Camel(fish)back straight edge

[123hotchef]

oh man! keep trying I say!

 

[Spark plug]

I dose make you wonder how 20’ lathe beds where cast successfully when it seems so difficult to produce such a small casting successfully.

It’s such a shame after all the effort you’ve put in.

 

[grim_d]

I dose make you wonder how 20’ lathe beds where cast successfully when it seems so difficult to produce such a small casting successfully.

It’s such a shame after all the effort you’ve put in.

Because people and companies used to take pride in what they did. A very rare attribute these days sadly.

There will have been a lot of waste castings too, every cast iron tool I have has a defect in it somewhere. Usually on the bottom or under another component.

 

[pressbrake1]

I dose make you wonder how 20’ lathe beds where cast successfully when it seems so difficult to produce such a small casting successfully.

It’s such a shame after all the effort you’ve put in.

I think the same thing though even seventy years ago Holbrook had foundry trouble which slowed production.
Perhaps that’s why the best machine tool manufacturers had their own foundries, metallurgy depts and scientists.
Monarch bought out dsg mainly to get their world class foundry and metallurgy.

 

[Shox Dr]

I think the same thing though even seventy years ago Holbrook had foundry trouble which slowed production.
Perhaps that’s why the best machine tool manufacturers had their own foundries, metallurgy depts and scientists.
Monarch bought out dsg mainly to get their world class foundry and metallurgy.

Thats because the people making the decisions had worked their way up the ladder, they understood the problems and how to over come them.

Then someone had the bright idea to put the bean counters in charge, all of a sudden you didn't need to know what you were doing so long as it increased the balance sheet bottom line. The men that would have the knowledge stayed where they were On the tools, to do as they were told and not to question higher up the pay scale.

The writing was on the wall, usually the bog wall

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Reacted the only way I could with a sledge

In a way it's a shame you did that although I understand why. Rank amateurs like me could have used that as a straight-edge.......

 

[pressbrake1]

Thats because the people making the decisions had worked their way up the ladder, they understood the problems and how to over come them.

Then someone had the bright idea to put the bean counters in charge, all of a sudden you didn't need to know what you were doing so long as it increased the balance sheet bottom line. The men that would have the knowledge stayed where they were On the tools, to do as they were told and not to question higher up the pay scale.

The writing was on the wall, usually the bog wall

My old man used to say that because the foundry and forge masters knowledge couldn’t be quantified as a qualification it was seen as nothing by the idiots in charge
Firm I apprenticed at you had to do a apprenticeship before you did a degree and go upstairs so you had a idea how it all worked

 

[pressbrake1]

In a way it's a shame you did that although I understand why. Rank amateurs like me could have used that as a straight-edge.......

I could have put resin in but I’m a few grand in to have four good straight edges, I snapped literally

 

[zx9]

In a way it's a shame you did that although I understand why. Rank amateurs like me could have used that as a straight-edge.......

I can imagine the perverse satisfaction smashing it up Such a shame after putting in all the work though and grinding off the family makers marks then flogging it off would not be the same, get you a few quid back though.

Edit: posts crossed

 

[Milkybars]

Feel really sorry for you, we had the same S**T with the driving wheels.
Dad had taken over 3 days machining to get to this point ..only to find these holes right on dimension ARGH.
So they had to be re-cast..it was really soul destroying

 

[pressbrake1]

Picture someone sent me of some myford factory straight edges

 

[Rig Pig]

Feel really sorry for you, we had the same S**T with the driving wheels.
Dad had taken over 3 days machining to get to this point ..only to find these holes right on dimension ARGH.
So they had to be re-cast..it was really soul destroying

At that stage I think I would have put a threaded plug in and carried on!

 

[Pete.]

Picture someone sent me of some myford factory straight edges
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Rick King carries one of those triangle pieces around in his bag. He uses it to check small cross slide and compound ways.

One of the guys I took a scraping class with has scraped some in. They are really beautifully done:

http://www.missiseipi.com/105794875

Don't check out his workshop it'll make you sick with envy

 

[Shox Dr]

Rick King carries one of those triangle pieces around in his bag. He uses it to check small cross slide and compound ways.

One of the guys I took a scraping class with has scraped some in. They are really beautifully done:

http://www.missiseipi.com/105794875

Don't check out his workshop it'll make you sick with envy

Is he the Surgeon

 

[pressbrake1]

Is he the Surgeon

If you’re talking about Richard King he highly regards himself as do his followers.
In rebuilding circles he’s considered a salad tosser

 

[Shox Dr]

If you’re talking about Richard King he highly regards himself as do his followers.
In rebuilding circles he’s considered a salad tosser

‘Haven’t a clue what he gets up to. Just know he has a meticulously clean workshop with lots of very expensive toys. I Dont even know if he makes anything with it all

 

[pressbrake1]

‘Haven’t a clue what he gets up to. Just know he has a meticulously clean workshop with lots of very expensive toys. I Dont even know if he makes anything with it all

No any workshop that’s clean and tidy is not a pro’s

 

[Pete.]

Is he the Surgeon

Yes, he's the surgeon. No, it's not Richard King and no, he's not a pro but a highly talented enthusiast.

How many people in this age have built a boat, and built a steam engine to power it, and have enough confidence in their construction to take their family out on the lake in it? Not many I'll wager.

 

[pressbrake1]

Yes, he's the surgeon. No, it's not Richard King and no, he's not a pro but a highly talented enthusiast.

How many people in this age have built a boat, and built a steam engine to power it, and have enough confidence in their construction to take their family out on the lake in it? Not many I'll wager.

Indeed he’s far too good to be a pro!

 

[Pete.]

Indeed he’s far too good to be a pro!

What's that supposed to mean? People who excel at their hobby and take the time to show it off to the world, to encourage others to strive to excel themselves should be celebrated not denigrated as they add positively to society and the goodwill of all.