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  1. Thaks Tony, I will gladly pay th postage--thank...

    Thaks Tony,
    I will gladly pay th postage--thank you very much
    I will PM you
    regards
    Brian
  2. Bandsaw Drive Wheel Tyre Ryobi 9" EBW4023L

    Hi Guys,
    I usually haunt the metalwork forum, but I do have a little bandsaw that gets a lot of work. It's a cheapie I know but It does a great job for the little bits and pieces I make. I have...
  3. Ryobi bandsaw 9" EBW4023L Tyre replacement

    Hi Guys,
    I usually haunt the metalwork forum, but I do have a little bandsaw that gets a lot of work. It's a cheapie I know but It does a great job for the little bits and pieces I make. I have...
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    What a great find!! I have one but it only has...

    What a great find!!
    I have one but it only has one tool holder--which limits it a little. I have a diamond holder set up in it and it works well, but I have never been able to convince myself to ...
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    Thanks everyone for your valuable input. My...

    Thanks everyone for your valuable input.
    My problem was that I only need one (or two), and while I saw those sort of prices for 10 in a search I did, I was too much of a tightass to buy them....
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    Sorry if I sneak in a question of my own. So...

    Sorry if I sneak in a question of my own.
    So where can I buy some replacement ball oilers for my AL250G?
    I guess they are 6mm.
    I just need one to slip into the end of a replacement shaft I made...
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    What an awesome build and in such a short...

    What an awesome build and in such a short timeframe. You are the man!
    and to think I've spent a week just working on turning one small shaft for a gear for my lathe.
    I'm pretending it's the...
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    I have to congratulate you , Bill. Great minds...

    I have to congratulate you , Bill.
    Great minds think alike.
    Only a week ago I set up to cut my first thread, after several weeks of reading/ Utube etc and a some steep learning curve lathe...
  9. Baby CC engineering T&C Grinder on gumtree

    Theres a 'baby' CC engineering T&C Grinder on gumtree.
    My apologies if this needs to be under another heading, and if so I hope I can impose on the site supervisor to shift it at his convienence...
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    Well I don't know how long it will last, but...

    Well I don't know how long it will last, but further to the advice here, I turned a piece of shaft, and centre drilled it to take the cable size (on the lathe), then squared it by hand filing. I...
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    Thanks Kryn and Michael---I still havent had any...

    Thanks Kryn and Michael---I still havent had any luck--but if I do you will be the first to know--RC
    regards
    Brian
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    "bendex" cable end

    I broke the flexible drive inside a light hand held 'dremel'
    a few days ago.
    The cable is the standard sort of flexible cable I once knew as a 'bendex' cable. The sort of thing that drove speedos...
  13. You sure do neat work!

    You sure do neat work!
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    Sacc51--- That looks like a very well made and...

    Sacc51--- That looks like a very well made and useful instrument/tool.
    After seeing my long sighted mates struggling with clip on reading glasses to thread a #16 dry fly onto a fly fishing leader, I...
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    RC---You are the Man!! Thank you. That's...

    RC---You are the Man!!
    Thank you. That's exactly what I needed to make sense of all the 'funny' bits I have in the box.
    Hours of reading pleasure!
    thanks again Brian

    Kryn,
    My problem is that...
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    What are these tailstocks for?

    Hi Everyone,
    As some of you may have noticed, I have posted heaps about the CC engineering tool and cutter grinder I have been restoring.
    I'ts working ok as a light surface grinder now and I still...
  17. Hi Michael, I worked as a designer in R & D for...

    Hi Michael,
    I worked as a designer in R & D for a company who used a lot of aluminium extrusions and so I was regularly making new prototypes.
    We would spend hours leafing through catalogues for...
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    RC-- I took some time this morning and took your...

    RC--
    I took some time this morning and took your advice and crawled under with some paper and cotton buds and wiped out the half nuts. Fortunately the only thing in them was a film of oil.
    Thank...
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    Thanks cba--I appreciate your input, and it's a...

    Thanks cba--I appreciate your input, and it's a good datum line for me to follow this through on the weekend.

    HOWEVER!!--- and Stewart please note----
    I 'discovered' the lever that locks the...
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    Thanks for your response Stewart. I disengage...

    Thanks for your response Stewart.
    I disengage the power feed (into the neutral position) before I try and engage the half nuts today.

    You're right i did manage to do a couple of passes with the...
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    Al250g update

    I think I have identified the problem now, and I will really appreciate some advice on what is causing the problem, if anyone has the patience, and preferably owns a similar lathe.

    Further to the...
  22. Thanks Sacc---good point, something for me to...

    Thanks Sacc---good point, something for me to look at in the morning
    regards
    Brian

    Nearnexis,
    The first thing I tried--right at the start was a nyloc nut--no difference--it just unscrewwed
  23. Stewart, I transformed the thread to a M10 x...

    Stewart,
    I transformed the thread to a M10 x 1.25 left hand thread and nut this afternoon. (That's a story in itself.)
    It seems to have fixed the problem
    BUT what you are recommending has merit....
  24. I also rang Hare and Forbes and spoke to the...

    I also rang Hare and Forbes and spoke to the 'lathe man' and he understood what I was explaining but said he has never heard of this happening before.
  25. HI RC, Thanks for your interest. I understand...

    HI RC,
    Thanks for your interest.
    I understand what you are getting at, but the gear does spin free as a bird on the shaft when everything is tightened up.
    The only change I have made is to replace...
  26. Hi Stewart, Here are some better pics. The gear...

    Hi Stewart,
    Here are some better pics.
    The gear in question is the second one from the bottom. in the pic 4010543
    The teeth are intact

    I removed the gear and shaft so you can see where it fits...
  27. This is the gear train to drive the power feed. ...

    This is the gear train to drive the power feed.

    The idler gear runs on a shaft.
    The shaft has collar, and one end is threaded to go through an adjustment arm where it is held in place with a...
  28. AL250G threading problems. Any AL250 owners with ideas

    I took a courageous stand a couple of days ago to learn how to cut a thread on my AL250G lathe.
    I researched the internet for a couple of days and got a reasonable idea on how to do it (in...
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    Unbelievable find Kryn!!

    Unbelievable find Kryn!!
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    Thanks Bob, There's some good stuff there. I...

    Thanks Bob, There's some good stuff there. I bookmarked the address for when my home made belt wears out.,
    Which by the way runs very quietly
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    Thanks Bob,--I bookmarked the page for further...

    Thanks Bob,--I bookmarked the page for further reference---regards Brian
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    Stuart--- Good observation! Its actually a coach...

    Stuart--- Good observation! Its actually a coach bolt with a couple of flats ground on the dome top to fit the tee slot, since the tee nuts I have need to be milled a little bit thinner to fit the...
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    Success!!! I found some wax linen thread that...

    Success!!!
    I found some wax linen thread that came from my Dad's toolbox. He worked for the PMG and the little roll I inherited is very valuable to me since it's so strong.
    So342926342927342928 I...
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    Thanks everyone for your useful and innovative...

    Thanks everyone for your useful and innovative replies.
    I have been away for almost a week (fishing) and after reading all your good suggestions, I remembered I had a belt 'kit' to make a 25mm wide...
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    Tiger--- It looks to me to be the top of a hot...

    Tiger--- It looks to me to be the top of a hot water system. Try scratching the metal to check if its shiny or 'red'. If it's shiny then its probably steel, and if its 'red' then its copper.
    I...
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    Inexpensive Flat Belt Supply

    The advice I got about a drive belt for the CC engineering tool and cutter grinder I am restoring was to stay with a flat belt.
    I thought it would be nice to try and keep things as original as...
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    Nice piece of work,

    Nice piece of work,
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    Hi Ray, I suspect you are right. Any idea...

    Hi Ray,
    I suspect you are right. Any idea where I can get details on the workhead. properly set up, so I can try and source missing parts. I can only guess what's missing at this stage.
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    Stewart---I think is can only rotate

    Stewart---I think is can only rotate
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    What is this for?

    This piece of kit came with the grinder.
    I have seen something similar on a couple of the pics sent to me by other owners of similar grinders, but they have a neat little motor mounted on top (from...
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    Thanks for the suggestion Michael--I will follow...

    Thanks for the suggestion Michael--I will follow that up.

    Kryn--The stone is one I had changed over on a standard bench grinder and I was just 'fooling around' trying it for size since it had its...
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    shaublin lathe flat pulleys

    In saw this on ebay when looking for a flat belt for me toolpost grinder.
    Hope it's useful to someone...
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    PROGRESS!!

    I have scraped and polished and wire brushed and sanded and painted for the last couple of weeks and I started assembly yesterday.
    Here is the results so far.
    All I need now is the arbor and a flat...
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    I've cleaned up the table and got it to track...

    I've cleaned up the table and got it to track smoothly and have started on making some of the accessories pretty.
    I'm waiting on an arbor I made to be threaded, since i don't have imperial threads...
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    Thanks Kryn. Still many miles to go before I...

    Thanks Kryn.
    Still many miles to go before I sleep
    regards
    Brian
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    Update

    Hi Guys,
    Here's an update on my progress.
    Just one pic but Ive cleaned up both castings and painted them. I'm still working on the grinding head and column. There's some 'bush mechanic" work I...
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    I found it!! Now I really feel like a goose!!...

    I found it!!
    Now I really feel like a goose!!
    Thanks again
    Brian
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    Thanks Gavin, A picture is worth a thousand...

    Thanks Gavin,
    A picture is worth a thousand words!!
    I can't believe I've got away with out locking the carriage all this time, but it might be because most of the work I have done in the past is...
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    Thanks Michael and casjon, I think the lathe has...

    Thanks Michael and casjon,
    I think the lathe has been stiff enough in the past to not move and now with being used more actively things are smoothing up so I will need to definitely lock things now....
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    AL250G problem

    Hi Guys,
    I was facing a 50mm disk in MS today when I noticed the whole carriage moving longitudinally away from the chuck as the cross feed drove the tool across the face of the desk.
    It happened...
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