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More did than made, but today, determined to gee myself in spite of this 'bug', I went out to the shed [all the weather's fit for
] and did this. They've been annoying me for ages lying about on the bench! The magnetic tray with all my spanners etc will fit neatly to the left of the holders but I've not got a pic of it in place.
But what an ar*e of a job!!!! I was glad my neighbour had loaned me his rivet gun, instead of having to use my big 'lazy tongs' one.
Really awkward access, then I broke the 3mm drill for the mounting holes. Regrind, then crack on.
No!! Broke again [working at an angle to get some holders mounted] !!
Ground another drill and pushed on - finally all drilled. Then to riveting. Got a few in then nipped the flesh of a finger in the gun. [Do you think I could sue my neighbour? 
] Finally all in place and another job off the list. 
Then I realised that the sleeve of my jumper had conveniently wiped the bed of the lathe of oil, so it's in the washing machine for the next wash.
These things are sent to try us, and they do.
But what an ar*e of a job!!!! I was glad my neighbour had loaned me his rivet gun, instead of having to use my big 'lazy tongs' one.
Really awkward access, then I broke the 3mm drill for the mounting holes. Regrind, then crack on.
No!! Broke again [working at an angle to get some holders mounted] !!
Ground another drill and pushed on - finally all drilled. Then to riveting. Got a few in then nipped the flesh of a finger in the gun. [Do you think I could sue my neighbour? ] Finally all in place and another job off the list. Then I realised that the sleeve of my jumper had conveniently wiped the bed of the lathe of oil, so it's in the washing machine for the next wash.
These things are sent to try us, and they do.
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Can't see the pictures mate, can see the icons but not the pics. of your work.More did than made, but today, determined to gee myself in spite of this 'bug', I went out to the shed [all the weather's fit for] and did this. They've been annoying me for ages lying about on the bench! The magnetic tray with all my spanners etc will fit neatly to the left of the holders but I've not got a pic of it in place.
But what an ar*e of a job!!!! I was glad my neighbour had loaned me his rivet gun, instead of having to use my big 'lazy tongs' one.
Really awkward access, then I broke the 3mm drill for the mounting holes. Regrind, then crack on.
No!! Broke again [working at an angle to get some holders mounted] !
Then I realised that the sleeve of my jumper had conveniently wiped the bed of the lathe of oil, so it's in the washing machine for the next wash.
These things are sent to try us, and they do.
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I can see the emoticons but not the pictures.
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Try right clicking and opening in new tab?
the holders but I've not got a pic of it in place.
But what an ar*e of a job!!!! I was glad my
There's nowt between the image tags.
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I've tried editing with redoing the pics. Can you see them now?
Looks from his 'like' that TYA could see them first time round.
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Needed to make some special M140x3mm nuts. Lathe was busy so did it in the milling machine instead...
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About six years ago my aunt brought me a broken Kenwood Chef and a little bag of components to solder in. I took it apart, couldn't find where the parts went then couldn't get it back together so I chucked it in a crate to deal with later...
A capacitor had broke off the speed control board and a brush in the motor had snapped. I also cleaned all the mould out.
It's a bit choppy at low speeds, like it keeps cutting out. Not sure if that's down to the damaged brush not being worn in properly or the speed controller is faulty. The lugs that the bowl locks into have snapped off too so it might have been a huge waste of time.
A capacitor had broke off the speed control board and a brush in the motor had snapped. I also cleaned all the mould out.
It's a bit choppy at low speeds, like it keeps cutting out. Not sure if that's down to the damaged brush not being worn in properly or the speed controller is faulty. The lugs that the bowl locks into have snapped off too so it might have been a huge waste of time.
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What finish are you going to put on it ? If that's mild steel, won't it surface rust? [at 6mm it'll take a good while to rust through
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What finish are you going to put on it ? If that's mild steel, won't it surface rust? [at 6mm it'll take a good while to rust through
Yeah, it’ll rust but as you say we might get a decade out of it before it does!
What sort of milling machine do you have, must be computer controlled I take it?
I have no idea how you would cut threads on a manual one, although I haven't even attempted to cut threads on my mini lathe yet, changing the cogs and disengaging the lever at the right time etc make me nervous.
Must get around to trying it one day. 