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24th May 2020, 08:31 PM
Thread: HYLO vice spring
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Spring makers will supply wire and or make up a...
Spring makers will supply wire and or make up a spring for you. Making a single spring on a lathe isn't difficult. If you post the diam of the wire I can look up the correct arbor size in Machinery...
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10th May 2020, 02:56 PM
Thread: Insulating a small heat exchanger
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Hi Bob I agree that he fluffy stuff is...
Hi Bob
I agree that he fluffy stuff is terrible but they also sell a medium density blanket about 5mm thick. This stays together. I should have asked how much do you need?
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9th May 2020, 07:13 PM
Thread: Insulating a small heat exchanger
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Bob In Adelaide there is a crowd called the...
Bob
In Adelaide there is a crowd called the "Pugmill" who are suppliers to small scale potters. From them I have been able to buy small quantities of very high quality insulation that they supply... -
4th Jan 2020, 07:45 PM
Thread: Unexpected danger from an AXA toolpost!
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Thanks Michael that is a good suggestion. ...
Thanks Michael that is a good suggestion.
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25th Dec 2019, 09:04 PM
Thread: Unexpected danger from an AXA toolpost!
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Unexpected danger from an AXA toolpost!
Hi all,
I thought the I might share this in the hope that it is something that we might all learn from...
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20th Dec 2019, 09:30 PM
Thread: Fatigue Mats
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I am using the s/h conveyor rubber belting that...
I am using the s/h conveyor rubber belting that you can get from Paramount Browns at my bench, lathe and mill. It certainly improves things for my dodgy ankles and the flat surface means that it can...
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6th Mar 2019, 07:24 PM
Thread: Buying tooling off Aliexpress
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I change it to display AU$
I change it to display AU$
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21st Jan 2019, 05:08 PM
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Thanks Bob, I have a couple of those here (a 12...
Thanks Bob, I have a couple of those here (a 12 and a 16 from memory) waiting for me to spring into action and do something similar. I bought them to reach down into some locomotive crossheads that I...
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7th Jan 2019, 07:10 PM
Thread: Hafco HM10 mill drill
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I am just installing a machine like the SM1 after...
I am just installing a machine like the SM1 after having a round column mill - it is so much better. It is much more rigid and creates a lot less vibration. My opinion for what its worth is stick...
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12th Nov 2018, 09:45 PM
Thread: Self-aligning and Spherical Bearings
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Hi John Nice project! Best Ian
Hi John
Nice project!
Best
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10th Nov 2018, 07:47 PM
Thread: Self-aligning and Spherical Bearings
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Hi John I am not clear on what you are...
Hi John
I am not clear on what you are building so these comments may be a nonsense. In any event it depends on the track! I would start by have a look at what works well on the track that you... -
24th Sep 2018, 08:29 PM
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Hi John Not sure exactly what you are aiming...
Hi John
Not sure exactly what you are aiming for but I have seen trailing trucks on freelance locos use these
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8th Jul 2018, 09:30 PM
Thread: 250-102 qctp tool holders
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I would like 4 and will send you a PM. Regards...
I would like 4 and will send you a PM.
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10th May 2018, 08:31 PM
Thread: Herless SM1 or VM1
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I think that both of the machines are good buys,...
I think that both of the machines are good buys, small turret mills are hard to get. I just drove 800Km and paid about $1000 off new price for a LW-VHO-A, bottom left on the catalogue. I can actually...
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10th Nov 2017, 05:42 PM
Thread: Aveling I.C. Model Roller
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Hi Don This is really impressive, makes the...
Hi Don
This is really impressive, makes the 040 steam loco I am making seem... well steam powered.
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13th Oct 2017, 07:36 PM
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PM sent (I think!)
PM sent (I think!)
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11th Sep 2017, 08:43 PM
Thread: Hercus 3A Tool and Cutter grinder.
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Hi Eric I am not sure what you plan to use it...
Hi Eric
I am not sure what you plan to use it for but if the idea is to sharpen end mills and some lathe tools I would find a spot at one end of the bed with modest wear and use it as it is. You... -
1st Sep 2017, 11:55 PM
Thread: Hercus 3A Tool and Cutter grinder.
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Hi Eric For lifting mine has two holes though...
Hi Eric
For lifting mine has two holes though the sides of the upper casting to take a bar that a strap can be passed around. It will then lift easily with an engine crane. I did it last week when... -
1st Sep 2017, 08:05 PM
Thread: Hercus 3A Tool and Cutter grinder.
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Hi Eric I sent you a link in response to the...
Hi Eric
I sent you a link in response to the other thread that has some photos of how the table runs, it just sits on ball bearings and if someone has lost them by poor handling it would certainly... -
1st Sep 2017, 07:53 PM
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Hi Eric I have a later Hercus T&C grinder but...
Hi Eric
I have a later Hercus T&C grinder but with the same accessories as yours.
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15th Jan 2017, 11:19 PM
Thread: Stepped Key
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Thanks China!
Thanks China!
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15th Jan 2017, 10:54 AM
Thread: Stepped Key
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Stepped Key
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I need 100mm of 1/4 - 3/16 stepped key. Looking online it seems to be available in the US but I can't see an Australian Supplier (far less an Adelaide Supplier). Does anyone know who might... -
31st Dec 2016, 04:43 PM
Thread: Rolling rings from 8mm rod
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For the 7 1/4 Hunslet Locomotive that I am making...
For the 7 1/4 Hunslet Locomotive that I am making I recently made the sort of simple ring roller that BaronJ describes, though the idea for mine came from an old issue of Australian Model Engineer.
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8th Dec 2016, 09:00 PM
Thread: Precision level - or is it?
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Hi Michael I have one that is much the same...
Hi Michael
I have one that is much the same which is marked RAAF with a date in the early 50s, mine also looks more or less new. Did you by any chance get yours from a gent at Brighton? I got mine... -
3rd Dec 2016, 06:33 PM
Thread: Ideas for Turning a Disk
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This isn't answering your question but I just had...
This isn't answering your question but I just had this problem with one of these, there seemed to be press marks in the flanges. First step the necessary cursing. Second step put it in the 3 jaw and...
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28th Nov 2016, 08:50 PM
Thread: Another what is it????
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I think that pipeclay is right and they are...
I think that pipeclay is right and they are fullsized railway flange gauges, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A2Jwo-VhOs for something similar.
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25th Jul 2016, 07:16 PM
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Hi Bob Like the punch! That would have been...
Hi Bob
Like the punch! That would have been the way to put the 56 holes in the leaves... Also sitting on the locomotive is the remaining material rolled but with nothing further done to it, and... -
25th Jul 2016, 02:39 PM
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Hi Bob In Adelaide I got it without difficulty...
Hi Bob
In Adelaide I got it without difficulty from Southern Springs, Southern Springs - Spring Products, they have it on hand to make custom orders from. So someone similar in Perth might be the... -
24th Jul 2016, 10:18 PM
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Hi Bob I have just been making leaf springs...
Hi Bob
I have just been making leaf springs for a 7 1/4 scale model locomotive (44 pieces!) and have had a bit of a course in spring steel from the members of my model engineering club. Flat (or... -
15th Mar 2016, 08:22 PM
Thread: Lantaine cross-slide overhaul
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Thanks Peter, that is a good suggestion, I will...
Thanks Peter, that is a good suggestion, I will see what it is like when I get it assembled. It could be done by cutting through the bronze nut and part way through the brass and and the putting in a...
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14th Mar 2016, 09:39 PM
Thread: Lantaine cross-slide overhaul
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Lantaine cross-slide overhaul
I have one of the older 10" Lantaine lathes, mine was supplied new in 1978 by Forbes and so would be one of the earlier Taiwanese lathes in Australia. I bought it from the original owner who made...
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23rd Feb 2016, 10:21 PM
Thread: Franken Mill
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That is some machine! Is that a lathe headstock...
That is some machine! Is that a lathe headstock inside the square fabricated head? Something like a Qualos?
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18th Sep 2015, 07:22 PM
Thread: Second shaper job
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Second shaper job
I was fortunate with the Douglas shaper that I bought to get all of the handles except for the vice (1/2" square). On the clapper box there are also two 7/16 w bolts. Using the machine I spent a lot...
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9th Sep 2015, 11:29 PM
Thread: Hercus No3 T&CG base dimensions
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I missed one of the drawings
John
When I looked again at this I realized that I had posted two copies of one of the drawings and missed one.
Here it is.
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9th Sep 2015, 11:21 PM
Thread: First shaper job
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Jordan - That shaper made the Douglas feel...
Jordan - That shaper made the Douglas feel inadequate!
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8th Sep 2015, 07:24 PM
Thread: First shaper job
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Thanks Gents! Kryn - I have been thinking...
Thanks Gents!
Kryn - I have been thinking about a catcher but it aint going to be simple there is swarf going in a 180 arc.
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7th Sep 2015, 08:11 PM
Thread: First shaper job
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First shaper job
Hi All
I have been working on the Douglas Shaper that I bought from member Tanii51 (Thanks John!) earlier in the year, it is a really excellent machine but the process of getting it going has been... -
7th Sep 2015, 06:57 PM
Thread: Hercus No3 T&CG base dimensions
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Hi John Some dimensions for the work head, if...
Hi John
Some dimensions for the work head, if these aren't clear PM me your address and I will post them.
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27th Aug 2015, 07:03 PM
Thread: Hercus No3 T&CG base dimensions
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OK I will get this done over the next week. ...
OK I will get this done over the next week.
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26th Aug 2015, 08:43 PM
Thread: Hercus No3 T&CG base dimensions
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Hi John If you like I could print a photo in...
Hi John
If you like I could print a photo in half-tone, put some dimensions on that, photograph it and post that?
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25th Aug 2015, 08:48 PM
Thread: Hercus No3 T&CG base dimensions
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Alan and John Good luck with your machines. I...
Alan and John
Good luck with your machines. I have a very early number 1, despite the numbering the later model... There is a discussion of the workhead that I think fits your machines and... -
16th Aug 2015, 11:13 PM
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Bob When I assembled mine I unthinkingly put a...
Bob
When I assembled mine I unthinkingly put a squirt of oil into the slde, it ran straight into the bottom of the V and out the end, which is wide open...
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13th Aug 2015, 08:18 PM
Thread: Huanyang 24v line and tachometer
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I have now installed the Bunnings tool box as a...
I have now installed the Bunnings tool box as a switchboard to hold the VFD on my lathe. Its so thin that as a tool box it makes a good switchboard!
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8th Aug 2015, 08:42 PM
Thread: Lathe felt
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Thanks Michael, I have to go to the airport on...
Thanks Michael, I have to go to the airport on Monday and I will try that crowd.
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8th Aug 2015, 04:28 PM
Thread: Lathe felt
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Thanks very much Bob and SB, I will chase some...
Thanks very much Bob and SB, I will chase some up. Its much easier when you know what it is called!
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8th Aug 2015, 12:14 PM
Thread: Lathe felt
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Lathe felt
I am doing a cleanup and refurb on my Lantain Lathe, now 37 years old! One of the things that I would like to do is replace the felt wipers on the carriage. Does anyone know what sort of felt should...
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27th Jul 2015, 06:54 PM
Thread: Is there someone out there
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I have seen videos of these things working and...
I have seen videos of these things working and they look very dangerous! If you go this way be very careful. I wouldn't do it.
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14th Jul 2015, 02:27 PM
Thread: Huanyang 24v line and tachometer
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Yes Bob, that is the one. Regards Ian
Yes Bob, that is the one.
Regards
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13th Jul 2015, 09:49 PM
Thread: Huanyang 24v line and tachometer
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Dean - I am not going to switch the tacho. Its...
Dean - I am not going to switch the tacho. Its going in a prominent position and I want it to act as an indicator that the machine is powered up.
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11th Jul 2015, 05:41 PM
Thread: Huanyang 24v line and tachometer
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Yes Dean, it's one of the cheap ones off eBay....
Yes Dean, it's one of the cheap ones off eBay. Mine is rated to run anywhere between 8 - 24v. It worked well when I had a play with it on the bench. I think that the idea of powering it off the line...