Thread: bin555

Originally Posted by Oldneweng

2. Are you refering to messing with the pictures, as in scrolling on the phone as well?

No I meant on pc.

Stuart

Stuart

hehe

p.s. if you get barred by IP you just need to change it. most(?) ISP dont have static ips. Or use a poxy server.......... altough if it came to that I'd be finding a new forum lol

Out of all the ones I am on, this is the best forum, and best of all we speak the same language when it comes to buy tools and machine, where the US have machines and tools on ever second corner, LOL.
On all the others I only have 10-100 post and one I have around 500 posts, compared to nearly 5000 here, so you can see where I hang out the most.

Still there is a lot of good info around on the other forums, so I like visiting them just like you. It's just the friendlyness of members and like you have said the gentlemanly behavior is whats great about this forum.

Dave

Originally Posted by Stustoys

No I meant on pc.

Stuart

Stuart

hehe

p.s. if you get barred by IP you just need to change it. most(?) ISP dont have static ips. Or use a poxy server.......... altough if it came to that I'd be finding a new forum lol

I just don't go there anymore. I am pretty sure RC knows all about him as he spammed Practical Machinist under a variety of user names and he is banned from every other machining forum on the net, thats why he opened his own. Now surely everyone else cant be wrong in this case, LOL.

Dave

Originally Posted by Stustoys

Hi H,
At the bottom right of your posts there is an edit button(for 24 hours) you can go back and fix things if you left something out. (I normally add a note as to why if I dont edit straight away)

Would cutting the side door in half so you can open the top half help?

Do you know how big the motor is?
Likely a 1/2hp 3 phase motor with a VSD would be the way to go. depending... $200ish

Stuart

Hi Stuart, I have thought of modifying the gear cover which, of course, would involve some
cutting of the door and I am reluctant to do that as I would still have to change belts.
The motor now is 375 W single phase. There are machines of similar size (Sieg C6)
that have a brushless 1 hp DC variable speed motor and they seem to perform very
well even at low revs.
I did get the lathe for what I think is a reasonable price so I don't mind spending a few
bob on modifications. ( I might have to curtail the Bin 555 intake a little, hehe)
I put the motor question on the forum in the hope that someone might have done
something like this and I could benefit from the experience. H

Hello H,

I inherited my lathe going on 5 years ago now. Back then I had to google the meaning of chuck, saddle, top slide, bed, leadscrew, headstock, tailstock, tool post etc (I think you get the point) I had no idea of even the basics of metal turning let alone the main parts of the lathe. Very very slowly I learnt and continue to learn through trial and error, reading AND much help from the guys on this forum.

You are never to old to learn and it's never too late to learn. Oh, and Anorak Bob, your not that young!

Welcome

Simon

Originally Posted by simonl

Hello H,

I inherited my lathe going on 5 years ago now. Back then I had to google the meaning of chuck, saddle, top slide, bed, leadscrew, headstock, tailstock, tool post etc (I think you get the point) I had no idea of even the basics of metal turning let alone the main parts of the lathe. Very very slowly I learnt and continue to learn through trial and error, reading AND much help from the guys on this forum.

You are never to old to learn and it's never too late to learn. Oh, and Anorak Bob, your not that young!

Welcome

Simon

Good observation,..... I have been telling Anorak Bob that for some time, he is catching up in age, to me. but I dont think he believes itI
I did hear that sometimes he has an afternoon sleep
Between painting jobs.
regards
Bruce

Originally Posted by Abratool

he is catching up in age, to me.

I certainly hope you mean as a percentage

Originally Posted by Abratool

Good observation,..... I have been telling Anorak Bob that for some time, he is catching up in age, to me. but I dont think he believes itI
I did hear that sometimes he has an afternoon sleep
Between painting jobs.
regards
Bruce

If he keeps having afternoon naps he might over take you Bruce,

Dave

Originally Posted by simonl

Hello H,

I inherited my lathe going on 5 years ago now. Back then I had to google the meaning of chuck, saddle, top slide, bed, leadscrew, headstock, tailstock, tool post etc (I think you get the point) I had no idea of even the basics of metal turning let alone the main parts of the lathe. Very very slowly I learnt and continue to learn through trial and error, reading AND much help from the guys on this forum.

You are never to old to learn and it's never too late to learn. Oh, and Anorak Bob, your not that young!

Welcome

Simon

You have come a long way in a short time Simon.
We will all never stop learning things in this hobby no matter how old we are. There is just so much to take in and just when you think you have one machine mastered, you go and buy shaper, grinder, or other things like that and the learning process starts all over again.
They say everything has already been invented but it's just coming around again, but I see some original ideas from members that I don't think have been invented before. The Chinese lathes and band saws etc where not invented back in the day, so all the mods on them are new ideas.

Dave

I am a member of most, and a lot don't even care if you post. In that Hobby machinist, he states he sends out emails to you ever month if you don't post, and after 2 the 3rd one he bans you and your IP address, thats it.no warnings

Dave


Gee whiz Dave, I wouldn't last long with Nelson at my rate of posting.
And I'll have to up that age soon.

LOL
I just think it's an invasion of privacy just to join a forum. People can do a lot with little bit info these days.

As for your age your only as old as you feel, still plenty of good years left yet.
My grandfather is 90 and still going strong in the shed, he doesn't make much these days, but it keeps him happy.

Dave

Originally Posted by Ueee

Hi H,
As Dave said above i have a stack of spare oilers- the smallest ones are 6mm, not 5.5 but it is pretty easy to drill out the hole and put the larger ones in. I am more than happy to send you a few, not sure how much H&F will charge you but i think i paid less than 20p each.

Nice looking machine as i have said before (about my shaper), its not the size or the speed.........

Hi Ewan, received the oilers yesterday but due to the tardiness of my female household
staff, entrusted with the clearing of the mail box I just got them (9:45pm). I have to tighten
the reins a bit on that slack mob. The main thing though is, I've got them and thank you very much for them. Letter in the mail tomorrow.
If you've followed my bits and pieces (please ignore the photo episode) on the forum,
I'm hell bent to convert that little machine I have to variable drive for reasons I explained earlier in the forum. The motor in the lathe is 375w and for the light work I do, strong enough. But for space reasons (and a bit of laziness) I would like to convert the lathe to variable speed which, I realize, would mean getting a new motor.
I am even considering upgrading to 1hp.
Now, being a total dope in these matters, I'm asking around, hoping that I would find a bloke that has done a conversion or know how to go about it.
So Ewan, if you don't mind, can I bleed you of all you know of the technical problem
I'm about to embark on.
Thanks again for your "OILY" help, Cheers H

Originally Posted by bin555

Hi Ewan, received the oilers yesterday but due to the tardiness of my female household
staff, entrusted with the clearing of the mail box I just got them (9:45pm). I have to tighten
the reins a bit on that slack mob. The main thing though is, I've got them and thank you very much for them. Letter in the mail tomorrow.
If you've followed my bits and pieces (please ignore the photo episode) on the forum,
I'm hell bent to convert that little machine I have to variable drive for reasons I explained earlier in the forum. The motor in the lathe is 375w and for the light work I do, strong enough. But for space reasons (and a bit of laziness) I would like to convert the lathe to variable speed which, I realize, would mean getting a new motor.
I am even considering upgrading to 1hp.
Now, being a total dope in these matters, I'm asking around, hoping that I would find a bloke that has done a conversion or know how to go about it.
So Ewan, if you don't mind, can I bleed you of all you know of the technical problem
I'm about to embark on.
Thanks again for your "OILY" help, Cheers H

No worries H,
I'm glad you got them o.k
You would be better off starting a new thread called "upgrading 1/2 hp lathe motor to variable speed" or something so the question doesn't get lost in this thread.

Depending on how much coin you want to throw at it, you could keep a look out for a used treadmill. Most of these have DC motors and all the necessary electronics to go with. Otherwise a new DC motor and a PWM (pulse width modulation) controller with feedback would work very well and give you governed power across the entire rev range. The other option is a small 3 phase motor and a VFD (variable frequency drive). These run off regular 240v but change it to 3 phase, and have lots of extra goodies like slow ramp up, braking etc. The down side is as the speed goes down so does the power.