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Good question! I'd go for solid personally, but I'm sure someone will be along soon with their preference, along with science to back it up.
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Good question! I'd go for solid personally, but I'm sure someone will be along soon with their preference, along with science to back it up.
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along with science to back it up.
Or more than likely a Goodle search told them so. but they will shout that they are right. But will not back it up.
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Today I finished the Myford cabinet door I posted about. Far from perfect but it'll do the job intended - after all nobody's coming to admire it. 
Colour isn't matching but pretty close in the u/coat - I can always paint the outside later if I decide otherwise.....tartan, anyone? 
I also tried the hole drill I bought to see if it could act as a fly-cutter, man, it's LOUD!! I'll need to 'experiment' a bit but it appears to cut - very small passes needed I think, otherwise things would get very hot, very quickly.
An interesting trial - maybe it has too many cutting edges to be taking material off horizontally? The spindle speed probably needs addressing too - what does the Collective reckon would be best? I'm just playing with things here, so might have the settings wrong. 
Colour isn't matching but pretty close in the u/coat - I can always paint the outside later if I decide otherwise.....tartan, anyone? I also tried the hole drill I bought to see if it could act as a fly-cutter, man, it's LOUD!! I'll need to 'experiment' a bit but it appears to cut - very small passes needed I think, otherwise things would get very hot, very quickly.
An interesting trial - maybe it has too many cutting edges to be taking material off horizontally? The spindle speed probably needs addressing too - what does the Collective reckon would be best? I'm just playing with things here, so might have the settings wrong.
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yesterday i made a set of steps for a steam locomotive, i had the set from the opposite side as a template.
they are from the front of an andrew barclay 040 steam pug.
they are from the front of an andrew barclay 040 steam pug.
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I bet you were going too fast, said he looking in the Noddy book of milling and not seeing any speeds for anything that big but trying to extrapolate looks like a couple of hundred RPM in mild steel ?
Best listen to someone who knows what they are talking about, and that is not me. 
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I bet you were going too fast, said he looking in the Noddy book of milling and not seeing any speeds for anything that big but trying to extrapolate looks like a couple of hundred RPM in mild steel ?
@Pete. will be able to advise you on this. I think he often uses Rotabroach style cutters on his mill.
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Made the pillar drill stand on its own feet today. Well over due.
Steadily sorting the workshop have all machines I'll need just be nice to over time buy newer stuff.
Not my nicest welds but its been a while maybe 5 months.
Not helped being in a bad position basically free hand, my bench isnt completed.
Tried getting my welding table top on but at about 130,kg i gave up
Steadily sorting the workshop have all machines I'll need just be nice to over time buy newer stuff.
Not my nicest welds but its been a while maybe 5 months.
Not helped being in a bad position basically free hand, my bench isnt completed.
Tried getting my welding table top on but at about 130,kg i gave up
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use your free hand to support either way nice and consistent mate
Not made today but installed it today, 12mm square bar with a half twist, the hook forged from 10mm round and the bracket eye from 6mm round, mushroomed a head into it to stop it pulling through while still allowing it to swivel. Hopefully some strawberries in a few months.
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Ha ha I was just going to ask if you had 3 hands, heard you lot are a bit weird down that way but glad to hear not that weirdI only have 2 hands one does the fillingtig
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Ha ha I was just going to ask if you had 3 hands, heard you lot are a bit weird down that way but glad to hear not that weird
Tried training my other appendage, only has two modes.
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TMI
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Exactly used a felt type pen I think from Farnell was a few years ago. Expect there are better ways to inhibit now
Etched 5/7th off. Made a Plastic bath to etch it in
The head and block had been laped as well it was a Hudson strait eight lovely engine side valve splash lube all rods, crank, pistons balanced, ports opened & polished superb cast iron quality, built an 8 into 4 to1 free flow manifold exhaust ports same out of left sideof block verticaly so manifold went up and over engine to drop out on drivers side
300rpm tick over with 3d piece ballenced on head.
Overdid the bores that was the reason for the gasket
Was screwed if it had not worked
Liners and 8 more pistons
Exactly used a felt type pen I think from Farnell was a few years ago. Expect there are better ways to inhibit now
Etched 5/7th off. Made a Plastic bath to etch it in
The head and block had been laped as well it was a Hudson strait eight lovely engine side valve splash lube all rods, crank, pistons balanced, ports opened & polished superb cast iron quality, built an 8 into 4 to1 free flow manifold exhaust ports same out of left sideof block verticaly so manifold went up and over engine to drop out on drivers side
300rpm tick over with 3d piece ballenced on head.
Overdid the bores that was the reason for the gasket
Was screwed if it had not worked
Liners and 8 more pistons
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Awesome.
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Nice scroll on the uprights Nick, how do you keep them so straight? Mine always wander
