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[old mart]

Who needs to turn the screw when the whole set of sizes is hanging there....

[old mart]

It's amazing how easy it is to get a workable slot like that by doing the milling section by section. One of these days, I am expecting to do a similar...

[old mart]

Don't use a Cspanner in the hole where the grubscrew sits, you might damage the threads, there is a dedicated hole showing in your first picture. Getting...

[old mart]

That grubscrew is unusual, I would try unscrewing it before using the c-spanner in the hole in the other side. Normally it is simply friction from a close...

[old mart]

You won't be needing the bleach-paintstripper then?

[old mart]

Pilot lights in the UK went out of fashion about 40 years ago, just as well with the huge increase in gas prices recently.

[old mart]

I have had no trouble putting spanner flats on the earlier er collet arbors which are medium hard, using solid carbide and would not hesitate to try single...

[old mart]

I use inserts for aluminium frequently, TCGT, VCGT, VMNG, TNMG, WNMG, and they all work very well, even the negative type that some people think cannot...

[old mart]

Back in the 70's my firm somehow came by an induction heater and it came in very useful for heating small ferrous parts. Inside was a glass valve about...

[old mart]

They are very sensitive to the starting hole diameter and the ductility of the metal. Not for general use.

[old mart]

As already mentioned, a 1" core drill would do it easily. You turn up a pilot for the core drill to fit nicely in the hub which will hold the drill...

[old mart]

Get some of those metric nuts and use a big wrench.

[old mart]

Don't forget to put all the nuts on those wheel studs, or it will be three wheeled one eye Willy.

[old mart]

I have dismantled 3 chucks, a 160mm Chinese, a 6" lightweight Toolmex and a 6" lightweight Pratt. Before using a custom made drift to start...

[old mart]

I have a wallet of the cheap Chinese or Indian ones which only get used when the four Moore & Wright ones are out of range. I have a 6" and a...

[old mart]

I am thinking of fitting my electric blanket back on the bed as the nights get colder, they are so nice, although not as good as having a good/bad woman...

[old mart]

You read the gauges with a micrometer or caliper gauge. Most people would have one or both long before thinking about telescopic gauges.

[old mart]

Once the central screw is either unscrewed or the head drilled off, a hex key near or equal to the chuck capacity should be tighened in the chuck, the...

[old mart]

Bronwyn will be able to call you her "network nerd".

[old mart]

I had a total knee replacement on my left knee 3 years ago and a partial on the right just before the 2020 lockdown. If I hadn't had them done, I would...