Member postings for Grindstone Cowboy

Lidl / Aldi sometimes do pretty cheap spotting scopes, which I think would be optically OK for peering at the border, but can be a bit off-putting as the eyepiece is at an angle to the direction you are looking. You get used to it though.

Rob

Happy to be proven wrong, but I think all you've done there is create a link / shortcut to the webpage where the PM is. Once the forum software changes, I suspect they may disappear.

Rob

Sorry Clive, that's not what I meant. My Boxford has what are essentially much smaller versions of the plugs you mention under all of the gib adjusting screws, both on the cross-slide and compound slide. May not be original, but I have no reason to think they are not.

Rob

Not a lot - my first ML7 had a very nicely made stand made from welded 2x2 angle topped off with what looked like an old school desk lid. Not sure if the elderly gent I bought it from had made it or if he had got it from a previous owner. The legs were cut and welded to splay outwards at the bottom to make it more stable

I added an upright sheet of ply between the back legs with various pegs and screws to hang things on, and a shelf at the bottom ( about a foot from the floor) held just about everything else.

Rob

They should have a little cylindrical plug with an angled end to bear on the gib. And yes, 2BA grub screws - particularly in longer lengths - seem to be vastly overpriced.

Rob

Could you turn it over and use it as something flattish to stick wet and dry on? Thus saving your surface plate the indignity.

Rob

As far as I know, they are 2BA - they are on mine, but check with a 2BA bolt to be certain.

Rob

Edit - before chucking the existing ones away, have a close look to see if they are the self-locking type - you may be able to see a round dot on the side where some nylon (or similar material) is inserted. If you still want to throw them out, send them to me

Edited By Grindstone Cowboy on 23/02/2021 18:58:53

I don't have any experience with Model Engine Builder, but most digital purchases are pretty much immediate, usually via a link in an email. If they are in the USA, maybe they haven't started work yet today

I'd keep checking your emails.

Rob

Thanks Dave - I was looking for the reference to twisted belts. All the ones I've seen were canvas.

Rob

For me, the link just takes me to a page of Bing search results - which one of them are we supposed to be looking at?

Thanks.

Rob

Don't get pulled over after doing that, Mike, you might get charged by the police...

Rob

There's a threshing machine in action in this episode of "Dad's Army" around 17 minutes in.

Rob

A video on blowing a glass bubble here.

Rob

I found this video on micro-drill manufacture quite interesting. In fact, most of the "How It's Made" series are worth a look.

Rob

They do steam-powered ones as well, as can be seen at around 2 min 10 sec in this excellent film.

Rob

Can't imagine any reason why it would have originally been made that way. Belt wear, noise and possibly damage to bearings would be some of the effects of the pulleys being out of line.

More than likely the result of a fall.

Rob

Firebricks, but not the sort you get out of old storage heaters as they absorb rather than reflect the heat. To be honest, it's probably easiest just to get the pukka stuff from CuP Alloys or similar suppliers.

Rob

Occasionally I see a post and think "Oh, I like / agree with that" and if there was a "Like" button would probably press it. But unless it was an earth-shattering pronouncement, the feeling soon passes and what real benefit would it be to the original poster (or myself) to know that we agree with each other? If it's something that actually needs to be commented upon one way or the other, then I think it only polite to take the time and effort to actually write something. Even if it's just "+1 on what xxxxx said!"

And all the above goes for "Dislike" as well but in reverse.

Rob

At least part of the "Warco question" has been restored to the start of this thread, albeit with (I think) some censoring.

Trying to imagine a five letter word that would fit...

Rob

Edited By Grindstone Cowboy on 18/02/2021 15:58:28

+1 for Paul's method - removes the need to make my threaded lump.

Rob