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Probably the easiest piston rings to get over the shaft are the old style Cord rings which were made from steel and are very flexible. Pretty hard to find these days. Rings from old stationary...

Coming from a farming background and very familiar with line-shaft shearing machines, old piston rings were commonly used simply to remove the accumulated patina of rust deposited on the shafting in...

Bob,

That tin of grease was one of 5 I acquired many years ago and I still have 1/2 a tin left for myself which will last me out, I only use it for my Weiler spindle bearings, the rest I gave...

Very quick answer--it is a workhead for a Hercus tool & cutter grinder identical to the one Anorak Bob has.

Peter

Bob,

A wise move. It is pretty difficult to remove what can be done manually with wet & dry, on a cylindrical grinder, let alone a T&C grinder. You may recall that I had a Myford cylindrical...

Bob,

You no doubt have worked out that the square collet can take any sized piece of square or rectangular steel up to the maximum dimensions of the hole. Packing pieces can be used if necessary....

It could be possible that someone has put a short centre in. If all else fails it should be possible to get the ejector rod out, measure things up and put an appropriate length spacer in or simply a...

The FP1 is up and running, the colour is quite fetching!! Everything on it is in superb condition, it had a very sheltered existence in its formative life and should be good for another 51 years (not...

Bob, the table lock was my creation, I had no idea what the original looked like so I made a quick & dirty fudge. Being virtually out of sight I went for function not beauty.

Peter

Very valid comment Mark.

The fundamental thing about accurate hole location, no matter which method is used is to have the bed-to -spindle relationship absolutely square in all planes. With a jig...

Measuring the wall thickness of tubing.

Bob,

As you have said, I had other grinders including 3 other T&C grinders. The Kao Ming, Makino C40 knockoff, had a ball race table like the Hercus but it had spring cushioned stops. The only...

Yes Bob, the Russian (Maho 600 clone) could sure hog metal. I could only bring one container over so the other machines all went to good homes. I am just hoping that my lathes have not deteriorated...

The shed is built, 3 metre stud height,25 degrees gable roof and 150mm concrete floor 6x7metres. My container should be leaving Perth in a few days so there will be a bit of action in the offing.
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Bob,

You may be chasing your tail tramming a round bar without an 'elephant's foot" tip on a clock. Any wear in the saddle ways, either vertical or horizontal, (or both) will register with a...

In general when this situation arises the re-sizing is done by taking the material off the base of the holder. The main point to consider is the height of the tool tip. You may find that making it...

Like Greg's Theil, the Stanko toolroom mill I left behind in Perth had tapered pins for bringing things back into alignment. It might be worthwhile doing something similar when you manage to get the...

I am assuming that your Universal mill is the traditional type where to mill helically, the table, inclusive of the lead screw is swivelled to the helix angle required. If this is the case then the...

My understanding of the various machine tool amalgamations in the UK is that at one stage various companies such as Elliott came under the umbrella of the Clarkson Tool Company. Some maintained their...

Simon,

If it is any help, John Hart in Melbourne was the mob from whom I obtained valves, compression fittings and tubing. The valves were Tecalemit. I had to do a bit of creative plumbing to...

A few years ago I rebuilt an Elliott 618 from a basket case. Although the 618 had a manual oiling system with a one-shot hand pump feeding to a manifold and distributed to the various oiling points, ...

I had an Elliott 618 which I resurrected from a basket case, it turned out to be a very nice grinder but I left it with a friend when I moved from Perth.

The wheel hub on yours is a bit different...

What a superb weekend !! Many thanks to Phil Marko and Scott. Phil for opening his workshop to us and providing the necessary equipment, expert instruction, and of course the gourmet tucker. Marko,...

Thats OK by me.

Peter.

I will be driving down from Mittagong on Friday and staying at the Excelsior hotel for the weekend returning on Monday (unless there is some gem of a machine to look at while I am in the area!!)....

While it is pretty common for small lathes not to have a "tanged" tailstock quill, quite a few larger lathes, in particular true toolroom lathes, come standard with a non-slotted tailstock quill. One...

The "odd" angled slot arrangement is common to most cylindrical grinders. You will notice that all the J & S attachments such as tailstock, steadies etc have a vertical sectioned base which aligns...

Bob,

.RC. is correct with the rotation. Before you did the motor this is the way it rotated. Normally the work head is on the left hand side of the table if you are spinning the work-head and if...

I have seen thread chasing attachments with just a simple star wheel of the appropriate number of "teeth". There is no need for perfect tooth form , once the half-nuts are engaged, the chasing dial...

Hi Bob,

The filters were never used by me. My guess is that they provide different contrasts when using the surface lamp.

The re-location is going very slowly. The renovations on the "new"...

Bob,

The plain glass discs you have were simply cut out of glass by the owner of Fremantle Glass on South Street. I gave him the old scratched one as a pattern. Two of the replacements are , from...

Phil,

Thanks for that.

Cheers, Peter.

If there is a spare place still available I would like to attend. Any weekend would be suitable as I am retired. I have recently moved to NSW from WA but the container with my workshop contents may...

Rather than going to the trouble of hardening and tempering silver steel or case hardening mild steel with kasenite or similar hardening compounds, I had a piece of 1/4" HSS round blank, left over...

Peter,

The final bid was $7809.

Peter.

With regard to the FP1, I had a look at it on thursday and spoke with the owner, of German origin. The mill was purchased new in 1970 and was only used by his brother, They had the much older FP1...

Bob, The motors are wired for Star,

You have to forget about the cutter moving upwards. Because the cutter has a helix, the forces involved want to pull the cutter down, not up. This is of course why collets relying on friction can...

Taken from the manufacturers instructions on a PosiLock box.

I tried to edit my post but was unsucessful hence this second post.
I have just realized that you have said that your lathe is an Omnitool. The manual I have is , and I quote - "M series...

Bruce,
I happen to have an original instruction manual for your lathe which covers the M.15, (15" swing) model and the M.16 (16" swing) model. From the photo you posted this manual is the right one...