Thread: Lipstick On a Pig

It looks good, I had to look twice at the photo as it looked like chrome!. You might be getting into gilding the lily territory if you now did a caustic dip and then a nitric de-smut dip before clear anodizing it .

HI,
Very Very Nice, You're right Graziano it does actually look like Chrome. Martin could You Please tell Me where You Bought Your Quill DRO Scale from or did it come with the Mill ?.
Thanks

Hi Steran,
The quill scale came from a vendor in Tasmania who seems to have disappeared.
As I remember the price was about $45.00. An Ebay search should turn up a few other sellers as they are fairly common.
Regards,
Martin

Martin,

They do look very nice, a really good job

Dave'H

They look great, I will have a set, LOL
One on my mill was down and hit the vice, cracked it clean in 2, but arildite did it's job getting it back together.

Dave

Hi Martin,

Nice work, it's amazing what a difference it makes to the look of the machine, I bet if feels better to operate as well.

Regards
Ray

Originally Posted by Dave J

They look great, I will have a set, LOL
One on my mill was down and hit the vice, cracked it clean in 2, but arildite did it's job getting it back together.

Dave

Areldite????

thats a tad...no, no, no..... a lot lot lot agricultural for you Dave
i would have thought you would have made a new one at a minimum

nice job Martin
I was gunna make some yesterday for the lathe, but couldnt find enough alloy....

It's on the to do list, but needed a quick fix. It has only taken me 4 years to get around to making more quick change tool holders, which I am doing at the moment.

Dave

Originally Posted by Dave J

which I am doing at the moment.

Dave

no your not..your inside playing on the computer...get out and do some work

OK, you got me there, but I am dreading deburring the 46 of them, thats why I am still here.

Dave

46?...so some are for me?

No, they wont fit yours, they are the Dickson style that are $80 each at H&F.

Dave

Martin, is that down fee hand wheel standard on your machine? It looks the part.
I only got a plastic one along with all the other plastic hand wheels on my mill.

Dave

Originally Posted by Dave J

They look great, I will have a set, LOL
One on my mill was down and hit the vice, cracked it clean in 2, but arildite did it's job getting it back together.

Dave

Hehehe, Many years ago I crashed my left hand end table feed handle into a piece of barstock that was overhanging the bench (at rapid traverse speed of course) It split straight in two and you'll never guess how i put it back together......

Martin,
That looks great, although i want to do this to my lathe i really don't see the point on the HM50, its a pig and will be no matter what i do to it........(ok maybe that was a bit harsh?)

Ewan