Tangledfeet
Knurling is my Nemesis.
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Well, close to 'free' £10 notes more like!
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roblane65
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I can remember only a short while ago being able to get whole 8' x 4' for only 2 pound moreWell, close to 'free' £10 notes more like!
Tangledfeet
Knurling is my Nemesis.
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I can remember only a short while ago being able to get whole 8' x 4' for only 2 pound more
Needs must in my case, too; couldn't transport a whole sheet anyway.
Going to be 'interesting' when we go back to school in a couple of weeks... before the holiday started we were getting low on timber and suppliers have told us that they have no stock of the pine board we buy (and cut to size for all the different years and projects) so may be teaching practical woodworking without any wood!
Tangledfeet
Knurling is my Nemesis.
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Why sad tangled ? the way building materials are going if you put them aside one day they'll be worth more than gold
I know; who'd have thunk simple building materials would become such an investment!!!
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I can remember our woodworking teachers breaking down pallets so we had wood for classroom sessions, this would have been around 1979/80
Probably some rules against it nowadays, splinters and rats pee and the likes. I read somewhere there's a shortage of pallets too.
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Searching for the Holy Grail.........
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The precioussssss:
Two pieces of spring steel sheet, the smaller piece 3mm thick, is relatively easy to find and a couple of suppliers have stock. The 5mm stuff is Unicorn Poo. This is CR70 which means you can machine it then temper it and make your spring. Being 5mm means you can also machine it into odd shapes and thicknesses. This has taken me a while to obtain. Not the cheapest stuff to buy either, well over £100.
Two pieces of spring steel sheet, the smaller piece 3mm thick, is relatively easy to find and a couple of suppliers have stock. The 5mm stuff is Unicorn Poo. This is CR70 which means you can machine it then temper it and make your spring. Being 5mm means you can also machine it into odd shapes and thicknesses. This has taken me a while to obtain. Not the cheapest stuff to buy either, well over £100.
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A highly skilled job, not for the faint of heart. I remember a couple of guys coming down to replace the bearings on our big Ammonia compressor, they were there for a couple of days and my father couldn't talk for days after he paid the bill :-)
Obviously this isn't nearly so big or so dangerous but you do need the skillset.
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Phoned up toolstation and they sent some more out.. 10 months later it is the same.Long ago aquired some m8,m10 and m12 studding from toolstation. It was cheap and *will* be needed eventually. Today.
Today aquired.. the knowledge that it is poo! A close look the OD is correct, the pitch is correct, but it looks wrong. Minor diameter on m10 is about 6mm, because the thread angle is 15/30 degrees.
Nope, I will not be using that to hold a heavy thing to a spinny thing
Concerning that somone has gone to some effort and stupidity to make/buy the tooling for these, to be made on a massive scale in China, then sold to a big shop (different months and different branches). How much stuff is bolted together with this?
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They can't be that rare Iv'e got one too. Damn good car. can swallow a surprising amount of stuff. I like that you lower the rear floor to get more stuff in. Oh and they don't go wrong
James1979
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What sorcery is this…..They can't be that rare Iv'e got one too. Damn good car. can swallow a surprising amount of stuff. I like that you lower the rear floor to get more stuff in. Oh and they don't go wrong
Moose McAlpine
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Makes a great Archimedes' screw. Maybe use it to build a teenie tiny Hanging Gardens of Babylon, complete with working irrigation!
Rannsachair
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First lathe tool for my new to me Harrison M300, an eccentric engineering diamond tool holder and sharpener. It's little brother was my favourite tool on my Myford. And an induction hardened ways badge to replace the faded one on my harrison.
Take out rear floor sections fold up little leg supporty thingies and replace panels hey presto floor 3" lower. When I've done enough posts to allow me to post piccies I will post some images of this sorcery or maybe Bigegg can oblige
Brad93
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I think you cannot buy just the bearings any more, you have to buy bearings & a new spindle as a set and they're not cheap!
You've got a proper rigid lathe now with enough power, carbide will do A better job in most situations. Unless you're turning a gummy steel.
Looks like a Reitschle side channel blower, Part of Gardner Denver now. They are good things but can be prone to seizing if the bearings are a little worn. They are all ally and pick up horribly if the fan contacts the stator. There are foam lined tubes inside the inlet and outlet which act as silencers. These can break up and blow bits of foam out. They are most commonly used as aeration blowers on sewage treatment plants.Today I acquired one of the vac units for my flowbench via a cheeky bid off the bay of thieves
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Rannsachair
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I have some carbide tools on order too, will be interesting to see how they compare, the diamond tool holder tooling is Crobalt, so a step up from HSS.
