vk4 21st December 2011, 09:20 PM I do mainly wood turning and such like but I do have a small EMCO UNIMAT Metal Lathe, which has proved invaluable over the years.
I have made everything from a model of a DISAPPEARING GUN which were mounted at Fort Queenscliff , to bearings foe Mitsubishi Magna car.
I have also just finished a new face plate ring for wood turning , this was not done on the Unimat, but at the Men's Shed on their larger lathe.
Jeff
vk4
wheelinround 21st December 2011, 10:07 PM Jeff time to tidy that corner up its hard to see the lathe.
Nice work :2tsup:
vk4 21st December 2011, 10:16 PM That was on the old benches, I have since revamped the whole shed,(MY LITTLE SHED ) in the shed section,.
the lathe get use now and again , at the moment it is tucked away at the back of the machine bench.
Jeff
wheelinround 22nd December 2011, 08:25 AM That was on the old benches, I have since revamped the whole shed,(MY LITTLE SHED ) in the shed section,.
the lathe get use now and again , at the moment it is tucked away at the back of the machine bench.
Jeff
:p I know was following the event.
Stustoys 22nd December 2011, 12:11 PM Hi Jeff,
Do you have any pictures of your disppearing gun mount?
Stuart
seanz 22nd December 2011, 04:04 PM I have made everything from a model of a DISAPPEARING GUN which were mounted at Fort Queenscliff ,
You made a model of an Armstrong Disappearing Gun? I salute you.
I'll be even more impressed if you post pictures.
:)
Actually......did you make a scale model of the blast berm too? It's important not to leave that detail out. There's a little Queenscliff joke for you.
;)
vk4 22nd December 2011, 09:20 PM Yes I think it was the Armstrong Gun, at the time I did not take any pictures , .
I have just contacted the curator at the museum , and the model is still on display, so I will ask for some pictures. and post them when I get them.
No I did not do the BERM as well , I could only do so much.
Jeff
seanz 22nd December 2011, 09:34 PM Jeff, the story that is told (and it might just be a story ;)), is that when on of the Queenscliff guns was fired in the 1980's there was a bit of a debacle. The blast berm had been removed from behind the battery to make way for more parade ground and when the gun was fired most of the windows in the fort were broken by the shockwave.
Turns out that, that's just a story. Bother, I liked that story. :)
The Armstrong guns we have here are in a more sophisticated emplacement......
Ripapa Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Jervois#Fort_Jervois)
Sadly they're in much worse condition.
And that's probably enough off-topic posting for tonight.
:)
Nice lathe, it's the sort I'd quite like and I'm happy you've had succcess with it.
Cheers.
4-6-4 26th December 2011, 09:53 AM Greetings chaps the dissipearing gun features heavily in a book of English Artillery of WW 1 my copy has dissipeared into my collection. But some of them had a cover over the gun which had a slot in it which the gun came up through. Ths was to protect the crew from shrapnel. merry Xmas 4-6-4
vk4 15th January 2012, 02:36 PM HI Guy's,
sorry for the delay , I have contacted the Queenscliffe Museum , and they have kindly sent me Pic's of the Model GUN< which I made 30years ago.
Cheers,
Jeff
Stustoys 15th January 2012, 11:23 PM Hi Jeff,
Thanks for the pictures. Does the gun move when the knob is turned?
I really should get down to Queenscliffe one day. When I used to be down that way a lot it was only open one day a year I think..
Stuart
vk4 16th January 2012, 02:28 PM Stuart,
The knob is an old choke cable from a MORRIS , I think from memory, when the knob is pulled the gun drops down , and when pushed in the gun raises to firing position.
Needless to say the model does not fire, the barrel is made in 2 pieces, and it pivots at 4 or 5 points .
the model is all bronze the shield is shim brass.
Jeff
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