Today I acquired...........

James1979 · Aug 9, 2021

dan.taylor.1 said:
Our pallet tines are about that size could be a lump of one?

If it is pallet tine it’ll make a good striking anvil.

sako243 · Aug 9, 2021

Not today but yesterday the workshop acquired a third coat on the wall. Now need to refrain from moving in and put in a push to finish the first floor joists, staircase and plasterboard.

slim_boy_fat · Aug 9, 2021

redlig said:
Now it's a game of guess

Or apply for a search warrant.

indy4x said:
My BIL recently passed away

Sorry for your loss

indy4x · Aug 9, 2021

James1979 said:
What the hell was that from!!! A decent lump of steel. Would make a good bottom plate on a fly press or something

No idea, unfortunately he's not around to ask

He worked in a local engineering firm so might just be an 'offcut'

There is a dab of white paint on 1 of the ends

Kram · Aug 9, 2021

Today a foot switch. I've got so used to having one on the lathe, and having my foot raised over it, not having one feels unnatural. The old was latching but Im thinking a momentary would be more comfortable and safer. I am only using as a low voltage control input to vfd - it is not switching the mains. Aluminium case, feels decent enough.

TFS-2 Nonslip Aluminum Alloy Electric Reset Foot Pedal Switch Momentary Foot Controller AC 250V 10A SPDT : Amazon.co.uk: Business, Industry & Science

www.amazon.co.uk

At @Dcal 's suggestion I have gone looking for big long slugger drills, they get expensive! Found this one with "light use"

Rotabroach Magnetic Drill Hole Cutter 39mm (Whole Drilling) | eBay

Genuine Rotabroach cutter. Cutter 63 mm. Shank 19mm. No Core drill. Used Lightly in good condition.

www.ebay.co.uk

and two of these. Maybe Ive read the listing wrong as it appears too cheap compared to the others :dontknow:

Pardon our interruption...

James1979 · Aug 9, 2021

Kram said:
Today a foot switch. I've got so used to having one on the lathe, and having my foot raised over it, not having one feels unnatural. The old was latching but Im thinking a momentary would be more comfortable and safer. I am only using as a low voltage control input to vfd - it is not switching the mains. Aluminium case, feels decent enough.

TFS-2 Nonslip Aluminum Alloy Electric Reset Foot Pedal Switch Momentary Foot Controller AC 250V 10A SPDT : Amazon.co.uk: Business, Industry & Science

TFS-2 Nonslip Aluminum Alloy Electric Reset Foot Pedal Switch Momentary Foot Controller AC 250V 10A SPDT : Amazon.co.uk: Business, Industry & Science

www.amazon.co.uk

At @Dcal 's suggestion I have gone looking for big long slugger drills, they get expensive! Found this one with "light use"

Rotabroach Magnetic Drill Hole Cutter 39mm (Whole Drilling) | eBay

Genuine Rotabroach cutter. Cutter 63 mm. Shank 19mm. No Core drill. Used Lightly in good condition.

www.ebay.co.uk

and two of these. Maybe Ive read the listing wrong as it appears too cheap compared to the others

Pardon our interruption...

I have looked at the second listing with a view to ordering. The shank is 1/2” not the standard 3/4” Weldon shank.

For that price however I’ve ordered the 26mm one and will make an adapter for the one off use I have.
Thank you for the link.

James1979 · Aug 9, 2021

Today I acquired some thin sheet

One of which will be a surface for my flypress. I will bolt it down then I can fix bottom dies to it. Raises the tool height a bit.

Will probably bore a hole in the centre for bottom tooling.

Kram · Aug 9, 2021

Having nor used one before, I am assuming that 19mm and 12mm bores with grub screws are adequate to drive them? So should be easy to make a 30mm OD adaptor to go in the er40.

Ordered a second foot pedal, im thinking the case would make a good tig foot pedal if theres space for a pot inside.

James1979 · Aug 9, 2021

Kram said:
Having nor used one before, I am assuming that 19mm and 12mm bores with grub screws are adequate to drive them? So should be easy to make a 30mm OD adaptor to go in the er40.

Ordered a second foot pedal, im thinking the case would make a good tig foot pedal if theres space for a pot inside.

Correct. The Weldon adapter is 19mm with two grubs at 90 deg to pick up on the flat faces of the cutter. The other end is whatever fits the mag drill / mill / whatever

mtt.tr · Aug 9, 2021

@pressbrake1 is to blame firstly for starting me on the scraping path

This was a price that I couldn't imagine is offered often shows signs of little use, lovely condition.

Included the handle and a new carbide

Pete. · Aug 9, 2021

Nice. That's done very little workgoing by the strap and the general condition. You might want to re-grease the gears and gimbal just as a precaution and the wear shoes certainly need oiling.

mtt.tr · Aug 9, 2021

Pete. said:
Nice. That's done very little workgoing by the strap and the general condition. You might want to re-grease the gears and gimbal just as a precaution and the wear shoes certainly need oiling.

Will do, I think it's sat around a couple
of years.

Chap who sold was great had long phone call.

pressbrake1 · Aug 9, 2021

Pete. said:
Nice. That's done very little workgoing by the strap and the general condition. You might want to re-grease the gears and gimbal just as a precaution and the wear shoes certainly need oiling.

If you knew how much he paid...

mtt.tr · Aug 9, 2021

pressbrake1 said:
If you knew how much he paid...

I'm embarrassed

Arc Tourist · Aug 10, 2021

Acquired another dent in my wallet. It was a nice surprise to find out I won the bid when we arrived home from a motorcycle club function last night. I've been watching this "Fobco 10 Eight" drill press with anticipation, as it's rare to see one that looks to have had little use and appears to be in unabused condition. I previously contacted the owner and found that its at a residence rather than at an industrial site, so that added weight in influencing me to take a punt. Looks like a road trip is in order, I like a road trip.

Here's a couple of screen shot photos.

Aff · Aug 10, 2021

That's tidy.

8ob · Aug 10, 2021

Aff said:
That's tidy.

That’s an understatement :thumbup:

Bob

Munkul · Aug 10, 2021

Arc Tourist said:
Acquired another dent in my wallet. It was a nice surprise to find out I won the bid when we arrived home from a motorcycle club function last night. I've been watching this "Fobco 10 Eight" drill press with anticipation, as it's rare to see one that looks to have had little use and appears to be in unabused condition. I previously contacted the owner and found that its at a residence rather than at an industrial site, so that added weight in influencing me to take a punt. Looks like a road trip is in order, I like a road trip.

Here's a couple of screen shot photos.

Very nice indeed! That's a MT3 machine is it not?

Arc Tourist · Aug 10, 2021

Munkul said:
Very nice indeed! That's a MT3 machine is it not?

Apparently so, MT3 was listed in the description. It was one of the main reasons I was interested. I still have quite a few MT3 drill bits and a couple of Jacobs super chucks from my 14" Clausing lathe, which I sold overseas.

Kram · Aug 10, 2021

Kram said:
Test fit.. and roughtly aligned in photo for where they sit in the spindle. The mt3 is not the correct length. I can imagine this marking the spindle and rasing a burr where the mt3 ends too short.View attachment 303172

Should I send this back?

I messaged RDG and they sent out another. This one even shorter, but is fully ground all over and much better quality, so Im happy with that.

My Zoro order from thursday has part arrived. 8 lengths of threaded bar.

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