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I would be tempted first to see if there is a way to turn the post down to 3/4" using your lathe (can you separate the hold down portion at the pivot? That might make holding the piece to the...

I found the articles in Model Engineer and have scanned them and emailed them to shaper07.

I'm happy to send them to any other member who sends me a PM with their email address.

Steve
I think that mag is held at the NSW State Library & I'm happy to copy the articles for you, if no one else is able to send them to you.
PM me if you want me to do so with your email address...

Thanks for that:2tsup:

Last weekend I bought an old wooden Mirror dinghy for the kids.
It came with a dolly which fits in a 6x4 box trailer and an unregistered boat trailer. It seems the boat trailer hasn't ever been...

Thanks Neil


Screwing up in new ways every day :)

Yes I'd be interested, if they're the right size.


Screwing up in new ways every day :)

For those like me who prefer Tapatalk to Forumrunner, it seems to be working again with the forums again


Screwing up in new ways every day :)

We've got that one on the list

I believe that the Tapatalk issue was mentioned in post #45. I am sure that it will be re-activated in the near future (at least I hope so)

Report the thread by using the button with a red "!" in it and ask the mods to move it to the forum you want it in. The mods will do the rest (assuming they agree it should be moved).


Screwing...

I use forum runner for these forums too. Works great

If someone buys a box of 50 carbon electrodes, I would be happy to buy say 6 or 10 for the cost plus postage. I'll even do the buying if I can sell off the surplus (I just can't see the need to have...

I bought a tin of asphaltum online from Jacksons. As you can see from the link, they still have it and at $10 for a pound (you want the powdered stuff), the postage isn't going to kill.

Thanks for the replies fellas. I propose to repair the missing piece that you can see in the phots with either a weld or some JB Weld epoxy



I will see if I can find him.

I have acquired a Stanley No 242 Mitre box and one of the repairs that I need to make will require a rethread of an existing threaded hole.
Measuring the screw that came out of the hole, it seems...

I got mine from Stuart Minuskin (second last item on this page). I think you can also get them from Kerry the sandpaperman - they aren't on the website but I'm sure he can get them

Good news. Very little runout on the spindle! And the tailstock lines up fairly well. When my new tuit (round,) turns up, I'll use Rollie's dad's setup method & then we'll be ready to do some turning!

Ray
A scan of the relevant pages from the S Tyzack catalogue would be great. I'll PM you with my email address.

I'll give it a go by putting dead centres in both the spindle and the tailstock and winding the tailstock up to the test bar

Thanks for that, pipeclay. The test bar isn't stepped - the step is actually caused by the MT1 - MT2 extension sleeve. However, the point is fair and it might well be worthwhile checking the runout...

Thanks for the helpful questions, pipeclay. I have responded in red in the quote below

This link is to a video showing my Zyto lathe up and running. It is spinning a test bar which has an MT2 taper on one end which is in turn held in a MT1 to MT2 extension sleeve - the headstock has a...

Max

I don't think that your thread has been removed - I can still see it on the Woodturning Forum.

Typically the best way to hold the rod is with a collet with the rod running through the headstock, if you can because then the rod will be in line axially with the headstock. If not you can be...

I am in the process of re-installing my old Zyto. My first step, before looking at the tailstock is to make sure that the ways and the headstock are in alignment. I use a 15mm test rod that I know...

BTDT (been there done that) - the point is that in my experience (and I suspect that of many others), such people, who one would assume would be well qualified to advise, are less competent than the...

I agree

But where do you find a real expert?

I'm lucky - I Have a few old school friends who are electrical engineers who, (for fun) keep up their certificates so they can certify...

:whs:

The logic is that cross-forum posting has been used by aggressive forum owners/members as a way to try to recruit new members to their forums and reduce the activity on the other forum. So we and...

Cruzi

That's why I post in blogs too - most of what I write is almost like a diary. Random thoughts to keep track of my projects and development. If someone else wants to read it, that's fine,...

I agree with you Michael - I tried for over a year to PM new members who put these things on blogs, but they almost never came back to me or moved their post onto the Forums. So I gave up,...

I'll post a photo over the weekend

Of couse I could sell the surface plate and bid on eBay for this baby

Thanks for your thoughts mic.

I think I follow your logic.

Maybe an alternative using the same principle would be, instead of testing each intersection, testing the centre of each diamond...

Like the frog jumping across the pond with each jump 50% of the previous one?

Guilty of that too!

I reckon that having a surface plate could well be a worthwhile thing to add to the collection of devices needed to make useful things. So it is on the To Do list.

On the other hand, SWMBO wants...

Yes, Cam, I looked at those scrapers too.

My process of reasoning went like this:


When you go to the Bahco and Satanley (spelling error that I decided to leave because it's just too good...

One of these:
137292
Which I got from Greenwood tools in the UK.

There has been quite some discussion of use of scrapers to flatten plane soles in this thread. It's also worth reading mic-d's...

Thanks Joe and Cam for your responses.
I do have a piece of plate glass somewhere in the shed, so I will see if I can find that.
At the same time, I think I will use my jointer and my handplanes to...

Rummaging around in the back of my Mum's garage among the random tools my Dad had collected in his life, I found a cast iron surface plate.

Using a straight edge and feeler gauges, it seems to be...

Greg

I was wondering whether stamp pad ink (which is very slow drying and water soluble) such as Artlinewould work?

I use yoghurt pots - and put taps and dies in pots devoted to BSF, BSW, UNC, UNF, BA and ISO. Some pots are getting a bit full, so they may need to be separated into S, M and L!!!

Very neat, Ray.

That's where I'll put it for the moment

Product Reviews or Books? Waddya reckon?

Serpentine belts work a treat as a replacement and are much quieter!

Either trefolex or Tap magic.

Also, we still roast bits of pork and fry bacon, so lard is still available in my house if you keep on your toes and save it before SWMBO throws it out. Store it in...

Another is Irfanview

This weekend saw the Zyto installed and running :):2tsup: (finally - I know how long it has taken because when I went to post this reply, I got tyhe message that says "you do know this is ancient...

Which is why the Forums suggest that pictures be added as attachments which create a thumbnail that can be clicked on to enlarge, rather than by embedding them full size in text:2tsup:

BTW don't...