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Hello Scott,

I'd also be able to fit you in - we would do-it-while-u-wait. I'm at Karana Downs, just off the Warrego Hwy.

Regards, Daryl

Hello All,
The appearance of the McP catalogues in this thread alerted my memory that I have a McPhersons Catalogue - somewhere. Well I found it - still in pretty good shape . Face page could be...

... and what a bonus to see so many following this thread. A great education (again) for Daryl.

db

Good Morning Wizards,
Stuart - of course; the bar mounted drill bit method is similar and should work well I think. Lube & chip removal won't be easy either way, but could be a tad easier with the...

Good Morning All, well, Stuart has the knack of eliciting an amazing array of responses. Further to the Daryl response at #13, I took this pic to illustrate the well or tunnel boring concept - it...

Trust Stuart to come up with a problem none of us know much about. Well, with such great company, I'm willing to chuck in my 2/- worth as well.
A story before I'm called away (ie; caught on the...

Good Morning Brian,
I also have a 250G and lots of forum-ites have given me great advice.
Mine came with the blue stand shown in the dogalogue. I have set it on 1/4" rubber sheet on the concrete...

Hi There Brian,

Mine works a treat - just happened to pick it up from the throw-out aisle @ H&F - only missing the spanners.

I had to make a collar for the bottom and a sleeve for the top (used...

Hi all & Ewan & RodWeb,

After reading the sage advice of Phil (& others), instead of cutting lumps out of the spindle nose to index the spindle, I cut (V-shaped) chunks out of the face plate, and...

G'day All,
Well the spindle chuck drawbar, designed to remove the chuck as well, has worked very well. As Ewan predicted (or was it Phil?), the 'weak point' was the roll-pin lugs in the back of the...

Hi Alaks,

I agree with the for-posters. I find just a keyed 13mm 3MT chuck in the tailstock is plenty.
The stand is solid enough, but bolt it down and make sure plenty of silicone around the feet...

Ah ... it's hard to beat the refs as well.:~

Doesn't matter if you are from one of the Territories. I'm a Mallee Boy, but live in Maroon Territory now.:2tsup:

Back to the DB. (Hey! That's ME)...

OK, last Warrie,

...the rear cockpit was awash with the fitters breakfast and last nights dinner...

Now THAT cockpit was fit for pigs!

Daryl

PS: Phil, is there a thread for Technical...

Now that the spindle problems are over (see https://www.woodworkforums.com/f65/headstock-spindle-advice-please-171839/index3.html) - and perhaps someone can tell me how to insert a link - I'd like to...

Good one everybody, Yet Another Success Story for the Forum Boys :2tsup:

The spindle is back in, pre-loaded just right, gearbox cleaned out, new oil, mag strip in the bottom (that plastic mag...

Hi All, I refitted the spindle late today - the rear inner brg was very tight, so getting some 'feel' was impossible - so it has been tightened with much care because it ain't gonna release to easily...

If you keep posting John, how will I EVER get any shed work done?
I like the Rover stories - I have some good ones as well - for another time/thread.
We all know about the Brits & oil leaks...

Thanks John, It's not that I'm really 'fearless' - I have plenty auto experience as an old rally-ist etc. It's just that in this case, the nut at the back of the spindle isn't quite the best fit on...

Msg rec'd Whitey - all good. Over-n-out.

Good luck with the 40mm drill bit.

Daryl

Daryl shakes his head in wonderment!! :rolleyes:
When I next visit my cuz at Seymour, I must try to get across to Ballarat (or is it Ballarrat?)

Thanks Simon & Shed. Looking at another post here a couple of weeks ago had also convinced me to ensure the entire headstock should be thoroughly cleaned out. The opportunity has now arrived.

The...

Evening All,
Well I am back with a new set of bearings - best quality japanese ones that I could find. Looking now at the sage advice above, of course I need to change tack a little bit.

The...

Welcome to the forum Alaks. You will find many here who are older and wiser than even I. You will also find them VERY HELPFUL. This is the only forum that I belong to and I think they are terrific.
...

Yeah - I'm not happy with the look of the outer race either. My 'press' (also made of recycled materials) is limited to about 5T - I will give it a try, but if I fit new (quality) bearings, then it...

Yep, I think both of Michael's methods are better than mine.
Daryl

Hello my trusted advisors.:)
Today I pulled the spindle from the not very old HM250G. I intend/ed to do two mods to the spindle;
1. increase the size of the relief zone on the cover flange to make...

G'day Ray, This is a bit tricky & I have never tried this, but I reckon this would work.
If we would be confident that the jaws have the same Dims as most garden variety guns, then copy the length...

G'day SC, I think Greg is close about the tools on the plastic wrap & round container. From my old clockwinding days, I'd say they are Graving tools - used for machining very small items in a...

My goodness Stuart - this thread has bugged me for 2 nights. Like Ewan & Phil I expected the '5-gear shaft' to be the idler shaft between the output & input. Why can I see a cluster of 3 just showing...

G'day Red,

Here is the concept of what I would do with just basic resources. To improve the clamping effect on the (S**t Metal) alloy support, braze 1 x M8 nut on the fixed flange side to take the...

... but I have a cutter for you - I have two of them!:D

Hi Milo, I'm not far away - I have both a tap & die here - somewhere amongst my dear old Dad's stuff.

Regards, Daryl

Hello Michael (& the others),

The inverted 'Y' seems to be the answer, but if the 'V' isn't perfectly in the centre of the Y-tail, then it will be a problem.

If it isn't perfect, then resting...

Hi All, how about leaving some of the tools sitting on top your old transformer welder? Any old transformer can be used as a 'growler' to demag almost anything.:zap: Welding transformers will do the...

My vaccuum-maid system is the recipient of dust from my (3) bench mounted grinders/linishers. Fortunately, the distance to the vac is about 3m of PVC pipe with wrinkly stuff on the entrances. The...

Hi there Ewan & Stuart,

Being an old Instrument Fitter (AKA 'Clockwinders'):U, I would have assumed the missing screws would be BA.
BS 93 British Association (B.A.) Screw Threads Data Charts

I...

Ah ... sorry Whitey for tearing off at a tangent like that. Now that I know the rimes are steel, then the cutting arbor / boring bar (well over 25 YO) I have is still available. When I bought mine,...

Thanks all for your responses - the QCTP is now fitted up & works a treat.

Following Dave's advice, I made a new tool post bolt from a M12 bolt, reduced to M10 for the threaded portion, then a...

G'day all, without wanting to be a wet blanket over Whitey's dilemma, I have a feeling that alloy rims do not have countersunk holes because of the risk of fatigue cracking (stress cracking of the...

Hi Baron J,
I found it! But it isn't same Mfr. This Tacho is in a box from Manning, Maxwell & Moore, Bridgeport Conn. I see they are a now defunct 'Railroad Supplies' company, The Mfr of the tacho...

Over at the Gloat, I bought a QCT pretty cheap @ H&F the other day. Dave thinks it was a good buy, so that makes me very happy!:D
https://www.machineryhouse.com.au/L295
But since I have not used a...

I was at H&F the other day and found this in the toss-out aisle. It is item https://www.machineryhouse.com.au/L295 It was marked at $250 (half price) - only the 2 spanners were missing. Because I...

I was at H&F the other day and found this in the toss-out aisle. It is item https://www.machineryhouse.com.au/L295 It was marked at $250 (half price) - only the 2 spanners were missing. Because I...

G'day Whitey,
This is a boring bar much like the sketch provided by John (rascal).

It is able to be fitted with two cutting tools (HSS) for holes from 1/2" to 1", the another (cutting tool) for...

Like ewan, mine is a cheap ALDI version, but I'm only a once-a-week welder. I found that with multi-focus glasses, it was not very comfortable and the reflections from the back were really annoying....

Good Grief Ewan, you gave me quite a start there suggesting a Fire-In-The-Shed! Having never experienced a Fire-In-The-Shed, I had these awful visions of the project, along with the rest of the 'most...

Hi Phil,
My senior commander says the only way SWMBO would be on the wire brush is to get you back into the house quicker! Mine has taken me away to the Sunshine Coast for a WHOLE WEEK!!! No shed...

Hello Jan,
Somewhere I have the 'Tacho' version of this. It came to me via my father & grandfather. I suspect it may be a chronometric (clockwork) tacho - which are quite accurate for their RPM...

... for posting this thread. As usual, Stu, Dave, Rob and others have provided valuable advice and guidance - perhaps they have missed their vocations!

For me, you have all triggerd me into action...

G'day all,
PDW will be pleased to know that I found my forejaw under the lathe cunningly disguised as a 4-jaw - fitting it up was a PITA, but I haven't lost lost my touch to get better than 0.005mm...