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Sticky: Whisperings

Started by Steamwhisperer, 20th Nov 2011 07:58 AM

64 Pages •: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ... 64

anvil, century, chiseling, compound, engineering, filing, forge, hammer, hand, heaps, including, job, lathe, lost, lot, machines, phil, power, quickly, removed, richards, scraping, setting, skills, slide, steam, vanguard, vertical, whisperings, workshop

Replies: 947
Views: 552,596

Last Post By:: Last Post: 19th Jul 2019 10:50 PM; by Steamwhisperer

Forum:
ANTIQUE AND VINTAGE MACHINERY

Wax free, solvent free polishing compound ?

Started by mike rolly, 23rd Apr 2015 04:49 PM

Replies: 10
Views: 6,277

Last Post By:: Last Post: 28th Apr 2015 10:02 AM; by Ben Dono

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

260 Compound and Cross Slide Micrometer stud thread???

Started by ventureoverland, 23rd Nov 2014 08:38 PM

260, compound, cross, micrometer, slide, stud, thread

Replies: 4
Views: 8,240

Last Post By:: Last Post: 25th Nov 2014 03:41 PM; by Abratool

Forum:
THE HERCUS AREA

Hand Cranks, Gear Modules and Compound Trains

Started by Gestalt, 18th Nov 2014 07:24 PM

compound, cranks, gear, hand, modules, trains

Replies: 4
Views: 4,186

Last Post By:: Last Post: 19th Nov 2014 07:46 AM; by Gestalt

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Setting the compound slide.

Started by th62, 1st Sep 2014 06:00 PM

Replies: 9
Views: 4,504

Last Post By:: Last Post: 2nd Sep 2014 09:52 PM; by TKO

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Threading...Aaarrghh!!!

Started by bwal74, 26th Jul 2014 07:37 PM

4 Pages •: 1 2 3 4

16mm, 2.0, 260atm, aaarrghh, attempted, ben, bit, compound, cut, cutting, degrees, desired, finally, formed, gears, hercus, ideas, lathe, m16, method, phone, photos, pitch, quality, reversing, set, straight, thread, threading, threadingaaarrghh, vee

Replies: 58
Views: 31,227

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th Aug 2014 05:36 PM; by bwal74

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Naval Cannon MkII

Started by bwal74, 14th Apr 2014 09:42 PM

ago, authentic, awhile, bar, barrel, ben, blackening, brass, bright, cannon, compound, crash, english, exact, finally, finish, hot, lathe, makes, mind, mkii, naval, pounder, rest, sandblasted, sanded, sooner, started, wore, yesterday

Replies: 11
Views: 9,122

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th Jun 2014 06:35 PM; by bwal74

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

crossslide leadscrew nut

Started by leroy, 18th May 2014 03:53 PM

3 Pages •: 1 2 3

.43mm, 313973313974hi, 320, align, bottom, bronze, carriage, compound, crossslide, discovered, fixed, lathe, leadscrew, leroy, nut, play, question, remove, screw, slack, slide, thickness, tighten, tightened, tightly, wobbles

Replies: 35
Views: 17,907

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd May 2014 04:31 PM; by Gammaboy

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Ball turner - lateral thinking

Started by steamingbill, 15th Apr 2014 09:56 PM

adjust, ball, balls, bill, buy, clever, comment, compound, hand, hey, lateral, loosen, offset, pivot, quality, sizes, slide, swiveling, thinking, thousands, tool, toolholder, turner

Replies: 0
Views: 5,263

Last Post By:: Last Post: 15th Apr 2014 09:56 PM; by steamingbill

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Compound Slide

Started by bwal74, 30th Mar 2014 09:01 AM

0.4mm, ben, compound, correctly, cross, due, fit, gib, handle, headstock, hope, ideas, makes, movement, nut, overcome, process, push, putting, recently, replaced, screws, sense, shoulder, slide, spindle, thinking, tightened, washer, wear

Replies: 7
Views: 7,383

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th Apr 2014 12:20 PM; by rickw72

Forum:
THE HERCUS AREA

Utility post on the compound slide

Started by steamingbill, 6th Apr 2014 10:32 PM

bill, compound, downloaded, idea, page, photo, post, projects, slide, started, utility, vintage

Replies: 1
Views: 4,608

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th Apr 2014 06:31 PM; by nadroj

Forum:
THE HERCUS AREA

McMillan ml24

Started by allterrain50, 14th Jan 2014 12:13 PM

Replies: 5
Views: 5,205

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th Apr 2014 09:50 AM; by peter demaio

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

The vexed question of sharpening tooling

Started by Michael G, 26th Feb 2014 07:32 AM

carving, compound, coupled, curious, diamond, edge, green, hand, honing, hss, instructors, lapping, lathe, leather, method, michael, mop, polishing, question, set, sharpening, stone, tool, tooling, tools, typically, vexed, wet, wheel, wood

Replies: 11
Views: 7,305

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st Mar 2014 07:21 AM; by Michael G

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Compound Gears

Started by Tiptoeturtle, 3rd Feb 2014 10:36 AM

120/127, 27/18, 36/18, 45/18, 5/8, 54/18, 63/64, 72/18, 9/16, 90/18, assuage, bore, change, collar, compound, configurations, donald, gears, hercus, information, keyway, listed, partially, purchase, thirst, uncontrollable, unending, urge, verbosity, wondering

Replies: 3
Views: 6,045

Last Post By:: Last Post: 4th Feb 2014 10:07 AM; by Tiptoeturtle

Forum:
THE HERCUS AREA

A Go At An Arbor.

Started by Anorak Bob, 31st Dec 2013 10:33 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

arbor, arbors, boring, centreline, chuck, compound, dividing, fit, flange, flat, haimer, head, holes, improvement, jaw, lathe, michael, mills, removed, result, screws, set, spigot, spindle, taper, taster, thin, thread, wheel, worm

Replies: 18
Views: 13,032

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th Jan 2014 02:53 PM; by Anorak Bob

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Build a Mill?

Started by Gammaboy, 21st Nov 2013 04:38 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

allthough, aversion, bargains, bridgeport, brizzy, build, built, columns, compound, cut, dearly, forsee, happen, hartford, headroom, love, major, mancave, mill, mills, perfect, pocketing, reasonable, rotate, round, run, shapes, table, thinking, type

Replies: 29
Views: 13,511

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th Dec 2013 03:15 PM; by Gammaboy

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Vertical slides

Started by th62, 8th Nov 2013 03:57 PM

3 Pages •: 1 2 3

angle, arm, cheapy, compound, ebay, eye, h&f, hold, ideas, i’m, i’ve, keeping, lathe, leg, modify, mount, plate, poorly, previous, reluctant, slide, slides, source, vertical

Replies: 42
Views: 21,303

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th Nov 2013 05:26 PM; by bwal74

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

What to do, what to do...

Started by Michael G, 10th Aug 2013 10:31 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

add, axis, backlash, base, clearance, compound, cross, cut, gimbal, lathe, main, misalignment, mount, mounting, nut, nuts, options, purchased, question, rotating, screw, screws, set, shaped, shear, slide, strength, vertical, worn, worth

Replies: 25
Views: 13,293

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st Sep 2013 10:53 PM; by Ueee

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Brass inserts for oil holes on Hercus 260

Started by Abratool, 21st Sep 2013 04:15 PM

260, assembly, brass, bruce, cleaner, compound, cross, dirt, entered, fine, future, hercus, hole, holes, inserts, internals, job, lathe, lot, lubricate, machined, minimise, oil, oiling, photos, plugs, replacing, screw, slide, taking

Replies: 1
Views: 5,955

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st Sep 2013 05:38 PM; by jack620

Forum:
THE HERCUS AREA

Cross slide bronze nut - grinding noise/issues

Started by Hornetb, 13th Aug 2013 10:39 AM

2 Pages •: 1 2

assembly, backlash, bronze, casting, cleaned, complex, compound, cross, flog, grinding, hole, ideas, intermittently, liberating, nice, noise or issues, nut, oil, pulled, rate, sand, screw, shaft, short, slide, sound, spindle, spot, thou, worn

Replies: 17
Views: 14,106

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th Aug 2013 06:02 PM; by Anorak Bob

Forum:
THE HERCUS AREA

Chipmaster Thread Cutting

Started by Piers037, 6th Aug 2013 11:03 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

appears, carnage, centre, cheers, chipmaster, compound, crank, cross, cut, cutting, dial, disengage, engage, galling, half, hand, height, lash, missing, nut, piers, ripping, screw, set, slide, thou, thread, touch, treads, wind

Replies: 24
Views: 15,684

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th Aug 2013 01:08 AM; by j.ashburn

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

todays stuff up

Started by texx, 28th Jul 2013 10:38 PM

20mm, 5mt, bar, biggest, chuck, collet, compound, cut, draw, er32, fan, headstock, hit, hits, hold, job, lathe, length, machined, mounted, nut, plan, set, slide, stock, stuff, taper, thread, todays, travel

Replies: 7
Views: 5,690

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th Jul 2013 02:10 PM; by texx

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

hercus compound spindle woodruff key

Started by allterrain50, 22nd Jul 2013 11:51 AM

1/16, application, avoided, believer, compound, compromise, cost, crank, crosslide, design, forces, generated, guys, handle, hercus, key, keyway, mal, original, overlooking, owners, pin, required, retains, spindle, spindles, strength, subject, woodruff, woud

Replies: 2
Views: 5,895

Last Post By:: Last Post: 22nd Jul 2013 11:08 PM; by allterrain50

Forum:
THE HERCUS AREA

Workbench surface

Started by node105, 14th Jun 2013 11:26 PM

25mm, 3.4, 700mm, adhesive, compound, contact, dense, dints, dropped, dwelling, finally, flat, fused, hardness, heavier, intending, it;, laboratory, occasion, offer, prevent, stainless, strong, structaflor, surface, tar, timber, type, unit, workbench

Replies: 8
Views: 6,584

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th Jun 2013 09:11 PM; by nearnexus

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Time To Educate Daryl (again!)

Started by DarBee, 16th May 2013 09:21 PM

5/8, acw, adaptor, advance, answer, bolt, centre, circular, compound, daryl, educate, existing, extension, feel, free, h&f, hole, ineffective, loaded, m10x1.5, matter, pin, post, qct, rotates, slide, slot, spring, sufficient, time

Replies: 5
Views: 5,922

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th May 2013 12:01 AM; by Dave J

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

honden lathe

Started by pench, 14th Jan 2013 08:54 PM

4 Pages •: 1 2 3 4

1450, 1982, catch, cheers, compound, condition, honden, info, lathe, metal, model, net, offered, post, require, slide, steve, time, tool

Replies: 50
Views: 26,763

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st Apr 2013 10:46 PM; by bollie7

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

A tool post test

Started by Michael G, 7th Apr 2013 07:54 AM

adopt, careful, checking, clones, compound, cross, holder, holders, importantly, including, influenced, locking, meaningful, method, michael, position, post, qctp, results, rigidity, set, simple, slide, test, tests, thinking, time, tool, torque, vertical

Replies: 9
Views: 6,765

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th Apr 2013 02:00 PM; by Dave J

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Hi-Torque Sieg SC2-L 14"x7" Dodgy Dovetail?? Advice needed.

Started by deppy, 5th Mar 2013 12:05 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

0.1mm, 14x7, advance, advice, awaiting, checked, clearance, comparison, compound, contact, cross, dodgy, dovetail, foot, force, hitorque, makes, needed, noted, reply, rests, sc2l, sieg, slide, slightest, substantial, thanking, tip, tool, top

Replies: 21
Views: 14,345

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st Mar 2013 05:51 PM; by PDW

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Metal polishing problem

Started by neksmerj, 16th Mar 2013 05:27 PM

ago, black, bristle, buff, calico, comments, compound, dark, dedicated, finish, green, grinder, handed, ken, kero, left, metal, mirror, polishing, problem, residue, set, soft, spindles, stiff, tapered, technique, time, turps, wrong

Replies: 13
Views: 6,876

Last Post By:: Last Post: 19th Mar 2013 02:00 AM; by China

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Kubota tractor part made.

Started by aametalmaster, 3rd Mar 2013 08:12 AM

angle, bearing, bob, bolts, bracket, buddy, compound, crummy, cut, day, drill, enjoy, fine, fit, grips, held, hold, hole, housing, kubota, lathe, mounted, plate, round, spindle, taper, tapered, tractor, vise, weld

Replies: 4
Views: 5,737

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd Mar 2013 09:15 AM; by Ben Dono

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

127x100 compound gear

Started by YarrD, 1st Feb 2013 09:29 PM

127x100, arm, compound, cut, david, gear, hercus, imperial, threads

Replies: 14
Views: 7,609

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th Feb 2013 07:21 AM; by YarrD

Forum:
THE HERCUS AREA

Cast iron VS Cast steel lathe compound slide

Started by Ueee, 23rd Dec 2012 02:43 PM

1/2, 3/8, added, appreciated, cast, compound, edit, found, greatly, idea, iron, lathe, lesmurf, machine, notorious, o/a, pic, pics, protrude, remembered, scale, simply, slide, slots, steel, strength, strong, thick, time, wide

Replies: 10
Views: 10,151

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd Dec 2012 11:40 PM; by Ueee

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Couple of ideas

Started by tongleh, 15th Nov 2012 04:08 PM

adjust, bench, boring, chuck, compound, couple, cross, drawer, drilling, feeds, feet, fixed, floor, height, hours, ideas, keys, lathe, level, levelled, locknuts, longitidinal, magnetic, move, moves, rhs, setup, spending, tightened, unbolt

Replies: 1
Views: 5,214

Last Post By:: Last Post: 15th Nov 2012 04:44 PM; by Dave J

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Case Hardening Steel

Started by .RC., 28th Oct 2012 07:05 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

barium, calcium, carbon, carbonate, carbonates, carburisation, carburising, case, case-hardening, catalyst, charcoal, compound, depends, dioxide, function, hardening, kiln, mixture, occurs, percentage, powdered, process, rate, required, resultant, size, sodium, stable, steel, temperature

Replies: 17
Views: 15,227

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th Nov 2012 09:46 AM; by Zedicus

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Lathe lubrication

Started by iron bark, 30th Sep 2012 09:54 AM

4 Pages •: 1 2 3 4

Replies: 51
Views: 24,881

Last Post By:: Last Post: 19th Oct 2012 06:47 PM; by simonl

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Thread cutting dilemma

Started by iron bark, 1st Oct 2012 06:22 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

advance, aligned, beginning, carriage, checking, cheers, compound, constructive, continued, criticism, cross, crossfeed, cut, cutting, dilemma, doc, feed, happen, method, ned, plunge, reset, result, set, thou, thread, tomorrow, tool, videos, wind

Replies: 18
Views: 10,864

Last Post By:: Last Post: 2nd Oct 2012 08:15 PM; by toolman49

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Best cutter for this

Started by GSRocket, 13th Sep 2012 09:51 PM

Replies: 6
Views: 5,761

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th Sep 2012 07:39 PM; by pipeclay

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

any Australian supplier of case hardening compound left?

Started by desbromilow, 13th Sep 2012 10:57 AM

2 Pages •: 1 2

54%, australian, bag, buy, carbon, case, casenit, compound, concern, email, hardening, left, low, manufacturers, o/s, omitted, options, pinch, powder, powdered, salt, sell, shipping, sodium, spoken, supplier, table, type, values, yps

Replies: 18
Views: 14,700

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th Sep 2012 09:58 PM; by Ueee

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Simple fix for AL250 compound slide

Started by tongleh, 11th Sep 2012 07:16 PM

6mm, al250, attached, bend, bolts, compound, diameter, elongated, fiddly, fingers, fix, hex, hole, holes, increase, knurled, lot, managed, notice, nuts, quick, remove, removing, simple, size, slide, spin, tighten, tool, tools

Replies: 1
Views: 4,868

Last Post By:: Last Post: 11th Sep 2012 09:49 PM; by shedhappens

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Debugging Acme threads

Started by Graziano, 8th Sep 2012 01:05 AM

2 Pages •: 1 2

acme, bad, bit, clean, compound, cross, crud, cutting, debugging, ensure, fourth, gibs, halfnut, honing, leadscrew, machinist, mesh, morrisman, pics, post, relief, sharp, slide, snug, suggested, thread, threads, tool, tools, travel

Replies: 22
Views: 12,215

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th Sep 2012 11:22 PM; by Graziano

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

MT5 adapter wearing out.

Started by lather, 15th Aug 2012 04:50 PM

3 Pages •: 1 2 3

1200, adapter, bearings, bore, bores, causing, color, compound, copper, decide, dust, egging, fix, lapping, lathe, misaligned, mt5, paper, quick, round, sand, solve, sort, spindle, spinning, taper, transferring, traveling, wearing, wrapping

Replies: 34
Views: 17,786

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st Sep 2012 08:20 PM; by lather

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Sine Bars

Started by Ueee, 30th Aug 2012 10:18 PM

badly, bar, bars, black, blocks, bruce, btd, cheap, clean, compound, days, details, gauge, gloat, hit, hoping, jig, lathe, melbournes, pics, post, rolls, scratched, set, share, sine, surgical, thread, tool, top

Replies: 3
Views: 6,344

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th Aug 2012 11:26 PM; by Ueee

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Ebay Diamond wheel dressers

Started by argeng, 17th Aug 2012 09:41 PM

bruce, cheers, china, clean, compound, decided, diamond, dress, dresser, dressers, ebay, elliott, final, finish, grinder, grinding, hong, junk, lathe, lick, money, option, picking, purchased, skim, surface, time, total, waste, wheel

Replies: 6
Views: 5,831

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th Aug 2012 11:08 PM; by nearnexus

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Home made milling attachment

Started by BobL, 6th May 2012 12:30 AM

3 Pages •: 1 2 3

allen, angle, attached, attachment, bit, cheap, complete, compound, cut, handle, handles, home, jobbies, metal, mill, milling, net, nut, replace, rest, rotate, scrap, screws, searles, secondary, slots, steel, tensile, thick, vice

Replies: 32
Views: 25,699

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th Jul 2012 11:56 PM; by BobL

Forum:
THE HERCUS AREA

Compound slide trouble..

Started by Kon R, 8th Jul 2012 08:29 AM

cheers, circular, compound, cross, cut, dovetail, fastened, fix, gday, ground, kon, moves, nuts, re-assembled, remove, rocking, section, share, slide, slidelocation, slot, solution, spigot, surface, top, trouble, underneath, underside, unit, waydoh

Replies: 5
Views: 6,118

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th Jul 2012 03:36 PM; by Kon R

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METALWORK GENERAL

Shoulda known

Started by Steamwhisperer, 2nd Jun 2012 10:00 AM

6 Pages •: 1 2 3 4 5 6

bothered, buy, clean, cleaned, compound, cork, correctly2tsup, feel, fill, flushed, gasket, gears, guess, guys, headstock, hole, level, nice, noise, noticed, oil, overspray, pffft, phil, refilled, removed, sealing, shoulda, sight, sprayed

Replies: 84
Views: 42,415

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th Jun 2012 09:05 PM; by Dave J

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Turning Tapers & Trigonometry

Started by Abratool, 10th Jun 2012 07:07 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

.0259, 260, angle, bar, bit, blocks, compound, degree, dial, gauge, height, inch, indicator, lathe, length, min, model, morse, past, ran, set, sine, slide, stop, tables, taper, tapers, times, trigonometry, turning

Replies: 17
Views: 13,557

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th Jun 2012 01:23 AM; by Ueee

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

A bit about my lathe

Started by Michael G, 16th Oct 2011 07:55 AM

2 Pages •: 1 2

bed, bit, box, compound, control, couple, covers, cva, decided, dial, gear, gearbox, glass, items, lathe, left, missing, oil, owner, plastic, power, quadrant, result, running, size, spindle, switch, time, top, wear

Replies: 17
Views: 14,905

Last Post By:: Last Post: 28th May 2012 10:39 AM; by Anorak Bob

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METALWORK GENERAL

Toolpost bolt problem

Started by Miniherc, 26th May 2012 10:09 PM

12mm, advice, anymore, appreciated, atm260, australian, bolt, bought, cheers, compound, cross, enjoyed, hand, hope, items, lathe, locationb, lots, months, post, problem, replace, rounded, size, slide, thread, threaded, toolpost, unit, whilst

Replies: 2
Views: 5,805

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th May 2012 07:04 AM; by Miniherc

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THE HERCUS AREA

Steady for cutting tapers

Started by Ueee, 23rd May 2012 11:52 PM

bout, buy, buying, chatter, compound, cross, cutting, direction, ewan, fast, fixed, fun, jobs, move, occurred, pins, post, pushing, putting, set, slide, steady, support, tailstock, taper, tapers, thinking, tool, traveling, wind

Replies: 12
Views: 7,530

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th May 2012 02:07 AM; by aametalmaster

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

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