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

[Sergei Slovenija]

The electric motor turned out to be 380 volts. This is a pleasant surprise. Foot pedal disabled. Manufacturer - DALMASTROJ

 

[Anguz]

A great tuner. Nice find.

This I the one I made maybe 30 years ago.. fabricated the case

 

[Onoff]

This I the one I made maybe 30 years ago.. fabricated the case
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Did you make the variable capacitors yourself?

 

[Anguz]

afraid not... bought them and the roller inductor from a rally
wound my own balun thats at the back. if i did it again i wouldnt bother with the built in antenna switch

 

[Onoff]

afraid not... bought them and the roller inductor from a rally
wound my own balun thats at the back. if i did it again i wouldnt bother with the built in antenna switch

Cheat! To think the English POWs in Colditz made them from Old Holborn tins!

 

[Memmeddu]

Arrived home
New toy
Brand new, made in 2000 Metabo sbe 660 with futuro top chuck 0-13mm .
Ordered the protective guard for my Metabo WEA 24-230 MVT Quick
Plus ordered machine taps on Amazon
Golden stainless steel wirst twins with blue stone
Golden stainless steel tie clip
I have to be the wife driver to a friend wedding in September,so I'm starting to compose my outfit

 

[6ply]

My right arm is getting unusually strong. I will get the kids on it as soon as they can reach.

 

[6ply]

Here's another one for the kids. They are not ready for it yet but it will be a lot more "starter lathe" than my m300.

It's got powered feed and a quick change gearbox. Pinnacle CT-918

 

[DAPPH]

My right arm is getting unusually strong. I will get the kids on it as soon as they can reach.

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Lovely bit of kit any idea which company made it & how long ago ?

 

[6ply]

Lovely bit of kit any idea which company made it & how long ago ?

Drummond shaper. I'm guessing roughly 100 years old. There's lots of info on Tony's lathes website. Now I'm tripping over machines but I didn't want to miss purchasing it. The lathe too.

 

[Barking Mat]

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Popped into B&Q for some genuine Hozelock fittings , overtime the yellow plastic spigot end fittings lose a few thou of plastic and start slipping out of the female fittings . giving whoever is close to the failed joint a decent soaking .

Whilst there I decided it was time to buy a full screwdriver set having recently tore some of the tip off a Pozi drive whilst undoing a long hardened turbo screw in some Delrin , not wishing to drop over £32 on a set of green & black ones & so settled for the £22 orange & black Magnusson ones.
Getting home & struggling to open the blister pack I realised I should have got the green & black Whiri ( SP?) as individual pieces , at least I would have been able to touch & feel the tip qualities .The Magnusson are lacking in quality , fit & finish .

There is an amusing but very naughty on the back of the packing card
Top line UK manufacturer...
Seventh line down Made in China

I suppose it is a way to get round the country of origin rules , we buy in as a container full of boxes of unfinished screwdrivers then they get the tips dipped in rubbish black paint , then when dry , packed in UK blister packs & shipped out to Kingfisher owned stores .

That Magnusson stuff is not to bad frankly, I mean it's not the best, but it's way up from the worst.

We've got screwdriver sets and socket sets at work from them, it's better or on a par with Berner, but it's not Facom or good lifetime quality stuff, it's o.k. and does the job.

 

[DAPPH]

That Magnusson stuff is not to bad frankly, I mean it's not the best, but it's way up from the worst.

We've got screwdriver sets and socket sets at work from them, it's better or on a par with Berner, but it's not Facom or good lifetime quality stuff, it's o.k. and does the job.

This afternoon I put 18 x 45 mm long 5 mm countersunk stainless steel screws in to fix three top end stainless steel wet room grab handles , not impressed at the amount cam out they did , kind of killed then screws in most cases . Popped out to the local Screwfix for some decent cam out resisting pozi tipped driver tips.
Finished off the job with a 180 mm long x 1/4 AF extension socket on the end , my battery drill and one of the tips.

One thing for sure , normally I'd unscrew all such bathroom fitting when I decorate the wetroom ( in the next few weeks ). They'll be staying put this time round & for the foreseeable future as there is precious little shoulder left on the stainless pozi drive screw heads to take the force of unscrewing them due to the cam out .

 

[Farside]

This I the one I made maybe 30 years ago.. fabricated the case
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That looks like it could handle a bit of power.
The SEM one claims power handling of 1kW, but I seriously doubt that. Most owners seem to be of the opinion that 100 or maybe 200W is its limit for safety's sake.

 

[Farside]

I had one in the 1980s, and it worked well on a Balanced feeder. It was handy and wished that I never sold it.. The reason I did sell it was I had an ATU which had meters on it .

A balanced feeder is one reason why I bought this, plus it's twice the quality of Mighty Fine Junk's offerings.

 

[Pete.]

Here's another one for the kids. They are not ready for it yet but it will be a lot more "starter lathe" than my m300.

It's got powered feed and a quick change gearbox. Pinnacle CT-918

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Similar to @Windy Miller 's Taiwanese Naerok. Actually a nice little machine it knocks any similar sized Chinese into the dirt.

 

[6ply]

Similar to @Windy Miller 's Taiwanese Naerok. Actually a nice little machine it knocks any similar sized Chinese into the dirt.

It's a little bit rough in places but for what I paid and it's intended users (my kids)I can't complain. It's currently missing the drive belt (a tiny section belt by the look of it) and when I get around to looking at it I may replace the single phase motor with 3 phase + VFD as I have several spare units. If anyone has a similar machine I'd be interested to hear from you.

 

[Windy Miller]

It's a little bit rough in places but for what I paid and it's intended users (my kids)I can't complain. It's currently missing the drive belt (a tiny section belt by the look of it) and when I get around to looking at it I may replace the single phase motor with 3 phase + VFD as I have several spare units. If anyone has a similar machine I'd be interested to hear from you.

Yep as @Pete. rightly says, it’s very similar to my Naerok. Quite a nice little lathe actually with plenty of features to keep me occupied!
I have a pdf manual somewhere if you’d like a copy?

 

[6ply]

Yep as @Pete. rightly says, it’s very similar to my Naerok. Quite a nice little lathe actually with plenty of features to keep me occupied!
I have a pdf manual somewhere if you’d like a copy?

Yes please. I'll message you my email

 

[Anguz]

That looks like it could handle a bit of power.
The SEM one claims power handling of 1kW, but I seriously doubt that. Most owners seem to be of the opinion that 100 or maybe 200W is its limit for safety's sake.

i never flashed it over, or made the ferrite hot....
never run much over 200 watts, and you could accidentally load it into itself if you wernt carefull

 

[James1979]

A swivel headed long handled ratchet.

Lifetime warranty at £26 so can’t go wrong. I hope.

It’s to do one job. If I end up using it a lot and the warranty isn’t up to it I’ll get my mate to get one off the rape truck.