Here is a list of all the postings Hacksaw has made in our forums. Click on a thread name to jump to the thread.
Thread: Smart and Brown Model A Fine feed adjustement |
18/07/2022 22:23:03 |
On the subject of S&B ,if i could interrupt ...On a Model M fine feed , how do you trigger it off ? Am i missing an adjustable " Stop" ? Or is the onus on the operator to hit the knob down just in the nick of time ?( which is what i do...) Also what are the knurled parts for either side of the apron where the power feed axle enters and exits ? |
Thread: Giving an aged look to alloy |
23/04/2022 22:39:58 |
What would happen if it was placed in a poly bag filled with oxygen ? Would brass tarnish overnight ? |
Thread: Rising costs of materials |
12/04/2022 16:42:24 |
3 x 6m lengths of 30x6 black rolled delivered just cost 40 quid . (Local fabricator ..i asked if he'd put my order in with his to get free delivery ) Not too bad ?
) Edited By Hacksaw on 12/04/2022 16:42:59 |
Thread: Metal Cleaning Using Vinegar? |
29/01/2022 00:04:48 |
My favorite is lemon juice . Tesco's sell big bottles for a quid . Buying several bottles at once gets questioned sometimes at the till , if that's all you're buying .. I just say i like pancakes , and they laugh |
Thread: Just Finished, I think! |
11/01/2022 16:29:07 |
(off topic ...) My fraudulent cousin I adored ( he's gone now ) also played a mean lead guitar in a Beat group in the 60's and pretty good was they, too . Claim to fame , as support band , he shared a dressing room one evening with a young guy called Paul.. The gig was at the Invicta Ballrooms , Chatham I think the date was 12th January 1963... and the other group were pretty good he said.... |
10/01/2022 17:52:18 |
That's brilliant .
I was in awe of my grown up cousin when i was small in the 60's . And he thought the world of me , always buying me Dinky toys and showing me " Magic tricks " .. He worked at Chatham Dockyard refitting submarines. He made a skeleton clock ,(in dockyard time...) it was under a glass dome in his mums house . Corrr , I thought , he must be really clever ..all those wheels filed out and shiny , and it worked... Then he got married and moved away to Rosyth when the dockyard closed , we kinda never saw them again , i was heartbroken ! Forward a few decades , he's retired and he comes down south to visit relatives , and we meet up . I mention my memory of the clock . . " Christ no " he says " I didn't make just one ..I made dozens !! Well i didn't actually make them "Then we'd send them to an auction....slip them in with other junk we'd found .. What a fraud ! And i idolised him !! Edited By Hacksaw on 10/01/2022 17:53:41 |
Thread: Lidll |
04/01/2022 00:10:46 |
I opened the old 16 v battery earlier today . It has a printed circuit board , packed with i.c.'s inside . ..so i thought I'll just put that back together....I can't fix that .but I'm sure it had 4 cells.. I've used it a bit , it was 16v .
And the new 20v one fully charged ............20v ..go figure !
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03/01/2022 14:47:59 |
A new 16v parkside original battery for the old drill is 17 quid online . It still charges but it is dying . The drill is tired too though! I don't know anything about Li ion but it was at 3.5v dead flat an hour ago .I've charged it till the light went green (3/4 hour Lidls often have the newer "x " fit 20v batteries for cheap.
I've many a time run it down to flat and then slippped in the charger for ten minutes to finish a job..and then not charged it fully for a while . is that a good way of ruining a Li ion battery ? It's been charged hundreds of times ! Edited By Hacksaw on 03/01/2022 14:51:20 Edited By Hacksaw on 03/01/2022 14:53:28 |
03/01/2022 14:12:25 |
Parkside Drill update , purchased May 2017 until January 2022 . Well, it just about holds a charge still after much abuse . Rubber bits peeled off , the casing hasn't broken or cracked . The Drill /Screwdriver selector switch did fail recently causing it to jump into neutral when drilling , along with a dreadful screech of mashing gears !! .A detent spring holding the selector in place , had just disappeared.. when i took it to bits to look . A new one was made which kind of worked .. Anyway for 29.99 it did ok !!
I saw that Lidlls was selling drills again today .Gone up to £39.99 .This time they're up at 20v 2Ah..slightly larger ,a fair bit heavier .You get a set of screwdriver bits and a few drills ,which appear good quaility . ( As good as the 107 drill pack i bought last week ! ) The chuck is all metal now. Now the other good thing is the 20v battery is interchangeable with the Parkside Impact gun i have , that is 4Ah .It does make the drill somewhat heavier though . Pics
Edited By Hacksaw on 03/01/2022 14:15:32 |
Thread: Brittle stainless steel |
24/11/2021 23:37:56 |
Yeah ,I know they're dreadful things, but they do come in handy for rapid local heating !
I'm a Noel too . I was born on Xmas day |
24/11/2021 21:56:33 |
I have a fair bit of stainless steel bars i acquired free some years ago from a friend. Large bars were tagged as 303 , and it machines and forges beautifully . There is also some 8mm bars ... Now today i bending some tight radius bends on some black steel 8mm bars , heating a short area with a few seconds of carbon arc torch to yellow heat , and then bending . And then i ran out of 8mm black steel ! As its for a simple non stressed job , i thought i'd use a bar of the stainless .. I got it locally hot , bent it ..and it snapped like a bit of brass would ! I was surprised . Is it not 303 ?
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Thread: Pulling cog off Albion Type C gearbox |
30/10/2021 11:03:34 |
A friend of mine went into Muffetts ,Tunbridge Wells, to ask about having a cog made . .. They said No ..cogs are made of wood... |
Thread: Large grinding wheels |
09/10/2021 18:14:13 |
Posted by Dave Halford on 09/10/2021 17:13:35:
Or a Flintstones car. Any car would do ...If i bolt it to a car hub , jack that wheel off the ground , have it in gear and start the engine ... I could sharpen edge tools and stuff |
09/10/2021 16:09:12 |
Thanks ! A quick google brings up said machine ! Every day a school day |
09/10/2021 13:40:24 |
I bought two of these at a collective auction .No one wanted them...i bid 2 quid and they were mine ! They're 20" x 12" bore and 8" wide . I can't find a picture of the machine they would fit ...it must be huge . I only use them as bases for my water butts... Would they be used like a bench grinder , or horizontally on the flat sides ? |
Thread: New Member, New Lathe. Smart & Brown Model A (Mk 1/1.5?) |
08/09/2021 21:29:25 |
Posted by Martin Connelly on 08/09/2021 10:57:02:
I would point out on my Model M that I took the original 3 phase motor off and put on a new modern motor as I was going to use a VFD and they are good at damaging the insulation and bearings if used on older motors. The new one, even though it is a higher power rating, is lighter than the old motor by a significant percentage. Since the tension on the belt is a result of it supporting the weight of the motor on its hinged support it is more prone to slipping with the new motor and I have to have a couple of heavy lumps of metal on top of the motor to give sufficient tension to the belt. Maybe if the Model A is similar you do not have the original heavy motor on your machine. Martin C I have a Model M too , and the same occasional slippage .. that never crossed my mind ! It does have a hefty old 2hp Single phase motor , but i'll try that extra weight trick ! Or a brake shoe spring perhaps. I've been putting violin bow resin on the belt ! I did see a Fordson Major PTO driving a sawbench with a flat belt and the farmer had a stick of resin ? he held to the belt . |
Thread: Drill powered nibblers - buying advice sought. |
01/08/2021 14:13:44 |
I've got one too. Yes , noisy . Yes , very messy sharp bits , ( I clear up best i can with a welding magnet if it's steel ) I often have a dog in the workshop, who loves getting arc eye , metal splinters in his paws , and the vice tommy bar whacking him on the head ! Unless it's a more substantial one than mine , it'll struggle on 1.5mm steel . Needs plenty of practice to cut curves accurately .. the steel needs lubricating on the cut line . Forever jamming , and they dislike being pulled back in a cut for a second go .. I've often thought if it was mounted upside down on a table so it was rigid like a router table , It could work better . But then the bits would be firing straight at your face ..? |
Thread: We thought the Aliens had landed … |
20/07/2021 13:00:11 |
There's one in Buxted , East Sussex too , just off the A26 , in our horses old field .. Edited By Hacksaw on 20/07/2021 13:01:13 |
Thread: The worst 'upcycling' tragedy ever? |
01/06/2021 23:04:20 |
I'm going to have a go too.. I found this " Aerograph "water separator from an old compressor , it shines up well I like shiny old tat.. It should be plain sailing to convert to a wall light
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23/05/2021 23:56:34 |
I'd be tempted to pull the handle down..... |
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