Here is a list of all the postings Russ B has made in our forums. Click on a thread name to jump to the thread.
Thread: Parkside (Lidl) Cordless Angle Grinder |
20/02/2020 10:17:07 |
I picked up a £29.99 cordless angle grinder (no battery, no charger) as I already had a 4Ah battery and charger that came with the £59.99 400nm impact gun (which is a superb quality piece of kit, and its got some serious oomph, way more than any pneumatic hand held gun ive used!) Back to the grinder.... 2 issues, the no load speed is only about 7500rpm, not the 10,000 advertised, I didn't charge my battery (as I dont intend on using it and long term storage outside of 30-60% charge is very damaging for a lithium pack). My 3 bar battery indicator shows full, however these show full at anything over about 30% from what I've read online, so not to be trusted. I'll charge it up tonight and see how it goes. Issue 2... Overall, looks nice, but the quality is absolutely no where near that of the big 400nm impact driver I bought. Bit of a let down to say the least. Although it was only £29.99 and I've got the battery and charger and I'm sure it'll do exactly the job its supposed to - I'm still tempted to take it back.
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Thread: What would I use a Plasma Cutter For |
17/02/2020 12:57:48 |
I also tried my 2 nearest Lidl stores on Friday with no luck, however I did pickup one of the cordless angle grinders I've been keeping an eye out for for the last 9+ months so that's a real bonus!
I bought my freehand/bench top horizontal bandsaw from Aldi online at about £150 delivered, its still my favourite Aldi/Lidl buy, and is still on its original blade, still razor sharp. I wish Lidl had an online store. |
Thread: Noisy Lathe Gearbox |
10/02/2020 12:27:51 |
One of the Lathe headstocks I'd worked on had a broke ridge line in the lid above the spindle which allowed oil to run off and drip on the gears below, the last of the ridges dripped into a reservoir cast above the nose bearing providing lube. Another one of them (Colchester) had a steel fabricated reservoir on top that directed oil to the various parts, including the clutches hidden away at the back of the box. It's for this reason that I don't use the Newton Tesla drive on my Myford 280 below 50%, as reducing the speed of the whole gearbox any further stops oil being thrown up from the bottom of the box to reach the necessary parts. I keep meaning to pop the case open and reprogram the pot to range from 50-150% |
06/02/2020 11:02:59 |
Geoff, I'm only 17,000 km away, I'll drop in if I'm passing! |
05/02/2020 14:12:07 |
I bought a Myford 280 with a noisy gearbox, one of the interference fit gears had come loose and could slide left (The gear top left should have been against that shoulder)
I think we need to know what lathe you've got, and if the noise is related to the input or output speed of the machine. I can see from that photo you have 3 ratios that you can transmit from the input shaft the layshaft under it but It's unclear to me what happens after that, I'm guessing another 3 position selector and perhaps a seperate backgear but I don't count enough gears or envisage enough throw on the selector for that to work, more info needed. Where are you located, if you're local I could take a look/listen which counts for more than a thousand words! Edited By Russ B on 05/02/2020 14:41:49 |
Thread: Stevensons original collet blocks & Arc Euro 6" grinder |
17/12/2019 15:35:11 |
Posted by Chris Vickers on 17/12/2019 12:18:04:
Hi all, is using 3 x 6mm stainless steel bolts a bad idea for fixing a 80mm ER32 collet chuck to its backplate? Just slightly concerned as stainless being more brittle than 'ordinary' steel. Thanks Chris. Just my thoughts but you can't sensibly machine anything massive with an ER32 chuck and they do slip, so it's not going to see a lot of shock unless you really do something silly - and even then, I'd expect you'd see more variation in strength from a cheapo M6 bolt to a rated 4.6 or 8.8 for example - what grade is it? (A2 I'd guess?) Edited By Russ B on 17/12/2019 15:39:51 |
Thread: Link: Naerok RDM-350M Mill Drill Manual and Exploded Views |
04/11/2019 14:03:18 |
Posted by Terry McCarthy 1 on 04/11/2019 11:11:31:
Hi Russ, wondering if you are able to advise with regards to tensioning the belts. We are having difficulties with our Drill having been stripped down before he bought it and needing the belts re attaching. Terry what do you need help with exactly? Ive recently fitted new belts to mine (at work) they're a tad on the tight side and not quite the right section but they do the job, I could advise on what I'd order instead i(for £2 odd they cost I might just reorder as mine do slip a little on the lowest speeds.) |
Thread: Cast iron welding electrodes |
29/10/2019 10:09:44 |
I've never welded cast iron, but I thought preheating the rods and the part, plus peening the weld as it cooled was best practice? Hopefully someone with first hand experience can provide some tips! Edited By Russ B on 29/10/2019 10:10:51 |
Thread: Motorcycle General Discussion |
23/08/2019 12:57:25 |
Posted by thaiguzzi on 23/08/2019 05:04:36:
20k GBP does not sound expensive at all. Thats exactly what I just thought when I read it! Searching for one now....... |
Thread: Myford colours |
16/08/2019 13:18:38 |
I'm going to give RAL 7012 a try instead of RAL 7011, it's ever so slightly lighter and has a slight tip towards more green and red over blue (this makes it more cream in colour) - RAL 7011
They look so much darker on screen than they are in real life, I'm not sure why.
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Thread: Tracy Tools |
12/08/2019 09:48:57 |
+1 from me too, have ordered several things and been surprised every time by the speed of delivery. Edited By Russ B on 12/08/2019 09:49:13 |
Thread: What mills have you had |
23/07/2019 09:40:41 |
I'll probably miss a few .... Sieg SX1L from ArcEuroTrade - really great little machine once I'd removed the tilting column however the 100-150w motor was a pretty serious issue, I'd still happily have that machine now if it weren't for that. Bridgeport dual speed motor belt driven (J head was it?) with mechanical variable speed cross feed on the table. Easily my favourite machine, it could tackle anything and had a shaper on the back, I loved it, but it was 7 feet tall and took up half the width of my domestic garage by the time you'd allowed enough space to rotate the ram and move the table left and right. Miss it, but it was impractical in a garage my size, maybe one day I'll be able to have one. RF-30 machine, really heavy duty piece of kit, round column means you lose x/y coordination when raising/lowering the head which has to be done quite alot when changing from end mills in the spindle collets to drills in a chuck etc, can be worked around with stubby drills & hold everything in an ER collet - solid, reliable, and with the mentioned work around, very useable, would outlast me. RF45 - seriously big hunk of kit for a desktop, the quick speed changes on the mill head was handy (bought at auction it was going cheap, sold to a friend + £100 for my troubles/transport) Astra L4 horizontal and vertical mill - probably the nicest machine I've owned, it was so capable, but so small, it had to go! Being a horiztonal mill, the vertical milling was done via a knuckle type head mounted directly on the horizontal spindle, leaving very very little room down to the table. It was a very very small machine with very limited x,y travel, ideal if you only want to make small things on a 3.5" lathe but no good for my general purpose, I miss it, and i dont miss it at the same time! My current machine and I don't think I'll ever sell it, unless a VMF falls in to my lap(... Frank.... ahem.... just in case you need the space in crete.... |
Thread: Unknown 8 inch shaper? |
23/07/2019 08:51:38 |
This should make light work of my CES/Jacobs hobber castings |
22/07/2019 23:13:25 |
https://youtu.be/otUPiTs5vFg |
22/07/2019 22:50:35 |
Looks like it's a nice 10 inch shaper with a few neat little features. A chap called Mark correctly identifed it by PM but I'd not checked, thanks to mark and as I said to him, I look forward to getting it and hope it's all present and correct.... And if it isn't Edited By Russ B on 22/07/2019 22:55:10 |
22/07/2019 22:26:14 |
Well I'd googled for hours before posting this and now after half an hour of looking I've found it!
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22/07/2019 21:54:08 |
Does anyone know what this shaper is, it's stroke is about 8 inch off the top of my head. Flat ways on the ram and table etc not dovetail Looks like a little lever on the back perhaps sets the speed to 3 or 4 presets (I'm guessing due to its proximity to the input shaft) Can be set to index left/right or up/down Nice piece of kit, I'm hoping it'll be in my garage very soon, I've always wanted a shaper although I'd envisioned it would be vice mounted and hand operated, but what I really need is just a bigger workshop! |
Thread: Air Rifles - John Bowkett contact details? |
02/07/2019 14:34:45 |
I did search AirgunBBS and BSA owners forum but I didn't have any success. I have left John a message and have been assured he will call back.
Many thanks for the quick replies, I honestly spent an hour or more looking for even a crumb trail - forum skills need more of a refurb than my rifle apparently! |
02/07/2019 13:04:12 |
Does anyone have contact details for the legend/gunsmith/designer John Bowkett. I've picked up a Titan Manitou which seems to have a few unusual features. I'm planning on stripping it, having it hot blued locally and giving the stock some love, I just wondered if the man himself would be able to service it or even refurbish it for me. I'm going to have a good look when I get the chance, but I think the barrel and receiver are extended but I'm not sure. The top of the dovetail is also serrated/grooved, looks to be the factory finish, I've not seen this before and can't find any photos similar online. All the best,
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Thread: Binding on axis when locking off other |
06/06/2019 07:46:55 |
Is the saddle thicker on older machines? I'd seen some photos online which seemed to show some meatier than others, but I couldn't tell if it was age,model or rebrand specific etc |
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