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Have a look at the alloyavenue website. Here's the link to the burner forum.

http://www.alloyavenue.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?18-Burner-engineering

Lots of info here

Two holders! That's extravagant. It's one more than I've got for my QCTP. I still reckon it's better than changing shims each time I change tools.

A batch of holders sounds like a great test...

Thanks for the update Grahame.

I don't think there's a supplier in Rockhampton yet so as soon as my BOC cylinder agreement expires I'll probably source one from Mackay.

John

Using a carbide scraper I soon realized I needed some sort of diamond lap to maintain a good cutting edge.

R.C had kindly touched up my fairly blunt scraper on my last visit so I decided to...

I guess what each of us believes is a personal matter.

For me. Well in 2 days it will be 1 year since my Father died. We certainly didn't keep all of his accumulated shed contents (so many ...

If you have the changeover switch in a box you could put a micro switch on the door so when it is opened the drive is tripped.
That way the drive output power will be off before the motor...

There is different applications. Voltage multipliers like those used in negative ion generators produce high voltage but very little current.

Voltage doublers were often used in PC power supplies...

Rather than attempting to measure the voltages with an external meter are these drives capable of displaying the DC bus voltage or the output voltage on the inbuilt display.

If my Dad brought it when he was an apprentice then I hate to think how much wood it's been used on.

I don't think anyone would object to you taking a skim off with the surface grinder.

As for...

This is a bit O/T but years ago I worked with an electrician who had a set of Xcelite nut drivers.
It really did smell like someone had thrown up inside the tool case.

Years later Google informed...

Thanks for the kind words Phil.

As we all know, getting the first surface flat is the easy bit.

The plan now is to put together the required measuring equipment and try something a bit more...

I really don't know. My woodworking skills are pretty much non-existent"

I did it for a couple of reasons. Firstly as a scraping exercise but mainly because it allowed me to combine my passion for...

No bidding for this old plane. This one came from my late Fathers tool collection.

He was a carpenter and later on a became a tafe teacher.

This one is a Stanley no 110. The largest I have...

Absolutely, although dangling the block off my engine crane gave some anxious moments but it all went pretty smoothly.

Scraping tomorrow, remembering to keep the lines straight.:U

I've managed to sneak a granite plate into the shed. Somehow I don't think another car would go unnoticed.:U

John

Jim. Actually it's one of 3 I currently have. Just as some people collect multiple lathes or mills I have an excess of 1600's

Today I ventured south to pick up my new surface plate from R.C

After coffee and cake we loaded the plate into the trailer. I wasn't taking any chances so it was well restrained.

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Just like being back at primary school.:U. Seriously, it was my first time scraping since the course last year but there's no excuses now as Richards smaller plate has a new home.

New thread to...

A quick read of an insert catalog and some calculations on the back of an envelope would suggest well in excess of 20 hp could be used by a heavy cutting CNMG insert.

Note that I have zero...

Hi Richard,

I was just disappointed at the waste. If you haven't bothered to cover a machine after 3 months you probably never will.

I didn't have a close look at the lathe. It was private...

I spotted this milling machine sitting completely exposed to the elements.

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It is an Argo brand. I figured that the shed had been destroyed by cyclone Marcia in February.

I managed to...

Some time ago I had the need to do a small milling job in my lathe. I got by, gripping an endmill in the 3 jaw chuck. :no:

More recently I decided I needed something a bit better so I made a D1-6...

Richards small plate has managed to find a new home not too far from its last.

John

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But it's so close to home!

John

This video has been doing the rounds on Facebook.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuS6HDHc7XE

Something to try in my spare time.

Some unorthodox work holding in a 3 jaw chuck going on as...

I've been using side cutters to strip cables for 30 years. I don't see the problem myself.




Next you'll be telling me I'm should have used ferrules on the flex cable when I make a 10 amp 3...

Dean- I'm looking forward to hearing how they perform

I can relate to the QCTP prices. I picked up a Dickson S3 for my lathe. It only came with 1 toolholder. It's still better than shimming each...

Hi Dean.

Are the threading inserts and holders from T-Carbide on Ebay as you mentioned in an earlier post.

I'm looking to purchase a variety of indexable tools and wonder what the quality is...

I'll wear my tin foil hat

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No one's controlling my thoughts.

John

Jaycar have this

http://www.jaycar.com.au/p/AM4127

Might not be long enough.

John

Capacitors are added to fluroscent fittings to improve power factor and can be removed. Electric motors generally make the power factor worse.

I'm not sure how they could work without some form of...

Interesting. Maybe I wasn't wasting my time playing Tetris on a Nintendo after all.

John

I'm sure you could but at lower frequency the cooling effect of the auxiliary fan is much reduced.

The whole concept of this motor design is to maintain full cooling at reduced motor speed. This...

If I followed that advise I'd have more money in my pocket and a lot more space in my shed. :)

Youre right Richard. You don't realize how much you miss the modern conveniences until you spend some time without them.


Traveled up north of Yeppoon today to check on damage.
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No real problems for me in Rockhampton. Just a few trees down. The shed stayed dry so no issues there. As R.C said the eye passed straight over us. Everyone in the street was out checking the damage...

Next time you measure current drain could you use something with a little more accuracy :wink:

Some of us have enough trouble with the mA range but resolution to 100'ths of a micro amp. Thats...

The fitters workshop at my former employer had the exact same model of saw. The jaws hadn't failed yet but the center section of the screw looked identical to yours.

I guess every workshop has...

Not wanting to remain anonymous. Just forgot to reply earlier.

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Thats me front left.

John

The weekends scraping is done. I'm sure everyone had a great time.

Thanks to Phil for allowing a bunch of mostly strangers into his workshop for an informative and very entertaining weekend.
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Got out for a visit as well.

It was a chance to start matching faces with forum identities.

John

i'm finally on my way. Waiting for my plane at Rocky airport

Am I in the running for the longest distance traveled award. :wink:

All going well I will be over to meet Phil and others this...

I'm sure we can sort something out even if it just sharing a taxi



Thats a kind offer. A cup of coffee and a piece of toast is my typical weekend breakfast.


I'll keep my eyes open.

John

Flight arrives at 3.20 pm so I'll plan on dropping around after I sort out the accommodation.

I'm yet to decided whether to hire a car or just use taxis.

Looking forward to an informative and...

It feels like it was only a short time ago that I decided that it would be fun to spend a weekend scraping pieces of metal flat. (Try explaining that to most people I know)
Now there's less than a...

Monty Pythons ok but Blackadder's even better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjJ1bsnxxhs

"you bunch of heartless gloaters" :wink:

John

Hi Scott. Sorry for the delay. I am confirming my attendance at the Sep 13-14 class. I will PM you tonight.

John

A big thank you to Richard for being so generous with both his time and his equipment.

A quick poll of the students showed a 100% satisfaction rating.

I'm just waiting for my nationally...

I will be learning from Central Queensland's own master scraper but may still put my hand up for the Melbourne session. I'll see how things pan out.

If I can fit a scraping weekend between some...

Looks like one of those deadly yellow belly blacks:wink:

I'll give you a call later this week to arrange a suitable time for a vist.

John