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[Richard P Wilson]

Just curious about what seems to have been chewing the tops of the outer ends of the teeth on the scroll?

[Richard P Wilson]

A dab of paint on the shank will remind you that its the undersize one.

[Richard P Wilson]

When the OP says 'plate' presumably he means what is revealed when the chuck is taken off the backplate. Its usually held in place with 3 small screws,...

[Richard P Wilson]

If its a cup washer you are making, chuck a piece of steel, and bore it till the rubber item is a stiff push fit in the bore. Then bore the washer to...

[Richard P Wilson]

The roundbed Drummond has the facility to rotate the saddle around the bed, about 45 degrees each way, and when this happens, the tool height above the...

[Richard P Wilson]

I think that type of heat treated iron was known as 'malleable iron', at least here in the UK. As far as I know, 'ductile iron' is castable, because I've...

[Richard P Wilson]

I some of the castings for my home build planer done in SG (spheroidal graphite) iron. The bridge and the bridge standards, which are subject to bending...

[Richard P Wilson]

I've got 2 of them, made by a UK firm called Drummond Brothers between about 1906 and 1940. One is a short bed, c 1920, and the other is a long bed, c...

[Richard P Wilson]

None of these fancy dan gadgets works on my lathe which has a cylindrical bed, so I stick to the steel rule method. Its quick and easy, and the rule is...

[Richard P Wilson]

I know what you mean, but all I can say is that after about 20 years of use, I haven't had a problem with the tap shattering. Admittedly, I don't belt...

[Richard P Wilson]

For a lot of years I've used a 1/4" Whitworth tap. The pointed end is perfect for centre punching, and I've never had to sharpen it yet. I got the...

[Richard P Wilson]

You should send photos of your lathe to Tony Griffiths at www.lathes.co.uk, to add to his archive. Hes always on the lookout for information on little...

[Richard P Wilson]

Possibly, but probably no more so than an expanding reamer....

[Richard P Wilson]

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[Richard P Wilson]

Forget about expanding reamers. Just use a standard 3/4" machine reamer to get to 0.750, then spill ream it. Thats simply packing wooden spills down...

[Richard P Wilson]

Don't forget an excellent piece of advice I was once given. 'Don't start a machine doing something unless you already know how to stop it doing it.'

[Richard P Wilson]

A long shot, but a planer fitted with a skew bit would easily cope with length, in fact you'd be able to mount multi[ple plates at the same time, and...

[Richard P Wilson]

These days most people seem to forget about turning between centres. Its a useful technique, you can swap from end to end and its got to be concentric,...

[Richard P Wilson]

Four way toolpost is far more rigid than a lantern toolpost.

[Richard P Wilson]

I admit to being a purely hobby machinist these days. I have no customers, except myself, making one part is pretty normal, making 2 parts counts as a...