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Its really just a block of steel milled or ground square with a slot in to suit the size of tool steel. Drill and tap a couple of holes to hold it in there and you're laughing. Basically you make the...

Collets can be overtightened. Collets do eventually runout with wear and tear. See it happen every day.

As for the rest, well mate, you must be of far superior sources. What would I know, after...

Yes. Those are tool steel blanks. For most work around 13mm and under, a piece of 5/16" properly ground to shape will do just fine. As you get larger diameter jobs, you go up in the size of tools....

A good chuck in fair condition is worth quite a bit. Do a search on flea bay for 'pratt burnard'.
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(And I'll bet those door stoppers, cleaned out of any crap and reassembled are worth quite a...

Buy yourself a set of drop in collets that use a draw bar. Make a sleeve to fit spindle at either end. Be warned. Collets age like anything else and don't hold their accuracy their entire life,...

/rant on

You've got the common do-gooder to thank for that. 'Oh no, the child needs counselling. Don't give him a quick strap across the wrists for ....'

Alright, I'm only a young bull and all...

They both look like rubbish, to me. Grab yourself half a dozen bits of HSS and do some grinding. :)

Pretty much anyone with a surface grinder and a cylindrical grinder capable of doing internal work could do it, mate.

Whack the jaws up on the surface grinder and re-do the angles & notches if...

Haha. Don't know of any myself, but rock on, mate. That machine looks like a bloody ripper. Spewin' I don't have $3,000 in the bank. (Well, I do, but that's the untouchable ZX-10R fund. Will resort...

Perhaps a democratic republic, rather than the one proposed at the last referendum.

Sounds like an absolute moot point.

What difference does it really make?

Hmm... betting on people... by god, man, that's BRILLIANT!

We could bet on politicians. Two liberals, fifty paces, six shooters, last man standing. Now THAT, is a sport I'd waste money betting on!...

Other advantage of a horizontal bandsaw is that you can set it to work on a 100mm piece of stock and walk away for a cuppa and or cigarette. Or even possibly more work, if you're so inclined. (Which...

Yes, there is a pedestrian crossing there, which she was pretty well on.

Cops? Not if I can avoid them. Don't trust them anymore than lawyers or insurance companies.

Speaking of which, I have...

When Gippsland was burning, the government did absolutely bugger all to help. It was left up to the volunteers at the CFA and SES to sort the job out. Maybe one or two spare MFB brigades, too.

A...

What goes..

klip, klop, klip, klop, klip, klop, BANG, BANG, BANG, klip, klop, klip, klop, klip, klop?

Amish drive-by.

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What goes..

She actually said something quite similar to that on the telephone. To which I asked..

In the same situation would you assume that a pedestrian wouldn't pop up either? And not look in the...

Surely the subject of arrival is irrelevant if both vehicles were stationary for a time and then the accident occurred afterwards.

As far as I know, slip-laning whilst vehicles are stationary...

Yessir, that's correct. Once I was past her, I was in front of her, stationary too, with my right foot on the deck and about to look for oncoming traffic. (Got my head halfway to my right shoulder...

So here's me, on my widdle motorcycle (green) :D and the evil lady in her car (red). :devilred:
The lady's stationary in the slip lane, with traffic whizzing past her.

So I mosy on up like in...

Not sure if it changes the numbers or not, but just on the off chance it does and no-one else spotted it..



3mm's actually about 118 thou. 12thou's around 0.3mm. (Check these numbers again,...

Not for a 1m long I-beam. You'd tear your hair out getting it square if you weren't used to using a file. :doh:

I'd go with Woodlee's suggestion. A local shop'd whack it on the mill and take the...

Swinburne in Wantirna does one, too, I think. Not much closer than Box Hill, but a step in the right direction.

Premium. Bike caries on like an old mule if I feel it the crap stuff. :(

Have a look on the web and the local machinery dealers first. You should be able to pick up a second hand bench lathe made by a reputable manuf. for a reasonable price. Little more leg work, but...

Sharpen the point off centre by half as much extra. :2tsup:
Drill some scrap first to make sure you got it right, however.

Will also only work when drilling hole from scratch/centre pop. Won't...

1994, apparantly. ???

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Those charcoal Winnie Blues at the moment. :D

I reckon Pipeclay's on the money. Sounds as if you're running above centre height. Either that, or you've no front clearance on the tool.

I do wonder, what are you basing the assumption of centre...

I can't believe half of what I've read in this thread. weak- the both of you. :((
Could have quite easily been contained to PM's flying backwards and forward, but it had to be a public...

It doesn't. Head stock alignment will, which would have been effected by the lathe not sitting level.

Tail stock alignment comes into play when you start drilling holes and working between...

:no: - All you have to do is rough it out on the mill, put it in the furnace at 590deg odd to relieve the stress and then finish grind....

Yes, super accurate lathe beds are left out for years to...

Something for Marc...

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Ken,

Cast Iron is quite easy to machine. It does however make a very big mess, due to the insane carbon content. (Prepare for black arms and face.)
'Tis a very good idea to wear a dust...

It's simply education beyond intelligence, lads. Nothing more, nothing less.

Perhaps for learning purposes, yeah, it'd be better to learn fine finishing at low speed. Catch 22 is that you'd have to hide the emery pretty good. :no:

Quickest and easy way is to run flat...

Teach them how to fine finish at high speed. (Go flat out, use fine cuts.) Be sure to explain that using the feed won't leave a good finish at high speed, because it'll just move quicker and chew out...

Don't get me wrong. If Osama and his mates rock up in Croydon South, yeah, half the population will go Glasgow style and kick the daylights out of them. If an Indian doctor moves into the house next...

Ah ok. That first picture, is that under your compound slide?

Would be bloody careful with your vinyl slideway cover. Would be very ugly if the chuck jaws grabbed hold of it. :o

Ditto to that. Goes everywhere. What you can do when turning brass is get a little 3/4x2" strip of tin sheet, bend it and screw it down on top of the turning tool in your tool holder to act as a...

Another good one to try is R300. Can't be heat treated and it's as soft as chewing gum, but is great for 'look good' stuff. Comes up with a very schmick finish, no matter how hard you are on it. Have...

Dean may be able to help you out. :2tsup:

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Graeme, 4140 is free machining. Also has enough carbon in to heat treat, should you so wish.

We use it at work for die cases. :)

Ah ok. Quick way out of having to re-grind a tool for the two square forms. ;D

MH: Forgot to offset the point on my tool for the zero-rake side. Remembered on the side I ground for screw-cutting steel tho. (Something's better than nothing, lol. :doh: )

For the majority of...

For those interested, it was mentioned earlier that some folk like to move the compound slide around to 30 deg odd and use it to set their depth of cut.

Saw it done today for the first time and...

If you can get your hands on a carbide endmill that's designed for milling hardened steel. It'll go through it no probs.

Eccentric relief is the biggest give away with these. They'll stand out...

:o -Good grief. You've got some serious amounts of skill there as a craftsman, Artemis. :2tsup:

Another stunning piece. I wonder, how long have you been blacksmithing for? Was it a skill you...

Anything's possible. -You should know that.

Time and inclination, however, are another story. -Something I'm sure you'd also already know. :D

Can't say I've ever heard or seen it done either,...

A cube + a triangular prism :?