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  1. When is a Grease not a Grease

    Watch the greases used in gearboxes as they are engineered not to remain still/ stiff but turn to oil / liquid under the action of the gears and heat. these are not axle greases / plain bearing...
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    Ha Ha he is in the shed cutting stuff up Bruce

    Ha Ha he is in the shed cutting stuff up

    Bruce
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    Horizontal bandsaw

    Mate I swapped a mate a big machine vice for his worn out bandsaw 10 years ago I put new bearings in it and have feed it diet of cheap blades Despite this neglect it will be the last tool I ever...
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    Thanks Guys

    Sorry Guys but no more beer deals I honestly had a tear in my eye as I loaded my CQ6230 Chinese machine into the trailer of its new owner, I needed to do some adjustments to gibs and such and replace...
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    Love that tailstock

    Yes what caught / drew may attention to it stuck in the corner of a mates factory, the capstan hand wheel is removable and when the lever is thrown its a normal tailstock with 180 mm of travel and...
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    My Little Gloat

    Cost in dollar terms a slab does it have any problems (No works fine) Just need 3 phase at home a De Valliere 140 E imperial came with collet chucker attachments 3 jaw 4 jaw all steadies and change...
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    Anca

    My Mate made the moulds for the ANCA CNC Grinders

    ANCA - FastGrind

    Watch the vid

    The reason i believe was the thermal changes in the machine where more tightly controlled then a steel frame...
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    Your local blacksmith Flame cutter

    Ha

    Reinventing the wheel here its a flat plane crank get a profile of it blasted out of some 350 grade plate 75 mm should do it :2tsup:
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    En25

    I can recommend good old EN25 (826m31, Werkstoff 1.6743, 32NiCrMo10 4) Can be obtained in the annealed state speak to the supplier and ask for a hardness through out, homogeneity, mico cracks and an...
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    Rules of thumb

    In motorcycle terms a 9 mm wall thickness is huge a 22 mm axle is big it wasnt so long ago that most 1100 m/c got around race tracks just fine with 17 mm axles

    Postie bikes have 12 mm axles to...
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    Nothings new in the world

    Gazza

    I have been watching motard from its beginnings in france and the uk it started out as super mono classes so 25 years ago

    Mate for bullet proof reliability go the mags straight up easy...
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    Yes it will

    Gazza Mate i know your pain

    Yes it will do the job but like a spool gun its a bit half assed. If you only want to turn wheel spacers then yes it will do the job.

    But thats all it will do you...
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    Manual

    Might as well post this up

    Was given freely to me by CIG

    Bruce
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    Yes this method also has merit if you are at...

    Yes this method also has merit if you are at about 3/8 to 1/2 dia above that spade bits come into play also a modern d bit head can be used on a reduced shank with appropriate support pads and pumped...
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    Ejector Drill

    ejector drilling is the norm either twin tube (Big stuff) Single tube (middle stuff) Gun drill (little stuff) you smart boys should be able to work out how a 105 mm field gun is made with a 85 mm...
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    1 mm cut off wheel

    I find a 1 mm cut off wheel in the angle grinder works great just don't do it all in one cut if you do just spray it with a water bottle don't let the blue zone get to big Bruce
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    Thread cutting

    Well lets just say that screw cutting is about 200 years old give or take a bit Linky Henry Maudslay's original screw-cutting lathe, c 1800. - - Science Museum a very well known innovator in machine...
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    Where is the clutch

    Morrisman you really should be running a clutch as well, it allows you start and run up the engine before engaging the load of the generator also protects the generator


    I used to specify...
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    40mm calibre and above

    I served my time at the Ordnance Factory Maribyrnong and spent some years in the barrel production area from turning trepanning rifleing auto fretaging honing etc can still remember the trepanning...
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    E Wheel Goodness

    That frame is a thing of beauty, is it a stub axle type machine Bruce
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    Its a lift tig option

    Hi Pete Yes its the lift tig function you can weld as normal its the partial delay in shorting out before the amps kick in. if its the same as mine about the size of a shoe box it will work great as...
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    Wheel Types

    A couple of years ago i worked for a manufacturer of progressive cavity pumps where the rotors where polished using slacker belt linish machines PLC controlled we used to run them 16 hours a day 6...
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    Sorry Greg to say that they have not closed down...

    Sorry Greg to say that they have not closed down the machine shop at all in fact you have to drive past there factory to get to the shop off clayton road

    Note for all Australian companies that...
  24. Ring CIG

    Hi mate

    A quick ring to CIG / BOC etc head office in preston and ask to speak to some one in tech sales

    an hour latter i got my manual emailed to me for a transtig 150 :U


    Bruce
  25. Hi all long time lurker first time poster

    Hi guys

    Bruce here i have been using this great forum for years to research welders fabrication ideas home improvements etc but its time i joined in and stopped lurking

    It really is a great...
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