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[Richard P Wilson]

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...

[Richard P Wilson]

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...

[Richard P Wilson]

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...

[Richard P Wilson]

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....

[Richard P Wilson]

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...

[Richard P Wilson]

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...

[Richard P Wilson]

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...

[Richard P Wilson]

Why? Whats wrong with it?

[Richard P Wilson]

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...

[Richard P Wilson]

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...

[Richard P Wilson]

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...

[Richard P Wilson]

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...

[Richard P Wilson]

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.

[Richard P Wilson]

Vague memories of chemistry lessons from more than 50 years ago suggest that a lot of chemical reactions are faster at higher temperatures.

[Richard P Wilson]

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...

[Richard P Wilson]

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...

[Richard P Wilson]

No, the crank handle on an Austin 7 definitely drives the nose of the crank, not the camshaft.

[Richard P Wilson]

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...

[Richard P Wilson]

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.

[Richard P Wilson]

Still no-one prepared (or dare I say it) able to explain to me what these Daco jaws are and what their purpose is?