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Axle set made but not bolted in to position yet haven't quite figured that bit out yet.I don't wont to drill a hole throw the frame so i will have to come up with a clamp off some kind. Started to...

Hi Rob. I am building a trailer using much the same method. I am using aluminium composite panel from Ullrick Aluminium. Have a look at this link Aluminium Composite Panels for Signage from Ullrich...

Hi guys the trailer will only be caring about about 500 kg the glider weight is 380 kg so the load is not a lot. Glider trailers have special dispensation on the overhang rule we can go to a maximum...

Hi it will be a tandem rocker setup. the trailer is about 500 mm more than i need but this will let me adjust the position of the aircraft in the trailer to get the balance right

The trailer Is 10 meters not including the draw bar os will be about 11.5 meters finished

It is going to be a glider trailer

Some pictures of my trailer build

Hi Dave no i haven't used the mill in its rebuilt state yet the lube and coolant arrived today all i have to do is aline the head with the table and i am done. I can then get a long list of jibes...

Hi I will be buying sum spindle lube Mobil Valocite 10 it is a medium wight spindle oil. I am all buying some way oil Mobil Vectra 2 un fortunately i have to buy it in 20 Liter drums witch is going...

Hi Bollie7 the slide way grinding and scraping cost me $1000 the machine didn't really need it but at that price i got it done it is now very accurate in deed. The motor is a single phase LA FERT a...

Accumat did the slide way grinding and scraping for my i did the rest of the rebuild IE new bearings all round including the head repaint with 2 pack and new table feed and fagor DRO

I finley finished my bridgeport mill rebuild

I have re ground my 6 " 3 jaw self centering chuck with die grinder in the tool post it works great three things to remember. Make a plug that fits on the back of the jaws to take the slop out of the...

Sent pm regarding fiberglass pully covers

Hi Graeme i am using this repair to gain my major repair ticket when my club stops braking there gliders. am Nealy finished rebuilding the noes wheel in our Janus b heavy landing pushed the wheel in...

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.Hi Graeme I bort the wreck to rebild both pilots dident get a scrach on them witch is supeising becouse one of the lap belts was turn out. thay side sliped it in to the ground and a fence got...

Broken taps and milling cutter make good cutting tips don't thy expressly for boring bars

You have to be careful you don't nick or bruise the mating surfaces but it is not a big problem just as long as you take measurements as to it exact position the head mets the bed

I don't think so hurcus charge $ 3200 to do a refit on the 260 thy will do a refit on the older lathes as well but i don't know the price most parts are in fact interchangeable as the bed ways are...

I am shore that hurcus will get it right as for getting it there take the time to go to the borosa valley is that an excuse or what

Hi Footz thee is Little point in buying the sizes that you are unlikely to ever use so just the buy as you go all so I have found that quality tapes and dies pay for them selfs Meany times IE...

Have you asked hercus for a quote just to grind the ways and saddle I know that they will rebuild the 260 lathe the older hercus tha the same way pattern and they did them about 10 years ago the...

Hi Bollie7 it is a Bridgeport j head just about finished re paint

my Hercus is AR 9006 year 1964 hasn't done a lot of work very good condition I have a fall set of Collets. Face plates.Metric change gears.Hass quick change tool post a must have T slot cross slide

Not much metal work in this but lots of fiberglass This is what happens when people forget to land there plains

Hi Derek yes i made the pattern up my self and yes it is a complete cross slidesee photos

I Have a pattern for a T slot Cross slide from when i made mine you can borrow ti if you like

I have only used Vacuoline type way oil in my lathe. bridgeport. grinder. ect it workes plus i get it for free from a frend but only in small amounts

Hi this is the one that i have it was made by A and R transmissions Roy Gross. No longer in business he used to make a huge amount of hercus replacement parts hope this 77361

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having the same problem Woodlee

I absolutely agree with Grahame I have never had a problem with Sutton taps and dies it all comes down to using the right tap for the right job

It is up to 3550.00 all ready will be interesting to see what it will go for

Greg the only way to tell if the machne is eney good is to take a cut over a ditence with it. But you have to asc yourself how accurite do you need it to be. Half a thow is a lot les than 5 thow...

Greg be awere that in the description the seller has sead that the table was made straight in fact the table on a bridgeport is supost ot have a 10 thow over 48 inch dow in it to acount for waight...

Hi may get 6k for this machine if it were a j2j head it wight be worth about 8k .You dont have to manually change speed with the j2j head a brand new Bridgeport is 32kau dollars and thay still sell...

I recently sold an RF 45 it is the round colem version of this machine the only problem is that the geared head is that noise that you think it is going to explode it is just the way thy are all the...

try Asset Plant. Hare and forbes. places like Blackwoods Just Tools eneybode how has an accont with Sutton or P&N Osbourn

No not yet wont to tide the mill up befor i start to relie use it or it will never get done it is in the shed that was a job in it self

I no what you mean look familiar47905 bloody heavy

Onestley ide try to get rid of the thing get your money back you have all these problems now and you haven't machined anything yet. i wonder how accurate it isn't when you Finlay get to machine...

Pretty bad state of afars when you have to dismantle a brand new machine to make it right do you know how the manufacture is and send them an email to they probable wont do anything but you never know

I know of a company that dealer in second hand machinery and new that sent over a dean smith and grace lath to be copied as thy are very good machines the Chinese made a heard of thees machines the...

Hi mate sorry to hear of your problems sticking a magnet in to the gearbox may not be a very good idler if you magnetize anything In there you will make the sworf stick to the gears ide go with a...

nice looking mill lokes like a derect copy of a bridge port herte is a linl to a bloke in the us for parts http://www.matacoinc.net/index.html go to his ebay store he listes just about all the parts

hi woodlee the machine does need a good tidy up the Gib's and head are in very good condition the machine came out of a council depot it had sat for a lot of years doing nothing when the workshop...

Woodie for me the milldrills are just a bit soft i have owned to of them thay are not a serious mill in there defence i dont think thay were ever desined to be

That is the one from modern tools has a bit of light surface rust nothing a light surface grind wont fix. The big thing with the bridgeport is the fact that thay have hardend and chromed gibes that...

my new toy 47018sold the mill drill

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