Cobbler
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Couldn’t make an angelThe star had me wondering
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Hood
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The older I get the bleedin' heavier it gets
slim_boy_fat
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Is that some subliminal advertising I see at the bottom left? Hope you're on commission.....
Great work as always.
Hood
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Aye, I am on commission. I get a free thank you once a decadeIs that some subliminal advertising I see at the bottom left? Hope you're on commission.....
Great work as always.
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LIGHT.
TYA said "Let there be light.
The wigglies: in the lights went. "Sod off."
TYA said: "Tinternet, were be best place to but lights today, cheaply and in stock?"
Tinternet said: "Screwfix down the road has that you need, plus your company has an account there."
The local roads went "HAAA HAAA we are slow."
TYA said: "Don't care!!!"
Screwfix said: "Thank you Mr TYA here is your order and the items you may need.
TYA said: "Thank you, here is pictures of the queen." Then left.
The old lights said "Sorry."
The new LED lights are in and working.
Happy TYA
TYA said "Let there be light.
The wigglies: in the lights went. "Sod off."
TYA said: "Tinternet, were be best place to but lights today, cheaply and in stock?"
Tinternet said: "Screwfix down the road has that you need, plus your company has an account there."
The local roads went "HAAA HAAA we are slow."
TYA said: "Don't care!!!"
Screwfix said: "Thank you Mr TYA here is your order and the items you may need.
TYA said: "Thank you, here is pictures of the queen." Then left.
The old lights said "Sorry."
The new LED lights are in and working.
Happy TYA
Hood
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Today I made these.
I then decided I was going to chuck up a bar 550mm long in the lathe and turn it to check how far out it was.
After a few runs of light cuts and some adjustments to the feet I got these readings.
0 is the furthest out and 470mm is the nearest the chuck.
Flushed with my success I thought I better get back to doing some work so I set up the steady on the Triumph and put some 2 1/2" dia EN8 640mm long in it
I then faced the ends, drilled 15mm deep at 16mm dia , bored down 100mm with an 8.8mm drill, faced the bottom of the 16mm with a slot drill then tapped for a 1/8" BSP grease nipple. Flipped over and did the other end. I have done 2 and another 3 to do tomorrow and then onto the Chiron to do some more to them.
I then decided I was going to chuck up a bar 550mm long in the lathe and turn it to check how far out it was.
After a few runs of light cuts and some adjustments to the feet I got these readings.
0 is the furthest out and 470mm is the nearest the chuck.
Flushed with my success I thought I better get back to doing some work so I set up the steady on the Triumph and put some 2 1/2" dia EN8 640mm long in it
I then faced the ends, drilled 15mm deep at 16mm dia , bored down 100mm with an 8.8mm drill, faced the bottom of the 16mm with a slot drill then tapped for a 1/8" BSP grease nipple. Flipped over and did the other end. I have done 2 and another 3 to do tomorrow and then onto the Chiron to do some more to them.
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I did some actual welding today, I have been watching all the tips and techniques here for a long time and did some proper average at best welding so a big thanks to all the forum users not the biggest of repairs but car thickness metal makes me stress.
not the biggest of repairs but car thickness metal makes me stress.hi
well not totally true the heading. but it is a modified trailer I was making . it's on another thread on the forum.
will get a bigger bit of sheet for the top. so it's not quite finished. but I don't think it looks to bad.
weld fab table or might put my be my fire on it but not sure
well not totally true the heading. but it is a modified trailer I was making . it's on another thread on the forum.
will get a bigger bit of sheet for the top. so it's not quite finished. but I don't think it looks to bad.
weld fab table or might put my be my fire on it but not sure
123hotchef
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I need to check my little Boxford I think I have not really done many checks like that
Hood
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People talk about levelling a lathe but in reality it doesn't need to be level, it just needs to be true to itself. Levelling is often the easiest way of doing that.
123hotchef
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true enough that is the only way to take any twist out of the bed, I will stick some bar in mine and check it seems easy enough
slim_boy_fat
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Hood
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Not really sure, think it is a part for an underwater UV torch for divers doing NDT testing but not 100% certain on that.What's them for?
DAPPH
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Could you use one of the adjustable live tail stock centers instead of playing with the feet ? Or do you have to true the bed entirely every critical job you do ?
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Most jobs I don't use the centre as the parts are either short enough or I am doing internal or end work.
No don't have to true it at all really, I had had enough of doing work so had a wee break by adjusting the lathe. Normally if something is critical you would programme for two finish cuts, after the first you would have an optional stop in the code so that you can measure, if it is ok then press the start button to continue, if there is a taper then adjust the code so that it moves in a tapered motion so the part comes out true.
