The_Yellow_Ardvark
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Additional weight to the scrap metal pile.
Cleaned, wax, dropped and broken.
Cleaned, wax, dropped and broken.
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bigegg
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a space on a bench for my lathe.
a 1930s ish very early 5p Holbrook Precision plain lathe.
serial number 4853, so before lathes.co.uk records.
I've taken the thread chasing mechanism off for the moment until i've settled on a place for it, and cleaned it up a bit.
trying to decide whether to remove the magnolia and racing green paint job before i mount it permanently.
i also have to sort out a motor mount for it, and a tool holder.
a 1930s ish very early 5p Holbrook Precision plain lathe.
serial number 4853, so before lathes.co.uk records.
I've taken the thread chasing mechanism off for the moment until i've settled on a place for it, and cleaned it up a bit.
trying to decide whether to remove the magnolia and racing green paint job before i mount it permanently.
i also have to sort out a motor mount for it, and a tool holder.
The_Yellow_Ardvark
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The_Yellow_Ardvark
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Looking at the break it is a old injury.
That now means I have to find the other one I acquired.
cheb
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That's why it was in the scrap bin TYA removed it from.
Today, nothing, as the plane didn't come in.
The_Yellow_Ardvark
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See post No.15745
Hopefuldave
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Lovely little thing, I'd make space for it in the Garage of Danger - or perhaps the lounge
Dave H. (the other one)
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Fintray
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At the expense of sounding stupid...but I will ask anyway...
Those spanner’s are described as bed spanner’s. Originally I thought possibly named because they might be used on the bed of a lathe or milling machine. But,it seems they were actually made for tightening bolts on actual beds of the “ resting the insides of your eyelids” type. Am I correct with that ?
Yes and still on the go but doubt you'd get a spanner with any of the beds they now supply.
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Jeez. All you need is a gut buster drill to go with it and you have all avenues of tying yourself in knots and killing yourself in a painful way covered...
That things a beast
I almost bought a Wolf one and the slide thing that makes it a drill press, but I bought my Fobco instead. Love the atomic look of fifties gear!
Incidentally, a Vono bed is a good source of aged oak and beech. I’ve got good wood off a few, you can pick them up as scrap usually.
The_Yellow_Ardvark
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Tapered holes.
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Cast iron or ally? That’s a very pleasing find!
Proper cast iron - they aren't exactly light.
I never thought I would find them.
http://www.homeandworkshop.co.uk/
Really nice bloke to deal with. Open to a haggle and has stuff that isn't advertised.
The fixed steady was on Ebay - when I bought it I asked if he had a travelling one and he found it pretty quickly.
Decent bloke shipped them both out before I paid for the travelling steady. Fantastic packing job!
DAPPH
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Waaah! You have got my rests … return them at once Sir . I'll pay the postage 
Fizzy, if they are genuine Colchester bits …. what's the height from the bed to the centre height , I'm looking for a set for my 1943 Sphere aka Craftsman 10 inch lathe. So far everything I've had my hands on is either for cotton reel making lathes or things where you have to stand on the bed to turn the tool mounting set screws .
angellonewolf
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today i recived £72 quid refund i had bought the parkside angle grinder and the 2 amp battery it done 9 cut before cutting out so i bought the 4amp battery used it for the 2nd time last night
there was a puff of smoke so back the lot went for a refund
there was a puff of smoke so back the lot went for a refund
bigegg
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have you considered using them as a pattern to cast replicas in Zamak, or brass? (or even wheelium)?
easily doable at home.
<edit> although the fixed looks a bit more complicated: undercuts probably means 3 part pattern, and cores
I'd probably do a rubber mould/lost wax for it, personally.
Maker
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Replicating them with a view to sell them? The casting may be doable but machining looks very difficult, you'd need a few different setups to machine the bottom face (With a vee grove), the angled holes and the hinge.
bigegg
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i would argue that the holes + hinge could be hand drilled?
just the bottom face, then. which is a fly cut, and then the groove.
i'm not really into milling(or lathe work for that matter) so i'm not aufait with any potential difficulties.
To sell, I'd cast them and market as "raw castings, ready to machine"
Maker
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I wouldn't want to drill 20mm holes that deep by hand but I suppose you could. 
Now I've thought about it a bit, with a big angle plate and some machinist jacks it wouldn't be so bad to do, especially doing a few at a time to save breaking the setup down for each one. Now we just need someone with a capstan lathe to knock out all the screws and guides.
Now I've thought about it a bit, with a big angle plate and some machinist jacks it wouldn't be so bad to do, especially doing a few at a time to save breaking the setup down for each one. Now we just need someone with a capstan lathe to knock out all the screws and guides.
