I am pretty sure it was green It used to live in my bed room when I collected Hornby O gauge. The type of Tool holer shown was invented by Drummond Lathed in...
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    Lathes

    Dear Robert. It depends on what size loco you aim to build. Having ben involved in the Melbourne Model engineers I have worked it out that if you attack any loco it take about 14 months per axle this...
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    Work

    Greetings chaps, Where are you living. When I was an apprentice Tramways Board in Melbourne you couldn,t keep me out of trade school I did press tools, Toolmaking, extra Heat treatment as well as a...
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    Sticky: Cannon

    Dear Ben, The cannon looks as though its just a collection of brass bits. I am a bit dissapointed that the wheels do not have the spokes cast in. not nice. Do yo intend to fire the beastie. I would...
  9. Thread: Unusual drills

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    Brass

    Greetings Chaps I was confronted by a copper chisel in my early days whilst working in the hold of a Shell Tanker. The Vic Railways also used Tapered machine reamers on bolt holes where they wanted...
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    Foundrys

    Dear Nick that is one name for a pattern plate. They can be single or double sided. The chemically bonded sands should be OK for core and used as is. I had access to linseed oil based core sand which...
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    Foundry

    Dear Nick, Thanks for the info. We have an oil based sand in Melbourne called Petro Bond. I had small quantities and used it as a facing sand backed up with green sand. I know some small foundries...
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    Foundry

    G,day Nick, I have watched the vid again and I liked the rapping tool. I would like to have a closer look at the muller. Does the rollers in it rise and fall. and lastly what was the mould with the...
  13. Thread: A.OTT Planimeter

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    SOLD: Thing

    Greetings, I have been around the block more time thhan I care to mention and have never triped over one of these. Pardon my ignoance but what is it used for. Yours 4-6-4
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    Hold down

    Sorry chap here is the pic for the above thread 4-6-4
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    Milling attachments.

    Greetings chaps, I have just posted this in another thread in this forum But I thought that other milling machine bods might be interested. It is a small jacking set. It is pretty self explanatory....
  16. Thread: Tafe Projects

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    Projects

    Greetings chaps I have posted a project for aspiring turners. This is a small jack set for a mill. It was made up many years ago and has been very handy on the odd occasion. It was made up of...
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    Foundries

    Dear Tea Lady, I was not far from you when I was casting. The factory was behind Fountain Gate in Lower Gully. I don,t cast any more but I am will to advise about foundry's. of the backyard type. The...
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    Foundry

    Greetings chaps Watching the vid brought back Memories. I had my own non ferocious foundry a few years back. To add a few comments I would have weighted the top box ( the cope) but this is a layover...
  19. Dear Colbra Its always a bank Holiday I am...

    Dear Colbra Its always a bank Holiday I am retired. I had some pleasant memories of the 16 ft sailing club on that big lake near Newcastle. I also haunted the steam railways in the 60,s and later on...
  20. Thread: Taiwanese saws

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    Band saw

    Dear David, The blue stuff is electricians tape I had to replace the motor that came with it eventually died. and I have not had time to replace it. All my machinery lives at Newport Railway...
  21. Thread: Tafe Projects

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    Apprentice

    Greetings, TAFE colleges usually have a number of projects Vices, Vee Blocks, a small set of jacks for a milling machine are always handy. I lugged a small tool box with milling gear in it for a long...
  22. Thread: Thread chasers

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    Chasers

    Hello Phil Yes the full form is the main reason but you can titivate the thread by slightly twisting the chaser. The last few thou on the thread are easy to achieve with a chaser. Sadly the hand...
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    Visiting

    Dear Bob while you are here we might be able to fit in a few workshop wanders Plenty to see in Melbourne if you know where to look. Sent a PM about Jarrah 4-6-4
  24. Milling

    Greetings chaps What is it with the weather reports, must be NSW. But the Vid was worth watching. is it any wonder the machinist trade is going down the gurgler.
    Yours 4-6-4
  25. Thread: Taiwanese saws

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    Bandsaws

    Greetings chaps, I will try and find out what material the Railways used in their axels. It is defiantly tougher than MS. I will find out when I cut the thread in the nut. I use a Bi Metal blade from...
  26. Thread: Taiwanese saws

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    Taiwanese saws

    Greetings chaps I had to cut some material for a locomotive nut today, I did it on my Taiwanese terror Band saw. Material was a piece of railway axle a bit over 4 inches in Dia. The blade was a bit...
  27. Thread: Thread chasers

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    Thread chasers

    Greetings chaps. Down at Newport the other day I was handed a job to make a nut for the motion gear on the A2 locomotive. So I have posted a couple of pics on the job. My method of using external...
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    tool post

    Greetings chaps Never seen this version before very interesting 4-6-4
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    Post Card

    You lucky dog Ray how long are you there Dresden is high on the visitors list The railway museum has a Pechot Boudon locomotive a 60 cm loco which looks like a double ended Fairly as well as the...
  30. Thread: Ford plant pics

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    Ford Pics

    These pics are realy worth looking at. A bit before my time although the first Mill I ever worked was driven off shafting. 4-6-4
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    Scraping

    Greetings chaps. My experience with Asian machine tools is if you can not see a surface when the machine is delivered then any finish will do. Many years after I purchased a Shenwah bench lathe...
  32. Thread: Damn disapointed

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    Lathes

    Greetings chaps, It seems to be a recurring theme this business with Asian Machine tools. But I have a Sheraton Defiance lathe and could not sell it. Admittedly it is 3 phase and only has a top speed...
  33. Thread: Lathe Chuck Keys

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    SOLD: Tee Bars

    PM Sent 4-6-4
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    Chip breakers

    Dear Grahame, My method is to grind the tool to shape and then put the chip breaker on. You are on the right track when you mentioned the edge of the wheel. This is usually the way it is done in...
  35. Thread: Chasing Dial

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    Thread Chaser

    Dear Dave. Are you referring to the dial that you engauge when cutting a thread. This applies to Imperial threads. There are usually about 8 positions where you can drop in on the dial. When you have...
  36. Thread: J&E Ledger Perth

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    Australian Industry

    Greetings chaps I know I ramble on about Vickers Ruwolt here in Melbourne but Chas Ruwolt started in Wangarrata building mining dredges he moved to Richmond early in the 1900,s and it was swallowed...
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    Parting off

    Greetings Chaps Instead of a surface grinder you should invest in one of those Taiwanese metal cutting Band saws. I never cut anything over 1/4 inch Dia with a hack saw. I had to re motor mine...
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    Hhs

    Greetings chaps, Its good to see people talking about HSS. During my apprenticeship at the Tramway workshop and you were an apprentice and you wanted a Carbide Tip tool it involved a trip to the...
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    Threads

    Greetings chaps. The Answer that no help was forth coming from his work especially when it an apprentice concerned is very poor. If you show interest I was always helped. The Tramways Workshop at...
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    Threads

    Greetings Chaps I am enjoying this thread. No need to drool over these fancy tool holders. A lump of square HSS in a tool holder is sufficient. Grind more off the right side of the tool as you look...
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    Threads

    Greetings chaps. All this palava about thread cutting. My first thread was in the first year of my apprenticeship. The leading hand got me a piece of black 1 1/2 Dia bar. Showed me how to use a...
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    Dressing wheels

    Greetings chaps. I use a diamond impregnated stick which came of an old Churchill Center grinder. There are dressing sticks which are used to dress surface grinder wheels. This would solve the...
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    Milling Machine

    Greetings Chaps. I had one of these beasties and I found it to be excellent. Mine came new from A T Stead & Co here in Melbourne. It was graduated in metric which caused some confusion as I had...
  44. Thread: Damn disapointed

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    Lathes

    Dear Cookie, I can sympathies I have had my moments with Asian machine tools and unfortunately there is not an easy solution. You could check the be with a straight edge or a sizeabl rule. It might...
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    Milling Machine

    Dear woodfast. One has to have patience when looking for machine tools as you will read the Taiwanese and Chinese machines that are in our price range leave a lot to be desired. Perth being a smaller...
  46. Thread: Bore gauges

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    Inside Mikes

    Greetings Chaps I am afraid that the comments by Mueller are some what surprising. I have always checked an inside mike with an outside mike and it requires a certain amount of feel. But I have never...
  47. Thread: Bore gauges

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    Bore mikes

    Dear Mike I have used bore mikes in industry and only have confidence in them in the smaller sizes ie if you can get your hand in the bore use an internal mike. My bore mike goes from 1 1/2 inch to...
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    Foundrys

    Greetings chaps Yes I wondered my self at the news that TAFE colleges were having their funding cut. Here in Melbourne when I started my apprenticeship there was the Naval Dockyard, The Railways,...
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    Milling

    Dear mike what other attachments does it have. If it has a vertical head not a problem I changed from a Parkinson to my Arno because it had all the gear. Yours 4-6-4
  50. Thread: thread chasers.

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    Thread chasers.

    Greetings Chaps. I use thread chase when ever I can get them. The ones I am familiar with are about 5 inches long and have a tang on one end for a file handle. You rest a piece of flat bar i9n the...
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