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28th Mar 2024, 08:27 PM
Thread: Nifty thread cutting technique
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It'a cultural thing, the Yanks use the angled...
It'a cultural thing, the Yanks use the angled topslide. Poms/Oz use/d the topslide feed method, that's how it was taught 60+ years ago. The angled topslide (compound) method really only took on here...
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20th Mar 2024, 08:11 PM
Thread: Lathe Spindle Indexer
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My apologies to three that 'liked' my post, that...
My apologies to three that 'liked' my post, that which appears now is not what I originally wrote. The now gibberish previously made sense in the jocular fashion intended. I can only assume it was...
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16th Mar 2024, 07:14 PM
Thread: Lathe Spindle Indexer
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A pawl for engineering art, nah .:U
A pawl for engineering art, nah .:U
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3rd Mar 2024, 04:12 PM
Thread: Engine Air Pump !
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Now if the maker/s had incorporated a free piston...
Now if the maker/s had incorporated a free piston the thing would have been quite kosher. Remembering the time some a-hole removed the valve cores from two of my tyres & those of several mates' while...
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1st Mar 2024, 10:51 PM
Thread: Mystery Steel ID
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Yep, colour code can be problematic if the maker...
Yep, colour code can be problematic if the maker is also unknown, however dull HSS tools are a recipe for disaster anyway, especially the more delicate ones like slitting saws. Baron is right about...
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21st Feb 2024, 05:22 PM
Thread: Turning small extended diameters
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We used to call them 'knife tools' in the olden...
We used to call them 'knife tools' in the olden days, HSS of course which allows more scope as to tip radius (smaller the better) & side rake. Similar tactic when turning pivots on a jeweller's...
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3rd Feb 2024, 09:26 AM
Thread: Electromagnet rewinding in Australia?
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I realise depending on how it's wound, my...
I realise depending on how it's wound, my suggestion was pretty stupid. As a matter of interest, possibly to many on here, how is it wound? Maybe DIY is not out of the question depending on the...
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1st Feb 2024, 09:03 PM
Thread: Electromagnet rewinding in Australia?
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Have you tried Gawler Motor Rewinders?
Have you tried Gawler Motor Rewinders?
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1st Feb 2024, 08:57 PM
Thread: Small Norton grinding wheels
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VIC Yet another happy customer, mine arrived today...
Yet another happy customer, mine arrived today only 3 days in transit. Vic ponies must be faster than crow-fed ones, it's normal for a letter from the local council to take 7 days, you know the sort...
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26th Jan 2024, 05:22 PM
Thread: Small Norton grinding wheels
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VIC Hi Steve, I wouldn't mind five of those wheels if...
Hi Steve, I wouldn't mind five of those wheels if you still have some, thanks.
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16th Jan 2024, 01:35 PM
Thread: todays tools gloat
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Scored this Mitutoyo 10"-11" micrometre close to...
Scored this Mitutoyo 10"-11" micrometre close to home, thought it was cheap enough as it had no box, spanner or setting bar, for $50.
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16th Jan 2024, 01:05 PM
Thread: Surface Plate recommendation
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Refers to the ancient, well back as far as at...
Refers to the ancient, well back as far as at least Whitworth, art of spreading a very thin* coating of Prussian blue (or red lead) in oil, very evenly* over the surface plate on which the surface to...
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16th Jan 2024, 08:50 AM
Thread: Surface Plate recommendation
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I don't think any of the usual customers (for...
I don't think any of the usual customers (for tombstones) complained.
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14th Jan 2024, 06:07 PM
Thread: Surface Plate recommendation
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Obtuse answer to #7: during apprenticeship three...
Obtuse answer to #7: during apprenticeship three of us were picked out to scrape a 3 or 4 ft (it was 60+ years ago) camel back straight edge each. When we had all three spotting up nicely we were...
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14th Jan 2024, 12:05 PM
Thread: Surface Plate recommendation
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In the spirit of one-upmanship, at the ANU we...
In the spirit of one-upmanship, at the ANU we used to get 2400 x 1200 x 120 granite tombstones from Tumut for optical tables, lay them on Hume pipe legs & levelled up, VERY stable not terribly flat...
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14th Jan 2024, 11:18 AM
Thread: Waldown TPG motor runs hot, poor power
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Exactly what I was about to suggest, but on...
Exactly what I was about to suggest, but on second thoughts, back in the day 'pet spirit' (lighter fluid or white spirits) was the go, or the now illegal Freon, or trichloroethylene.
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13th Jan 2024, 03:34 PM
Thread: Waldown TPG motor runs hot, poor power
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Late to the party, the spindle bearings are...
Late to the party, the spindle bearings are angular contacts, yes, specifically Magneto Bearings, an actual type. Another point, NEVER use wet & dry to polish a commutator, silicon carbide is a...
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21st Dec 2023, 08:43 PM
Thread: Unknown tool
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Looks like one of those 'semi-automatic' single...
Looks like one of those 'semi-automatic' single point screw-cutting gadgets, I think the clamp-to-bed post in your first pic is also part of it. Basically it's a device to retract the tool when a...
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28th Nov 2023, 08:08 PM
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Hi Steve, Norton used to make that style in...
Hi Steve, Norton used to make that style in silicon carbide, maybe still do? I've always found SiC gave the best durability/sharpness combo. If all else fails .. Blackwoods?[/QUOTE]
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28th Nov 2023, 04:01 PM
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[QUOTE=OxxAndBert;1947445]Thanks guys. This is...
[QUOTE=OxxAndBert;1947445]Thanks guys.
This is the style I was thinking of rather than a triangular stick shape: https://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/71459267?rItem=71459267
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22nd Nov 2023, 10:23 PM
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Looks to me like a minimal scope radius turning...
Looks to me like a minimal scope radius turning attachment, limited range of radius without unacceptable tool overhang, & inability to do convex. Must say I lean toward the designs that use a cheap...
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12th Nov 2023, 08:13 PM
Thread: Steel plate
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Hi China, seems to me you need that plate for a...
Hi China, seems to me you need that plate for a nice firm platform for the magnetic based post .. I get it. In a former life I used to punch & form stuff in my spare time at home to export to USA. I...
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11th Nov 2023, 10:01 PM
Thread: Steel plate
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You might try talking to Hales in Kurrulta Park ,...
You might try talking to Hales in Kurrulta Park , they list 'Wash (sic) Ground Mild Steel Bar.' Had a quick look, the bar sizes go up to 200-250 & 300 wide. May have misread but I think 'precise...
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10th Oct 2023, 08:58 PM
Thread: AL336 spindle bearing issue
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"I checked the bores with a tele gauge," Yeah,...
"I checked the bores with a tele gauge,"
Yeah, a bit late now, but rather than an actual 'measurement' just rotating the handle of the telescopic gauge 'might' have told you something about the... -
5th Oct 2023, 09:01 PM
Thread: Whitworth Sockets and Spanners
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Keep an eye on the auctions, they go for peanuts.
Keep an eye on the auctions, they go for peanuts.
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4th Oct 2023, 10:43 PM
Thread: AL336 spindle bearing issue
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Don't fret too much about the P6 grade of the...
Don't fret too much about the P6 grade of the bearing/s. If the Chinese are using the Euro/Japanese designations P6 is the second-to-lowest grade. The ISO grades run 0, 6, 5, 4 with 4 being...
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3rd Oct 2023, 10:36 PM
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[QUOTE=nigelpearson;2010638]I'm confused by this....
[QUOTE=nigelpearson;2010638]I'm confused by this. Don't most Dicksons (and clones) have an indexing pin:
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1st Oct 2023, 09:22 PM
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[QUOTE=Dave J;2010561]Sounds like a good idea...
[QUOTE=Dave J;2010561]Sounds like a good idea with indexing it, I'd run out of adjustment range sadly.
Mine is not a genuine Dickson, it's the H&F QA150 from memory.
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30th Sep 2023, 02:40 PM
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Agreed on the comment about heat treatment on at...
Agreed on the comment about heat treatment on at least the smaller Dicksons. I had a toolholder snap the clamping flange off when I hadn't noticed it hadn't dropped completely down. Snapped like...
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17th Sep 2023, 02:30 PM
Thread: Shaper vice, Echuca auction
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Nah, milling vice there. OK for light shaping I...
Nah, milling vice there. OK for light shaping I guess. Came off the Pederson you'd think.
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10th Aug 2023, 11:28 PM
Thread: A trap for an old player...
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Actually Michael, 1/8 BSP is part of the Metric...
Actually Michael, 1/8 BSP is part of the Metric system these days, in as far as the Metric countries, Europe, UK, Oz, NZ, not of course the USA, all use BSP as the standard pipe thread, so quite...
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28th Jun 2023, 12:10 AM
Thread: Hercus mill head
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Thanks for the really useful view of the belt...
Thanks for the really useful view of the belt guard .. I need to fabricate one & that snap reveals all.
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28th Jun 2023, 12:01 AM
Thread: Your latest project
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Sticky: Hi, that Hafco certainly wins on throat depth,...
Hi, that Hafco certainly wins on throat depth, give you that. What would/might do you is a double column, geared arbor press. That would give you effectively infinite throat depth but finite width or...
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26th Jun 2023, 11:36 PM
Thread: Your latest project
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Sticky: A Heine kick press leaves your hands free. The 2...
A Heine kick press leaves your hands free. The 2 tonner probably suit you more than the 1 tonner. I converted my 1 tonner to pneumatic pretty simply, great for small production. The 2 tonners...
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20th Jun 2023, 10:56 PM
Thread: Farewell John Heine after 120 years.
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That was typical of Heine's in my experience,...
That was typical of Heine's in my experience, they all treated customers with friendly courtesy regardless of the potential spend, & were generous with helpful advice/information. A great loss to...
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9th Jun 2023, 08:34 PM
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You are spot-on, Karl, regarding copying existing...
You are spot-on, Karl, regarding copying existing windings, & there's generally not much scope for improvement except in insulating materials, but changing a motor winding for a different voltage is...
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6th Jun 2023, 10:36 AM
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A professional motor winder/electrician doesn't...
A professional motor winder/electrician doesn't 'guesstimate' anything. In my opinion your 'help' is only overcomplicating a simple job. If you really want to help just give the man the motor as it...
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5th Jun 2023, 09:50 PM
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Does your sparky mate know you are doing the...
Does your sparky mate know you are doing the strip down? If he does, he's a new kind of motor winder. I personally would not allow anyone to strip down a motor that I was going to rewind & certainly...
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2nd Jun 2023, 09:10 PM
Thread: KAO FENG Vertical Mill
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NSW Sales brochure says 550 kg nett (approx) Various...
Sales brochure says 550 kg nett (approx) Various spindle tapers listed, well R8 & MT3 anyway. Mine's MT3.
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21st May 2023, 09:11 PM
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It looks rather heavily modified to me,...
It looks rather heavily modified to me, additively mainly so no harm done. It does have the drill holding chuck fo sharpening by the four facet method. The other structure with vee block radial to...
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31st Jan 2023, 08:50 AM
Thread: Colchester Bantam change gears.
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Definitely 14 dp 20pa 3/8" face width 6 splines...
Definitely 14 dp 20pa 3/8" face width 6 splines if same as Chipmaster, bore is 0.788"/0.910" .
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26th Jan 2023, 10:08 AM
Thread: Help to identify these
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The various edge profiles that would be...
The various edge profiles that would be irrelevant/unworkable for plunge (axial) cutting suggest to me use in some sort of router or spindle moulder, taking the whole as a 'set' for use in one...
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23rd Dec 2022, 10:24 PM
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Hi techo, not wishing to be a killjoy regarding...
Hi techo, not wishing to be a killjoy regarding an otherwise nice job but Bohler in their literature on K245 use an example of a collet. They temper the wearing portion at 200-250 C for 59-62 HRC &...
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22nd Dec 2022, 10:06 PM
Thread: What are these pliers ?
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To expand on above, flat jaw supports the...
To expand on above, flat jaw supports the work-piece, round jaw pushes out the pin. The size suggests use on large clocks, most likely long case ('grandfather') jobs.
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19th Dec 2022, 08:40 AM
Thread: What are these pliers ?
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Joint pin removal pliers.
Joint pin removal pliers.
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23rd Nov 2022, 09:39 PM
Thread: Tapping fluid recommendations
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Have used metho as lubricant for form broaching...
Have used metho as lubricant for form broaching 6063, single tooth broach in a kick-press, That worked very nicely, dip the job in metho, slip it into the fixture, kick the pedal, done .. next one .....
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23rd Nov 2022, 09:29 PM
Thread: Tapping fluid recommendations
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Errr, I only recommended IPA for tapping...
Errr, I only recommended IPA for tapping aluminium alloys.... for the record, & in that application the problem can be maintaining a good 'pool' of it in the hole, manage that & it's superb. In...
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15th Nov 2022, 07:45 PM
Thread: Tapping fluid recommendations
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Hi Guys, red face here, just tried an ethanol...
Hi Guys, red face here, just tried an ethanol based hand cleaner, it was not as good as straight IPA. The fact that it stayed on the tap & in the hole didn't redeem it. It may be that stronger brews...
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14th Nov 2022, 03:54 PM
Thread: Tapping fluid recommendations
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Apparently no-one is terribly interested but...
Apparently no-one is terribly interested but strikes me the perfect aluminium drilling/ tapping ( even milling/turning)compound would be any of the syrupy Covid hand cleaners .. viscosity would keep...
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5th Nov 2022, 09:49 PM
Thread: Tapping fluid recommendations
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Here here to IPA for Aluminium, but otherwise...
Here here to IPA for Aluminium, but otherwise Bordo Slick DTR beats all esp for stainless. 1950/60s hairoil scent more pleasant than most too, once you get over the shock.