What did you do today (2015)

[John HaineParticipant @johnhaine32865]

Keypad-controller cable came with Steve's kit if you buy the keypad. Other ribbon cable came from Maplin.

[David ColwillParticipant @davidcolwill19261]

Posted by Clive Hartland on 24/04/2015 21:11:33:

I was able this afternoon to spray the sound moderator with heat resisting paint.

Perhaps you could spray the moderators on this forum with heat resisting paint. I'm sure they would benefit from the extra protection

[David lawrence 3Participant @davidlawrence3]

Can you tell me the exact name of this dividing controller as I have been looking on ebay for some weeks but no luck. Is it the division master, regards David

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by David Colwill on 25/04/2015 13:04:39:

Posted by Clive Hartland on 24/04/2015 21:11:33:

I was able this afternoon to spray the sound moderator with heat resisting paint.

Perhaps you could spray the moderators on this forum with heat resisting paint. I'm sure they would benefit from the extra protection

That would be a good idea. The HSE confiscated their asbestos pantaloons.

Neil

[John HaineParticipant @johnhaine32865]

David Lawrence:
http://www.worldofward.com/

Edited By John Haine on 25/04/2015 15:31:26

[David lawrence 3Participant @davidlawrence3]

Thanks John for the controller info. I have a rotary table I need to use it on the cut some clock wheels. regards david

[Brian Baker 2Participant @brianbaker2]

Went to Spalding ME show & had a super day.

BB

[Oompa LumpaParticipant @oompalumpa34302]

Today, I broke this:

poo poo poo poo poo de poo!

graham.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

> You can get rainbow or grey flat cable from most suppliers ie. Rapid, CPC. Farnell, RS etc. but mostly on reels ….

A handy source of multi-way flat cable is to scavenge it from old computers.

Neil

[Clive HartlandParticipant @clivehartland94829]

Hi Graham, I must say that fracture does look a bit crystalline, I have had things like that go pop! saw a stainlwess steel shackle do that which was rated at 7 tonne and it cracked off as it was being tightened on a bow door.

Clive

[Oompa LumpaParticipant @oompalumpa34302]

I had spent a couple of hours being tested to the limits of my nerves as I screwcut a very hard barrel that was also at the limit of my lathes capacity. If you hadn't recognised it – it is the retaining plate from the Dickson type toolpost and as I tightened up the tool holder for the last tool change it just went.

Going to have to make another, but going out with the Bang Stick for a couple of hours first.

graham.

[Speedy Builder5Participant @speedybuilder5]

Oompa, got the same problem with the ones for my Boxford AUD. I think mine are imperial sized, but can't find a supplier for them as I need 3 of them plus 2 of the cam pins. I tried making them, but if I left them soft, they wore too quickly and when hardened, they snapped !! (I used silver steel by the way)

BobH

[Ian PParticipant @ianp]

Posted by Oompa Lumpa on 26/04/2015 08:04:20:

I had spent a couple of hours being tested to the limits of my nerves as I screwcut a very hard barrel that was also at the limit of my lathes capacity. If you hadn't recognised it – it is the retaining plate from the Dickson type toolpost and as I tightened up the tool holder for the last tool change it just went.

Going to have to make another, but going out with the Bang Stick for a couple of hours first.

graham.

I think there is a clue to the cause of the failure in that you wrote, a Dickson 'Type' toolpost.

Hard to say without a picture of the other side of the part but somehow it has the look of being a cast or sintered component. Obviously not up to its job anyway.

Ian P

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Fitted a new screen to my daughter's iphone. Max stress! The ribbon cables were a bit long so fitting the last of three connectors made the first one pop off, until I adjusted the bending point. Put it all together and it worked – then realised I hadn't fitted the metal plate that stops the connectors popping off so… worst bit was the tiny phillips 000 screws – two of them are just 1.3mm long.

The modern equivalent of 'wristwatch works'. At least I now have a little collection of tiny 5-point drivers.

Neil

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Spent some time with the needle files doing some of the final shaping on the 5cc crankcase, mostly taking the four corners down to a radius to match the ones around the nose piece fixing screws. The ones along the bottom were fairly easy but the top two where they meet the round cylinder took a bit more care.

To break up the filing I also made the spray bar and needle valve.

Edited By JasonB on 26/04/2015 19:43:14

[Speedy Builder5Participant @speedybuilder5]

Nice job there Jason.
BobH

[Oompa LumpaParticipant @oompalumpa34302]

Posted by Ian Phillips on 26/04/2015 09:45:21:

I think there is a clue to the cause of the failure in that you wrote, a Dickson 'Type' toolpost.

Hard to say without a picture of the other side of the part but somehow it has the look of being a cast or sintered component. Obviously not up to its job anyway.

Ian P

I make no excuses for the toolpost Ian, it came with a deal way back when and I have been quite happy with it. Been buying my toolholders from A&R precision and unfortunately find myself in the position of having quite a big investment in toolholders but requiring a bigger toolpost and holders for my new (bigger) lathe. I am going to leave things be right now as everything is working.

Anyhow, back to the plot. I too got out the inch and a quarter bar of Silver Steel ready to make the new part when I had a bit of a "why not?" moment and pulled some Titanium instead. I had just received my weekly care package from ArcEuro and this week it was a set of collett blocks. How the hell did I get by without them! A definite Must Have.

Turned out well and fits perfectly. I will let you know how I get on with it.

graham.

Bob H. they shouldn't have snapped if you had tempered them. But anyway, give Darren a call at A&R and see if he can help.

Edited By Oompa Lumpa on 26/04/2015 20:36:37

[Jesse Hancock 1Participant @jessehancock1]

Got the mini mill home today and stripped it. looking at various ways of locking the pillar and silencing the gearbox! Are they all this noisey? Perhaps needs a good dollop of grease.

Also looking at moving the electrics further up the column perhaps just using the lower fixing points in the upper threaded holes or screwing it to the nearest wall mid height of the column. There seems to be enough cable but if not I'll get more to suit.This will allow a longer bracing piece(U section 10mm thick if I can find some and ground flat.) on the rear of the column.

A guy on one site has installed gas shocks(?) and sash weight as he says the spring thingy doesn't work very well. I assume this is what causes the creep everyone seems to remark about. Advise welcomed one this one.

Jesse

[Jesse Hancock 1Participant @jessehancock1]

The column is now rigid and I have flipped the electrics box using just the top fixings, so gained a couple of allen screws yippey! The box is very light so no issues in securing it. Messing around relocating the wires brought back memories and also (first time ever) cramp in my hand. Darn that hurts.

It's not perfect because the main cable now meanders behind the motor to the emergency stop and speed control but that will have to be for another day. Note it's not stretched at all. Just looks odd (Bodged).

In retrospect it's probably just as easy to take both boxes off, bore another large hole on the opposite side of the large box and obtain a length of three core lead ready (It's painfully short anyway) for the change if you're contemplating this alteration. Also a disc or rubber bung to seal the redundant hole.

Having taken the cross table off I now reinstalled it and checked the ease of movement on the X movement handle. It seemed tight, so I fiddled about trying to adjust the gib for some length of time until the penny dropped. I had tightened the locking handle so as to get at the corrugated swarf guard fixings. Never too old to learn or is it forget?

Next a nice piece of U section ground to clean from my old works. I hope the boss still remembers me kindly as I haven't dropped in over most of the Winter.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

As a kid I was obsessed with the moon landings. For some reason nothing stuck in my mind like Hadley Rille. was it an ancient watercourse? Its now thought to be a collapsed lava tube.

Last night I started on a long anticipated mission to image all the Apollo landing sites. I haven't processed all the video yet, but this is the first result for the Hadley area. The landing site is just outside the shadow of the moutains crossing the rille – the curving groove visible just right of centre and about 1/4 of the way up. Amazing to be able to do this!

Neil

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

If you blow that photo up a lot you can just spot one of ARC's sharpening modules bottom right

[Rik ShawParticipant @rikshaw]

Repaired WM 250 lathe delivered late morning today so spent rest of day putting it back into position, levelling and generally getting things back to normal.

Problem turned out to be a failed speed control board made by KB. Glad the machine is back but I hope it doesn't go wrong again as my wallet will not stand another hit like that —- OUCH!

Rik

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Do they offer a warantee on the repair? or do you have to cross your fingers.

[Rik ShawParticipant @rikshaw]

No warranty offered on the repair Jason. As far as I can see you can cross your fingers or anything else you may care to cross. It seems as though once your 12 month warranty is up with them you foot the bill for anything that goes wrong.

Rik

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Was it a repair or a new controller board? If the latter check with them as the board may have its own warranty.

Neil

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