How about my folding eklind Allan keys or 8mm combi spanner?Don't suppose my bolt croppers are up there too are they?
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blackolive (Ste)
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Christ, I’d better get up there again tomorrow, too dark to be clambering up ladders tonight
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That has to be the best reply of the week.Don't suppose my bolt croppers are up there too are they?
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A small arbour (6mm dia) for a 3D touch probe.
Turned from 440C stainless - there was a lot of swarf to get rid of to find a 6mm diameter shaft inside a 45mm diameter bar.
Made some nice chips, but they were so hot, they melted through the plastic cover over the lathe bed!
Had to swiftly make a metal cover, as the chips were as hard as hell, and I didn't want them getting under the saddle if I could help it.
I found the material a bit touchy on feeds and speeds - if I got it wrong, it made some very pretty swarf (which, incidentally was horrible to deal with - stuck to everything and then broke into little lengths).
Got there in the end!
Managed to finish the other side with the shaft held in a collet, taking very light cuts.
Turned from 440C stainless - there was a lot of swarf to get rid of to find a 6mm diameter shaft inside a 45mm diameter bar.
Made some nice chips, but they were so hot, they melted through the plastic cover over the lathe bed!
Had to swiftly make a metal cover, as the chips were as hard as hell, and I didn't want them getting under the saddle if I could help it.
I found the material a bit touchy on feeds and speeds - if I got it wrong, it made some very pretty swarf (which, incidentally was horrible to deal with - stuck to everything and then broke into little lengths).
Got there in the end!
Managed to finish the other side with the shaft held in a collet, taking very light cuts.
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Very nice job!!A small arbour (6mm dia) for a 3D touch probe.
Turned from 440C stainless - there was a lot of swarf to get rid of to find a 6mm diameter shaft inside a 45mm diameter bar.
Made some nice chips, but they were so hot, they melted through the plastic cover over the lathe bed!
Had to swiftly make a metal cover, as the chips were as hard as hell, and I didn't want them getting under the saddle if I could help it.
I found the material a bit touchy on feeds and speeds - if I got it wrong, it made some very pretty swarf (which, incidentally was horrible to deal with - stuck to everything and then broke into little lengths).
Got there in the end!
Managed to finish the other side with the shaft held in a collet, taking very light cuts.
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Made a better splash cover for my lathe when using flood coolant, I made it so the coolant naturally runs off into the trench and avoids pooling in the ways and getting under the saddle. Works very well so far IMO. Ignore my shoddy welding, been fighting my welder all weekend with the feed.
Video showing the principle
Took a parting cut with flood coolant on stainless and I can say I have never achieved this good a result before on any material. More than the look, it feels so smooth, can't feel the surface imperfections.
Overall it works really well after some test cuts with flood coolant, only a few drops of coolant on the ways, took a few seconds to clean vs. half an hour last time.
Video showing the principle
Took a parting cut with flood coolant on stainless and I can say I have never achieved this good a result before on any material. More than the look, it feels so smooth, can't feel the surface imperfections.
Overall it works really well after some test cuts with flood coolant, only a few drops of coolant on the ways, took a few seconds to clean vs. half an hour last time.
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I received the 1/2" NPT-thread Ingersoll Rand ARO filter and regulator that I ordered for my new compressor and connected them, using mostly pieces of pipe that I already had on hand. I added a union and a quarter-turn ball valve to make future servicing easier.
I constructed a simple diagonal brace with a threaded rod, a pipe hanger bracket, and a piece of steel angle to secure the filter/gauge assembly and prevent it from turning and loosening up. The new compressor works great. It's a touch quieter than my old compressor, and it can keep up with my small bench-top blasting cabinet (I'm using a relatively small nozzle) which is one of my most air-hungry pneumatic tools. I've started routing the new air line to my retractable hose reel. So far, so good.
I constructed a simple diagonal brace with a threaded rod, a pipe hanger bracket, and a piece of steel angle to secure the filter/gauge assembly and prevent it from turning and loosening up. The new compressor works great. It's a touch quieter than my old compressor, and it can keep up with my small bench-top blasting cabinet (I'm using a relatively small nozzle) which is one of my most air-hungry pneumatic tools. I've started routing the new air line to my retractable hose reel. So far, so good.
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Yard woman has rented the field next to the yard, so Ive whacked a gate through to it so we can get the horses in
I use special water soluable cutting oil as well with small glueing brushes. Dont use tin's anymore but plastic caps off spraying cans, with a strong magnet (from computer harddisks) in, keeps me from bumping them on the floor and collects the swarf in the fluid.
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A quick modification to the big rotary broach: I made a morse taper shank (from a blank end arbor) as it felt like it was stuck out a bit far having a fairly long shank held in a drill chuck in the MT3 tailstock. Now it can just go in the tailstock directly.
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Fenced half the new paddock off and started hacking the savannah down with the strimmer. Its called “marsh field” on old maps and I can see why. I reckon i can hide a small turnip patch at the back without yard woman knowing 
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Not made today, but installed the railings I made last month. Back tomorrow to give a final coat of paint.
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Yet another simple swarf producing job. top bearing cover on pillar drill . Time taken 30 years and 1 1/2 hours. luckily my phantom assistant was in a good mood when looking for the original nipple. It had been misplaced 30 years ago and I had absolutely no idea where to look . The first wall container of 20 proved the right one . Must buy a lottery ticket.
Nice piece of land you have there, what you now want is a flailmower.Fenced half the new paddock off and started hacking the savannah down with the strimmer. Its called “marsh field” on old maps and I can see why. I reckon i can hide a small turnip patch at the back without yard woman knowing
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