We've just spent a fortune on depitox and agritox, mixed 1.5 litres and 1 litre in a 60 litre atv mounted sprayer.
These are a selective weedkiller. Aim was to get rid of the ragwort in one of our pony paddocks.
It hit the docks immediately and wilted the clover but hasn't had much affect on...
I've got an ml seven and just went for 12mm size even though not restricted yet by a quick change toolpost, I'm just clamping to the top slide.
With the lack of horse power in the myford motor can't see much call for larger tooling. Not going to be taking massive cuts anyway.
Maybe larger...
Is that a round column RF40?
The Richmond would have maybe given you a little more in terms of table capacity and X, Y axis movements. Hard to tell if it has any more room under the head.
The real bonus should have been in rigidity of the head and ability to take bigger cuts but that has been...
Keep it heated and keep the snow off shouldn't be a problem. Maybe a few extra purlin stays to help stop them twisting.
I've got one panel each side every 5m bay on my portal farm shed and it's plenty light enough during the day. Would've thought that many would be overkill to be honest and may...
I used a small cap head screw that was slightly smaller than valve stem diameter and simply used a punch in the end of that to remove and install land rover valve guides.
If you just want a vertical machine, as long as the modified head is in tram, ie perpendicular to the table it should be fine.
Most horizontal machines are lacking in headroom above table when used as a vertical hence the modification. Centecs are often equipped with a home made spacer block...
Reading up a bit further on these and I would make sure the spindle tapers are a standard Morse or INT type.
Seems Richmond like the Edgwick I once had also used non stick tapers which are nigh on impossible to get tooling for. I ended up making taper adapters to be able to use INT tooling.
Looks to have been heavily modified to create extra room under the vertical head. Can't see how the horizontal function is even usable anymore as the overarm seems to have been cut and a power feed taken through to the raised vertical.
I don't think I'd worry too much about the pitting on that z axis lead screw. I'd be more concerned at the nut. As your not keeping it original it wouldn't be too expensive to convert to metric leadscrew...
I've always liked these mills. The British better than a Bridgeport clone.
I went to look at buying one years ago in Brighouse but unfortunately the table was like cheese the amount of abuse it had had. Other than that one I don't recall many others coming up for sale, so they must be quite rare...
After watching the latest This Old Tony the other day.
I thought can't possibly see a 6 inch vice that cheap over here, probably at least a couple of hundred pounds. Then today I stumbled across this:-...
Ideally the compressors want to be set so they switch on a different pressures. You don't want them firing up at the same time due to high motor start up currents.
I would also suggest at least a 3/4 BSP sized air supply line and filter regulator. The smaller ones can tend to let moisture...
The Wolf one looks exactly the same as the one sold by SGS usually around £300 with free next day delivery.
https://www.sgs-engineering.com/sc90b-90-litre-air-compressor-14cfm
Use the DeWalt diamond edged discs. Metal construction so withstand all sorts of abuse and last ages.
Can't understand why anyone is still buying abrasive discs after using the diamond ones.
Good spot. Looks like someone has compensated for this by winding the micrometer depth stop down to the bottom, effectively stopping any quill travel by manual or auto feed means. Wonder if the quill return spring may be broken too? Quite a common fault.
You'll not be able to move the quill...
Looking again at yours it's not nearly as badly worn as mine. Fixing in with a bearing lock adhesive such as locktite should probably work effectively.
It also has the advantage that you can have the pin in place to ensure alignment whilst setting.