Nooo! I just knew someone would come along and mention Rollie's dads method. I thought that was dead and buried years ago.
Anyway, Rollies...
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Last edited by Richard P Wilson; 01-29-2023, 06:18 PM.
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I should have known. I've watched Kurtis of Cutting Edge Engineering in Australia turn induction hardened bar like that, and he puts centres in quite...
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Not at all. The 0.0045" runout is due to the use of the 3 jaw chuck. I proposed that the OP puts a centre into the headstock taper, and this doesn't...
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Yes, my test will align at the head, but if it doesn't align elsewhere, that suggests that the headstock itself is out of alignment....
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If you don't like the smell of mothballs, mice don't like the smell of peppermint either.
Never having been in a French whore house (or any...
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You want a really poor man's tailstock alignment tool? Make sure the taper bores of the headstock and tailstock are clean and free from burrs. Fit a centre...
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I've got a 1930 Buck and Hickman (tool suppliers) catalogue of 1930 which shows Standard (Improved Pattern) and Positive Drive chucks looking very like...
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Are the inserts properly seated? One or more might feel tight, but is there a speck of dirt under the seating?
Odd that the chatter is always at...
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Nice looking car. You don't often see a Beardmore cab. I always understood that the original power unit was a 1.7 litre UK Ford petrol engine from a Ford...
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How old are the hoses? Could be cracked/perished. Yes, its dangerous to have an oxygen leak around a naked flame. Try the soapy water test, and see where...
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I used to able to, but at 73 my eyesight and manual dexterity can't do drills that small, so, like Willy, I chuck the small ones away, and just grind...
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How does a guy sharpen left hand drills? Well this guy just sharpens them like right hand drills but backwards, free hand on a double ended grinder.
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Vague memories of chemistry lessons from more than 50 years ago suggest that a lot of chemical reactions are faster at higher temperatures.
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The overhead travelling crane in the foundry I worked at when I was a student in the 1960s was well worn, and used to get skewed on the tracks. Their...
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I've only ever been on a horse twice in my life, and neither the horse or I enjoyed the experience. If God had intended me to ride a horse he'd have made...
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No, the crank handle on an Austin 7 definitely drives the nose of the crank, not the camshaft.
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I know what you mean about the finish, but how many shops can reproduce the teeth on jaws so that they mesh with the scroll at varying radii, from full...
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The right way is the way that gets the broken bolt out without damaging the part or yourself, preferably using equipment you've already got.
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Still no-one prepared (or dare I say it) able to explain to me what these Daco jaws are and what their purpose is?
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