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G'day Dale,

I was wondering if they would be made from leather which has been oiled.

When I was a kid and bikes had chromed steel hubs on the wheels, that is what we fitted to both back and...

G'day Andre,

A nice project for you, perhaps even an opportunity to use your scraping skills.

Should make a nice lathe with a bit of grunt for its size.

Regards

Quentin

G'day Mark,

Looking at your photos of the gears, it is a good thing you are making some correct pinion gears as the mesh of the previous gears seems to have been fairly poor and has caused damage...

G'day Mark,

Good thoughts and research.

You are about six months ahead of me in your making such a tool. Like Peter I am happy to be part of a group purchase of the levels if you are willing....

Hi Michael

Nice to see the little beast coming together - great credit to you as usual.

With regard your overhead drive and the issue of isolation, a couple of thoughts come to mind as...

Hi Phil,

Like the others I have enjoyed reading this thread, and share a degree of envy over your good fortune in being able to work in a place of such interest.

With regard the issue of...

G'day Scott and Phil (Machtool),

Can you please put my first preference as 4-5 October, my second preference as 11-12 October and my third preference as 18-19/October.

Thanks

Quentin

G'day all

Work intruded at the last moment and prevented my being at the last scraping course, so I would like to register my interest in attending the next one.

Hopefully work can be...

Thanks RC for the heads-up regarding Alec.

regards

Quentin

I was sorry to hear of the death of Mark. I never spoke or otherwise communicated directly with him, but enjoyed learning from his posts and enjoyed his humour.
He will be missed by me as well as...

G'day gents,

Firstly, once again Bob you have scored well. Very nice piece of kit indeed.

But your purchase has awakened a question that has bothered me at times.

I have been attempting to...

G'day gents,

To echo Stu's comment, there is an interesting improvement that can be made to the Deckel Vertical Heads in the area where the retaining bolts locate (i.e. those that in your machine...

Hi Phil,

Thanks for this thread. As usual, it informs and entertains - a great combination. It is great to see thoughtful restoration and I too will be hoping that the word comes down from on...

G'day all

When a young tacker my father gave me a personal nickname "Qball" that was only used by my parents to me. When you have the first name Quentin, you find that not many people shorten it...

G'day to all,

I first found out about Holbrook lathes a few years ago, joined the Holbrook Lathe forum and have the pleasure of owning a smaller 1975 Holbrook Minor Lathe which I purchased out of...

Hi to all the brotherhood,

The stick arrived from Sean in NZ yesterday - very quick transit time it seems to me. I have copied it onto my computer - with no problems.

Thanks to all who have...

Gday all

I own an old (1952) Czechoslovakian TOS SV-18R Lathe that I am restoring back to OEM condition (a job of unknowns as well as knowns as many here well know). I was able to buy it from one...

Hi Ray,

I am happy for you to borrow handles so as to get dimensions etc for making your own.

It would be best if you dealt with Phil directly as to the specifics of this arrangement so as to...

G'day to all

Having just bought a shaper yesterday, I am wondering if I might be allowed to join this group of shaper aficionados in being able to access the "stick of knowledge"?

I will not...

G'day Gents,

With the aid of Phil (Machtool) and Greg (Greg Q) I have been able to acquire a shaper yesterday. I also need to thank Michael G for first finding it and then putting the info on the...

Greg,
My apologies for jumping into this thread on your offer of the Deckel FP2 Fixed Table to Bob. Should Bob not wish to avail himself of your offer, are you interested in selling it.
I have...

If you are looking to procure a Sandvik scraper, I know that Machtool (of the Melbourne Scraping Workshops) has some for sale, as well as some of his very good self-made ones. I purchased a Sandvik...

I have never seen this lathe brand before.
It appears to have a hydraulic copying attachment built onto the rear of the cross-slide. This, along with what appears to be a pneumatically operated...

Hi Peter,

It you are planning to divest yourself of this rollerbox, let me know as I would be happy to speak to you about purchasing it off you.

I have a Ward 2DS Turret Lathe which it would...

Hi Codefox,

If it were my wooden topped general workbench, I would use a single sheet (2400mmx1200mm)of galvanised (or equivalent) sheet steel - thickness between 0.9mm and 1.6mm.

I would do...

Sorry, my previous message was in response to this posting.

Regards

Quentin

ps Still learning to work this site.

Regarding the SHW UF1 Milling Machine listed on ebay as being in Tom Price - you know, the dark side of the moon - not really for those of us in Western Australia.

I rang the gentleman selling it ...

Hi Andre,

Good to hear that you were able to attend the scraping workshop and enjoyed it. With regard mounting the bench lathe, what has been mentioned is spot on. However another aspect to...

Ray and Greg,

Thanks for this info.

I have some reading to do as I have not looked at much electrical motor and control theory since high school physics.

The struggle will be worth it.
...

Hi to all.

I had to present my apologies for being unable to now come to this scraping workshop, as work has intruded. I am bitterly disappointed as I was unable to attend the first one last...