Ashley Burton
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I would have thought that you would have had that on a six sided collet block and cut a hex head on the mill.
Are you sure it will be next year
well might be the year after if I forget
I would have thought that you would have had that on a six sided collet block and cut a hex head on the mill.
no, I've got a 12 way indexing head, if only had round bar, it would have ended up with a hexagon head being machined on it.
its harder to round the corners on a square too Ive got one of these that I made around a standard ER collet spindle. easier to use than a collet block for milling 2.5mm hexagon heads for bolts.
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made some holes in a 112 year old water tank for a steam locomotive, it is slowly but surely taking shape, lots of welding to come....
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Stupid Lightfoot tracker is driving me mad and distracted my concentration at critical times like joining motorway slip roads and pulling out at junctions, keeps bleeping and then shouts "nudge" then if I don't let off the accelerator "nudge nudge" if I still don't lift off like when I'm trying not to get crushed by some artics on the motorway I get "driver penalty issued" POS!
Soooo, after consulting one of the clued up guys at work I found these delivered the other day.
And one of these,
Apparently sticking two 10 ohm resistors in the right place shuts her up a bit!
It works!
But not enough
So some 20 ohm resistors are being ordered......
If anyone's thinking I'm being obstructive or rebellious well I am! but in my last company vehicle I had trackers for years without ever having to feel the need to touch them. This thing is something else!
Flashing lights on the dash right in my eyeline, and HER ragging on and on all day every time I pull away, something has to be done!
It's dangerous!
Soooo, after consulting one of the clued up guys at work I found these delivered the other day.
And one of these,
Apparently sticking two 10 ohm resistors in the right place shuts her up a bit!
It works!
But not enough
So some 20 ohm resistors are being ordered......
If anyone's thinking I'm being obstructive or rebellious well I am! but in my last company vehicle I had trackers for years without ever having to feel the need to touch them. This thing is something else!
Flashing lights on the dash right in my eyeline, and HER ragging on and on all day every time I pull away, something has to be done!
It's dangerous!
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I got this the other day, scratch built Traction engine. Most was all there, but it was damaged and looking sad.
I first though there was some Mamod parts that had been converted/adapted. But if there was it is the fire box cover.
Oddly it didn't take long to have it into bits.
They say a picture paints a thousands words. In this case it does not. There is a lot of small jobs.
It was only the wheels that did not need any attention, apart from a good clean.
The boiler leaked, the steam pipe was crimped, bent and cracked.
Piston was caked in lime scale.
Piston and flywheel frame was bent, along with the flywheel and axil.
All the metal on the fire box was bent, dented and distorted.
But I had a few hours in the evening.
The front axil was bent and the spring was not doing anything.
But a strip down allowed be to repair the spring.
The axil was warmed and gently teased back to a working condition.
The boiler.
both end caps were silver soldered back up. There enough of the old solder to make the repair. by allowing the old solder to run into the spilts.
I guess it had been boiled dry.
A new steam pipe was fitted and bent into shape.
Fire box ends,, spring and Piston frame spacer, cleaned and "blacked".
To dress the end plates back was a pain. The metal had to be tempered, as it was wanting to crack.
The steam pipe was soldered into place.
The brass knob holds the piston into place, it also acts as the throttle. New spring was fitted, it needs a few more hot runs to get it 100%. It just needs a bit of tweaking to set the tension.
This shows how much it was cleaned up. It needs some more settling and final adjustments.
In steam and going flat out.
Now the question.
originally it was never finished.
This can be seen on similar models on line.
It is missing the safety valve.
The piston to chimney steam pipe.
The base mesh to hold a burner.
I am going to sleep on it for a while to see if I will finish it.
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I just move mine forwards or backwards a few feet if I think it's about to go red. They are a royal pain.
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You know you're a tech geek when instead of getting ****** for breaking a new drill after 14 holes you look at it with a smile thinking, yeah text book example of high cycle fatigue failure .
Drill was replaced without a question (he even dared a joke asking if I tried glue) and rock is gone.
Those who know can see I'm not doing this by the book but didn't have the right drill for this but it worked well anyway
.Drill was replaced without a question (he even dared a joke asking if I tried glue) and rock is gone.
Those who know can see I'm not doing this by the book but didn't have the right drill for this but it worked well anyway
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You know you're a tech geek when instead of getting ****** for breaking a new drill after 14 holes you look at it with a smile thinking, yeah text book example of high cycle fatigue failure
Drill was replaced without a question (he even dared a joke asking if I tried glue) and rock is gone.
Those who know can see I'm not doing this by the book but didn't have the right drill for this but it worked well anyway View attachment 255498 View attachment 255499 View attachment 255500 View attachment 255501 View attachment 255502 View attachment 255503
A material science lecturer showed us a broken kango bit once and I remember thinking "Imagine being so excited by a snapped drill".
Nice beach marks though.
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isn't the traditional technique to drill it fill it with water and wait til winter?You know you're a tech geek when instead of getting ****** for breaking a new drill after 14 holes you look at it with a smile thinking, yeah text book example of high cycle fatigue failure
Drill was replaced without a question (he even dared a joke asking if I tried glue) and rock is gone.
Those who know can see I'm not doing this by the book but didn't have the right drill for this but it worked well anyway View attachment 255498 View attachment 255499 View attachment 255500 View attachment 255501 View attachment 255502 View attachment 255503
Barking Mat
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That looks like a fun job, fair play.
