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I had a look through my NSK catalogue and could not find any reference to 2DU only a reference to the seal type. The DU seal type is limited to 11000 rpm for this size
(6303) due to heat build up...

Could you PM me with some details so I can help prevent you from wasting away. Does Phil need extra hands on Wednesday? I can be available but I also do not want to be in the way.

Ditto, for the same reasons and conditions.
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If anyone is considering making one of the punch sets as per the original post make two lucite/perspex rods. You will hit the first one with the hammer, DAMHIKT.:-

Great find.
Gear change handles are or were available from 600 machinery for $82 each, I made my own from a block of polyethylene, takes time but do-able.
The threads on my much older drill are a...

[QUOTE=ventureoverland;1852923]As the subject says guys - Would a Die Grinder of been my friend for this little project?



Drill it square-would be a good exercise to make a drill with your T &...

I have just put up a 5" Victoria Universal Dividing Head on ebay, comes with tailstock and two plates however the condition is 'poor'. It will need pulling apart and cleaning to remove the 'flight...

Hi, I was told at tech that welding pressure vessels like this is illegal, it creates local stresses which can cause major failure. When the tanks are made the welds are stress relieved by heating...

It is still happening!

19 mm A/F to 18
17 mm A/F to 16
13 mm A/F to 12

I wonder when they will start on cap screws? Metric cap screws have a larger head than the roughly equivalent imperial...

Hello Peter, I thought the same as you, I suspect it has been converted to a 40 taper to get away from the difficult to obtain B&S tapers.
The attached picture shows one of my 30 tapers on the left...

I have had two people raise there hand for the mill and I have sent them a PM. At this stage no further enquiries please.
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A friends father (ex toolmaker) has a Brown and Sharpe No1 Vertical Spindle Milling Machine available for the cost of taking it. It works but has not been used for many years and has surface rust...

I junked a ROWEN ARC 175 a few years ago. If you need any parts, except the transformer and switch, PM me.
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Looking at the picture, the jaws of the chuck appear to be replaceable soft jaws. Can you make an impression on them with a file? If so they could be a part of your problem. Do you have any other...

Hello Peter, thanks for your thoughts, it will be a while before I do anything to the tailstock, I have only had the lathe 20 years and I don't want to rush things. The variator drive on mine is...

Hello Peter, would you mind expanding on your last statement please? You have completed the task one more time than I have and any pointers would help. I should add that the tailstock that came with...

I have the same issue as the OP with my Chipmaster. I had the bed, saddle and tailstock base reconditioned and this resulted in a tailstock which is 10 thou. lower than the headstock. I have added...

Nevil Shute wrote 22 books starting in the 1920's up until 1960, he considered the book 'Round the Bend' his best and it might be a good start as it is superficially about aeroplanes and engineering....

Plus one on the Nevil Shute books.
Rob have you read 'The Rainbow and the Rose' it is partially set in NW Tasmania?
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Yes, but which one was the largest? I think most people can guess.:U
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Hello Jim,
Could you post the results of your purchase please? I and I suspect others would be interested.
Thanks, Mm.

Hello Texx,
A few years ago I took one of my Dickson tool holders into H & F and compared it to their then current QCTP and it was a slightly different size and not interchangeable. Hope this helps....

Unfortunately I too have to agree with the previous comments on MEW but my experiences with the magazine may be of interest.
As a 'toe in the water' I submitted a small (one page) article some...

Blunt tools!

Thomas A. Edison is quoted as saying: 'To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.' I think he should have known what he was talking about.
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It might be a nice gesture by some one from the forum who is picking up from this auction to put a note on the Schaublin mill to the effect that the vertical head will not work without the gear...

Just went back and looked at the auction pictures, the vertical head is fitted to the machine, could be an 'Oh S---' moment for the new owner when they first start it up.
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The arrowed item on the left is the drive gear for the vertical head, if this went missing the head would be useless. The gear is held into the horizontal 30 taper by the draw bar and the head is...

Bob, If you are going to use the linisher to shape steel or cast iron the dust could be a problem with magnetic clutches, it will of course be a problem with unprotected bearings/needle rollers, as...

This depends on the layout of your design but if you have one way needle roller clutches fitted in place of the ball bearings in each pulley you could operate each pulley independently by reversing...

If you have a Camloc chuck with the right number of pins you can index the chuck and just cut the same thread again.
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These are a good little saw for the amount of space they take up, mine is on wheels which can be raised to drop the saw onto the floor, it is stored under a bench. I buy any size blades, when they...

Bog.

Hi, if you look back in the Tool Gloat Thread, posts 644, 647, 650 and 655 you will find details of an identical one I have and BT's reply. It will be interesting to see if the seller gets his price....

I bought mine in 1988, probably paid too much for it but it came with extras, I knew it worked and the guy I bought it off had replaced seals and belts and done some work on the Variator. He did not...

Is your DC conversion quiet to run? My standard unit is rather noisy, fortunately it is not too close to the house next door. I agree that it is a very nice lathe to use, another 100mm in the bed...

Thank you for the reference RC. The restorer of the SAG has the same problem I have of having to add shims to get headstock- tailstock alignment, in his case he has added .028 thou. under the...

I was originally thinking of putting in a bronze sleeve and having the outside of the quill ground or chromed and ground to take out any wear. This means the lathe will be partially disabled while...

The tailstock centre is lower than the headstock because of the reconditioning and possibly because it is not original. The bed was so worn that it was not possible to get a meaningful measurement...

Yes I did get the saddle and tailstock done at the same time however the tailstock is not the original for my lathe and I have it shimmed up about 10 thou. There is a moderate amount of wear in the...

Welcome to the club, by my count you are the fifth Chipmaster owner on the Forum. Mine came without a fixed steady as well, it did however have two travelling steadys, I swapped one for something I...

Hello John,
You could try a Z section belt, it is the same width and pitch size as an SPZ but is only 8 mm high as opposed to 10 mm for the SPZ. This allows it to go around smaller pulleys, down to...

Hello John, a procedure I have had success with is to use all three types of tap in order then repeat the process. That is, use the taper tap until it becomes tight, remove, next the intermediate...

Thanks Bob for the information, $127 US in the 1950's was a lot of money, I wonder how many they sold?
The unit was working when I got it but I was just trying it and the needle has gone AWOL,...

On holidays recently and visited the Bellingen markets. Lurking in a box at the back of one of the stalls was the pictured Etalon Comparator. Cost was $30, seems to work well but is missing the...

Been there, done that. My solution is an 80/2 size Terry clip which fits neatly behind the dog clutch collar so it cannot move. Clip is stored on the adjacent unthreaded section of the Lead screw...

Hello Phil,
I replaced the very worn cross slide screw on my Chipmaster (same saddle assembly as the Bantam) some time ago with a modified screw from a Nuttal. I kept the old screw and it has the...

Thanks to everyone for a very pleasant day with a special thanks to Brett and Lola for all of their hard work to organise such an event.
It was interesting to find that other like minded people live...

The book is 'driven by IDEAS' 'The story of Arthur Bishop A great Australian inventor' by Clare Brown. Published by: University of New South Wales Press Ltd. in 2003. ISBN 0 86840 677 5.
The copy I...

Hello Joe, I have just been reading the biography of A E Bishop of the variable car steering fame. On page 9 there is a picture of your T C Grinder and the caption says that the grinder was designed...