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I believe you can get clear powder coating - that might be an option?

Rob

I had one of these, given to me as a present by the in-laws, in the form of a fiendish jigsaw puzzle. Fearing I would never get it back together if I disassembled it, I think I passed it on to a friend. Or maybe it's in the back of a cupboard somewhere? It was in a box with a name on it, I'll try to find out what it was.

Rob

Speaking of the NPL, our favourite site lathes.co.uk refers to it as the National Physical Lavatory on this page

Rob

Links to http://www.lathes.co.uk/dsgfactory003/

A post for each of the speeds, Hopper?

I'd love to see a photo of this lathe, please, sounds intriguing.

Rob

My copy of "The Vintage Motorcyclist's Workshop" by "Radco" advises never to use silver steel for spindles, or any parts of the suspension e.g. in girder forks.

Now we know why.

Rob

If you have the equipment, I'd recommend testing the battery voltage when it's under load - I used a multimeter, and a 240 volt filament bulb. The battery voltage when charged should be around 48 volts. The LEDs and push button on the battery probably won't show anything useful.

Rob

My suggestion from your previous thread still stands, I'd take bets on the problem being inside the battery pack, and most likely the circuit protection board.

Rob

Links to https://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/postings.asp?th=174945

Edit - noted that you changed the battery, but the new one could easily have the same issue.

Edited By Grindstone Cowboy on 30/04/2022 12:19:20

Saw this video earlier today which shows how to make what would seem to be the best of both worlds regarding backplate vs Morse taper. Basically a threaded "nose" which takes the collet. Only hard part for me would seem to be machining the taper for the collet.

Quite fancy having a go at making one myself one day - it's on the list...

Rob

Links to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MWQkdjv-aM

Just been watching this video by Mark Presling where he shows an interesting trick for drilling thin sheet material. Can't wait to try it out!

Rob

Links to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAGiuXOKKi8

The locknuts are fairly obvious if you look at the back of the assembly (on an ML7 at least), so if there aren't any, it may be that a differerent method was used on that particular machine. Seems unlikely though.

Swarf - I think Bricky needs to replace a stripped gear, there's another thread about it.

Rob

Edit - Hopper got there first

Edited By Grindstone Cowboy on 23/04/2022 12:44:26

I'm by no means an expert, but many years ago when I helped out in the school library repairing books, Copydex was the glue of choice.

Rob

dir *.con /od

Edit - if you type any DOS command with the /? switch, it lists all available options e.g. dir /?

Rob

Edited By Grindstone Cowboy on 15/04/2022 14:23:27

Tried IPA, didn't work as well as expected.

Rob

Servisol is good, but last time I had a dirty potentiometer I'd run out, so tried Ballistol instead. Worked a treat.

Rob

+1 for ^^^^^

Rob

Apparently the customs papers for a chap importing hydraulic rams into Zimbabwe were maked "Livestock"

Rob

I think Colin is making the handles as well, so he can thread the ends to suit metric balls if needed.

Rob

Just another bit of praise for Tracy Tools - ordered a number of drill bits late yesterday afternoon (replacing the broken ones in my sets) and they arrived by Royal Mail before lunch today.

Rob

Hi Colin

Just had a search on Ebay for "plastic ball handles" and there's quite a choice available.

Rob

Hang on a minute... these sort of questions sound a bit familiar

Nice one Steven.

Rob