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[Russell EberhardtParticipant @russelleberhardt48058]

There's a good pictorial guide to dismantling and reassembling the X1L mill here . The table is almost identical to that on the X2P.

Yes, "the gubbins at the left hand side with the slotted bar" is to take some of the weight of the head. It makes using it as a drill easier.

Russell.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

I have a 'Golden Goose' brand Jacobs chuck on a JT0/MT1 arbor that weigh just 100g, the size would suite MT0 nicely. It's nice and smooth and holds drills down to number 80. It's also very nicely finished.

I recall that I got it from Arc Euro, but I could be wrong. They list chucks this size, but tehy may not be this brand.

Neil

[Martin 100Participant @martin100]

Posted by Chris Trice on 26/07/2014 17:37:02:

…. a Soba collet chuck that wouldn't fit the spindle

Wouldn't happen to be an ER32 one intended for fitting to a Boxford would it?

Went through quite a few before I gave up, got a refund and fitted one from Arc Euro to a backplate, it's far less elegant but it does the job. The Soba one was tried on I think five different spindles dating from 1952 to 1980ish plus a brand new 'still in the packaging' one from Boxford.

Can't fault Soba at all on the finish or the consistency of the work as they would all stop threading onto the spindle nose at exactly the same point.

Other Soba stuff has been ok, got a couple of their ground all over 'precision' milling vices and something else I can't recall right now.

[jaCK HobsonParticipant @jackhobson50760]

Posted by Ketan Swali on 07/08/2014 12:00:19:

When you 'Register' or 'Login' to our website, look at the URL. It will change form www. to https:. Once you are onto a screen with an https: URL, you are putting your details onto a secure platform, and any information which you enter there on is 'secure'. ARC pays for this extra level of 'comfort' and security.

Ketan at ARC.

I believe this is true for Arc Euro, but https: URL does not guarantee that your details will be secure for other sites.

If you see https in the browser address bar then this suggests that the information was sent securely from the site (e.g. ArcEuro) to your browser.

However, the more important part is that your details are sent securely to the Site from your browser. The URL that controls that is usually 'hidden'. It can be checked (view page source, search for 'action=' and check that the stuff after it starts with 'https:" rather than "http:&quot but needs basic understanding.

e.g. this is the important part when submitting your username and password to Arc Euro:

<form name="aspnetForm" method="post" action="https://www.arceurotrade.co.uk/retail/registration/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fretail%2fcheckout%2fdefault.aspx" onkeypress="javascript:return WebForm_FireDefaultButton(event, 'ctl00_PrimaryContentPlaceHolder_Login&#39" id="aspnetForm">

I check every now and then on new sites I buy from. I prefer paypal or googlepay. I also hope my card issuer will help if my card details are used fraudulently. So I don't mean to scaremonger… I just don't want people to think https in the url means the 'site' is safe.

I am completely happy to pay by debit card for Arc Euro purchases.

[JESParticipant @jes]

Overseas VISA or Mastercard debit or credit cards work on most international payment systems, including ours. However, I believe that with overseas cards – debit or credit, unfortunately the payment system will automatically apply a surcharge of £1.00, due to a variety of reasons related to international banking transactions.

If a person is using an 'e-card' similar to one described by JES earlier, things can get a bit tricky, because form a payment point of view, no-one knows the customer.

Every payment processing system has 'transaction security checking' facility. Depending on who is the issuer of the e-card, the transaction security checking gives deferent levels of security check, depending on how much access the overseas bank allows the 'system which is making the inquiry'. Less access = higher risk = higher fraud score. If the fraud score is low and if the buyer is validated by his bank, then the buyers bank gives an 'electronic guarantee' for the payment.

In theory, all banks have signed a universal agreement to allow access for checking of risk. However, due to constitutional and regulatory reasons in place in overseas countries, certain information access is denied.

If a financial institution other than the customers bank issues an e-card…like buying such a product over the counter in a European supermarket against cash, or over the web from a non-bank provider, the attached risk for the seller considering to accept the payment can be variable or high. In such situation, the security gateway – Sage Pay – in our case, returns a very high fraud score, allowing us to make a decision on the risk, which is not guaranteed by anyone. It is difficult to make a positive decision in the buyers favor in such cases, so generally we tend to decline such transactions which provide no 'comfort' – payment guarantee, and high risk.

Ketan at ARC.

In the case of my e-card it is personal and I enter my name etc as with a normal card so hopefully it would be treated as a normal card

JES

[Ketan SwaliParticipant @ketanswali79440]

Posted by Russell Eberhardt on 07/08/2014 13:24:34:

Just wondering – do French debit cards work on your system?

Russell.

Overseas VISA or Mastercard debit or credit cards work on most international payment systems, including ours. However, I believe that with overseas cards – debit or credit, unfortunately the payment system will automatically apply a surcharge of £1.00, due to a variety of reasons related to international banking transactions.

If a person is using an 'e-card' similar to one described by JES earlier, things can get a bit tricky, because form a payment point of view, no-one knows the customer.

Every payment processing system has 'transaction security checking' facility. Depending on who is the issuer of the e-card, the transaction security checking gives deferent levels of security check, depending on how much access the overseas bank allows the 'system which is making the inquiry'. Less access = higher risk = higher fraud score. If the fraud score is low and if the buyer is validated by his bank, then the buyers bank gives an 'electronic guarantee' for the payment.

In theory, all banks have signed a universal agreement to allow access for checking of risk. However, due to constitutional and regulatory reasons in place in overseas countries, certain information access is denied.

If a financial institution other than the customers bank issues an e-card…like buying such a product over the counter in a European supermarket against cash, or over the web from a non-bank provider, the attached risk for the seller considering to accept the payment can be variable or high. In such situation, the security gateway – Sage Pay – in our case, returns a very high fraud score, allowing us to make a decision on the risk, which is not guaranteed by anyone. It is difficult to make a positive decision in the buyers favor in such cases, so generally we tend to decline such transactions which provide no 'comfort' – payment guarantee, and high risk.

Ketan at ARC.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

I hope so with a name like Arc Euro Trade

Neil

[Oompa LumpaParticipant @oompalumpa34302]

Posted by Jon Gibbs on 06/08/2014 23:52:22:

Hi Ketan,

Thank you for the explanation. I understand your position but it is a bit of a shame as I tend to make smaller purchases which will be penalized disproportionately and I am very reluctant to use my debit card for on-line transactions for the reasons detailed here (nothing personal to ARC)…

**LINK**

Are you still accepting telephone orders as that would overcome my issues with on-line debit card purchases?

Many thanks

Jon

I looked at your link Jon and it does not really give a proper picture. I could go on for some time (I will spare you all) but if your Debit Card carries the Visa or Mastercard Logo's you ARE covered under the act.

Furthermore, it does not mention that the transaction must be for the sum of £100 or more. The issues you have require a bit more clarification because a Cardholder not present (Telephone order) is the same as an Internet purchase and fall under the Distance Selling regulations- and you will have noticed some changes as the European version must now be adhered to.

Norman, there is not enough room in Cyberspace to tell you what is wrong with Paypal if you are a seller. I no longer accept Paypal payments at any of my online shops as you have no protection against so-called "friendly fraud" (Americanism, sorry).

Ketan, bury the £1 in your product somewhere, customers really don't like it. Been there, done that.

graham.

[_Paul_Participant @_paul_]

I have two Aloris/PhaseII type AXA size on a 4-1/2" Model "A" Boxford one back and one front and make a lot of my own holders which are not too hard to manufacture unlike the Dickson type which are a little too intricate.

Here is a UK supplier Arceurotrade

Paul

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

The previous owner, who did a body off restoration, used whatever bolts came to hand when putting things back, resulting in me being on an endless search for suitable Metric, Whitworth et al spanners.

I've mentioned these before

Stanley ratchet spanners

 

A mere 3 spanners will cover you from 5-24mm and fit every imperial or metric nut ever made

Great for dismantling old bits of kit with weird nuts and bolts

Edited By Ady1 on 03/08/2014 12:14:24

[mechman48Participant @mechman48]

Thanks for the comments guys.

JasonB… Thanks for the link, how did you do it?

Martin… Used magnetic readouts bought from Arco Euro.. look in their index 'Measurement' for 'Digital readout bars with dedicated remote display' so far they work just fine, auto switch off so no chance of running batteries down, have had the batteries in for over a year now, look in my album for a couple of pics of how I fitted mine… as for the quick disconnect, I haven't come up with anything just yet, still mulling over it…

Ed… Can't explain how the PWM speed controller works, not that into electrickery, Just know that I connected the positive & negative wires to the two motor wires, tested for right direction (switch wires over if not) & it runs fine. if you click on the link in my write up above you will see the PWM & its description. Re. the back problem, know what you mean, same here, (have start of arthritis in spine so that doesn't help) & my a**e is nearer to the floor than yours (5' 7&quot so hopefully I won't aggravate the problem with winding the table either,

Cheers

George

[Les Jones 1Participant @lesjones1]

Hi Jonathon,
If your lathe uses modulus 1 change wheels then it would be worth using Neil's suggestion of using a 63 tooth gear for cutting imperial threads using a metric leadscrew. Have a look at his article which you can read here and his table of gear combinations here. I bought one of these 63 tooth gears and modified it to fit my Chester DB10G lathe. It has greatly increased the number of imperial thread I can cut.

Les.

[Ian PParticipant @ianp]

Posted by Mark P. on 01/08/2014 16:09:46:

Hi Les, the budget readouts I refer to are the ones sold by Arceuortrade http://www.arceurotrade.co.uk/Catalogue/Measurement/Digital-Readouts-with-Dedicated-Remote-Display

These use 2 CR2032 cells in ( I assume) series to give six volts, I would like to run mine from an external power source for greater stability and not running out of juice at a critical moment.

Mark P

The iGaging type with the remote readout that I use have two of the 2032 cells but they are in parallel and it will work with only one cell installed.

Most modern electronic devices are made to run on the lowest voltage possible and 6V for something like these devices would be unusual.

 

Ian

Edited By Ian Phillips on 01/08/2014 17:02:48

[Mark P.Participant @markp]

Hi Les, the budget readouts I refer to are the ones sold by Arceuortrade http://www.arceurotrade.co.uk/Catalogue/Measurement/Digital-Readouts-with-Dedicated-Remote-Display

These use 2 CR2032 cells in ( I assume) series to give six volts, I would like to run mine from an external power source for greater stability and not running out of juice at a critical moment.

Mark P

[John CParticipant @johnc47954]

Hi Nick,

Have you thought of a collet chuck? You should get better repeatability than from a 3-jaw, which will most likely suffer in the region of 3 thou run – out. An ER 25 or 32 collet chuck is available from the usual suppliers. I would get a D1-3 backplate from Roatagrip.

An example of a collet chuck is here:**LINK**

A backplate is here:**LINK**

John

[FMESParticipant @fmes]

Spent a very informative couple of hours with Ketan and 'Family' at Arceurotrade, who took the time to set up a machine for a demonstration for us. We got some excellent advice, a full tour, and a very welcome cup of tea. Very many thanks

[SteamgeekParticipant @steamgeek]

Try Arc Euro Trade

[David Hatfield 1Participant @davidhatfield1]

I have recently purchased a Sieg SC4 lathe. I have no experience of lathe work but I have enrolled for the SMEE Poly course in London, although I actually live in Ireland but I have been unable to locate any clubs here. I am finding the course extremely helpful and hopefully have learnt a lot during the first three sessions.

The lathe came with a 4 way tool post but I would like to purchase a quick release tool holder. Unfortunately Axminster do not stock a suitable quick release holder for the SC4. They have provided me with details on how to adapt one of their holders to fit the SC4 but I am reluctant to make the changes they suggest to the tool post as I lack the relevant experience to make the changes they suggest. I spoke with Arc Eurotrade recently and although they did try and help, none of the quick release holders they stocked fitted the SC4. I wonder if anyone knows of a supplier of quick release holders suitable for the SC4?

Any suggestions would be much appreciated

David

[The Merry MillerParticipant @themerrymiller]

Early evening all,

Has any member had any experience of the type of tilting table similar to the Arc-Euro version (5"x7" )

Any comments would be appreciated.

Len. P.

 

P.S. can't get rid of the smiley!!!!

 

I can, J

 

Edited By The Merry Miller on 27/07/2014 17:01:19

Edited By JasonB on 27/07/2014 17:02:29

[Gary WoodingParticipant @garywooding25363]

I have a set of ER32 collets for my mill, and purchased the square and hexagonal collet holder (John Stevenson) blocks from Arc Euro. They are great for holding delicate items in the lathe, and the square one can set to run very accurately in the independent 4-jaw. They are also quite useful for quick 2,3,4 and 6 sided dividing in the mill. Maybe they do ER40 versions.

Just a thought.

Gary

Edited By Gary Wooding on 23/07/2014 17:03:23

[blowlampParticipant @blowlamp]

Sorry to have got your goat, Graham.

Good luck with your conversion.

To anyone else that may be interested, I did a similar conversion to my mini-lathe about a year ago.
I bought a 550W brushless D/C motor and combined driver (from a well known auction site), intended for use with industrial sewing machines. To keep things as simple as possible, I used the pulleys and drive belt, sold as spares for the Super C3, from Arceurotrade.

Performance is now very similar to a Super C3 lathe, with the same superb low speed torque.

There are some pictures in my album.

Martin.

[Clive HartlandParticipant @clivehartland94829]

Nick, go to Arc euro trade and go down the list of headings to projects, there you will find the details of the mod. to the cross slide spindle. They can supply all the bearings and detail of how to do it.

Clive

[David Taylor 18Participant @davidtaylor18]

I have a small ancient (1920s?) German Lorch Schmidt watchmakers' lathe – a basic mini-lathe with a 60mm 3 jaw self-centring chuck. Despite its limitations, the lathe does all that I want from it, but the run-out on the chuck has progressively got worse over the five years or so that I've had the lathe, and reached the stage where it was unacceptable. (25 thou in fact). Some of the items I turn on the lathe are from 50mm diam plastic bar and don't call for great accuracy, so 25 thou is tolerable. However, I make other things from 6mm brass rod, drilled out to 2.5mm so 25 thou is out of the question.

I've tried all the suggestions I've found on internet to reduce or cure the run-out, none of which have brought about an improvement, including dismantling it and cleaning the scroll etc in an ultrasonic bath prior to re-assembly . There is no run-out on the backplate or body of the chuck, but there is on stock of any size inserted into the chuck. I concluded that quite simply, the chuck has gone to the 'workshop in the sky' and must be replaced.

I know that self-centring scroll chucks aren't noted for their accuracy, and am prepared to sacrifice a little accuracy for the convenience of a self-centring chuck. I searched around and thee aren't too many 60mm chucks on the market – the one that caught my eye was a 'Zither' Indian made chuck from Arc Euro Trade. (Their Part Ref No: 040-040-00900). I was as sceptical about buying an Indian made chuck as I would be about a Chinese one so I made the trip down from Hull to Leicester to see a chuck for myself before I took the plunge. I was impressed by the spec: within .08mm (3 thou) on a test bar, and .03mm (1 thou) on the face and periphery of a test ring held internally and externally. The chuck and its two sets of jaws were all stamped with the same serial number and the test certificate which accompanied the chuck indicated that it was within tolerance.

I had to make a back-plate for the new chuck as the thread on the spindle of my lathe is the rather odd size of 19mm x 1mm pitch. I got a chum with screw-cutting facilities to cut me the thread in the back-plate, which I then mounted onto my lathe to carefully turn it down to register with the new chuck, and to drill and tap the three M5 holes in the back-plate to secure the chuck to it.

I have to say that I'm delighted with the chuck, which shows no run-out at all on a DTI. I've since looked up Zither on internet to find out more about the firm, (who I'd never heard of), and note that they've been in business since 1948 and are an ISO 90001 company. Arc Euro Trade stock a range of Zither chucks as well as Chinese ones – the Zither ones being a little more expensive, but still excellent value for money from my perspective.

Based on my experience I'd have no hesitation in recommending this make to others, and for the avoidance of doubt, I should add that I've no connection with Arc Euro Trade (or any other firm come to that), other than as a satisfied customer. (I've found Ian there very helpful, knowledgeable, and courteous).

I hope this feedback might be of help to others in a similar predicament with a dodgy self-centring(not!) chuck.

Quite simply, if you've tried the cowboys, why not try the Indians?!!!

[Steve WithnellParticipant @stevewithnell34426]

As it happens, my Chinese bench lathe is almost 10 years old, it was bought as a clearance item from ArcEurotrade branded as a Sieg C6B. I think I'm right in saying it was also sold as the Chester Comet. The lathe is the same class of machine as the old Chester 920, but has an additional 25KG of iron in the bed, or thereabouts, naive maybe but I translated that extra weight into rigidity. There's a buying criteria for you – how heavy is it?

I bought "new Chinese" as opposed to "old English" because as a beginner, the warranty and after sales was really important. the C6 has not missed a beat, despite being cold and damp each winter. Given the reviews the latest Warco lathes are getting, the argument for a new starter taking a risk on a secondhand English machine on the basis of it being "better" than the chinese machines is looking to me a bit erroneous. The sale price expectation on s/h Myford's of unknown pedigree is another issue (for a beginner).

Steve

[Another JohnSParticipant @anotherjohns]

Neil;

I took a squinty image, taken through a fence. Cropped it, and straightened it with Gimp on Linux. Then, used it as a background for QCad, drew lines and arcs around the SIMPLEX and the enclosing box. The PATD line was standard QCad fonts. Exported the QCad drawing as a pdf, then filled in the letters, again using the "bucket of paint" Gimp thing to fill in the letters. Exported it from Gimp as a png.

(I think I have some stuff on http://cnc-for-model-engineers.blogspot.com about getting to this stage of this – have to get back to updating this blog again…)

LinuxCNC loads a png,jpg, etc file, and will bring up a screen asking you for parameters; scaling, depth, about 15 or so questions. It keeps this, so if you re-load (or, load a new image) it remembers.

What I did was have it go along the top, left to right, then down a bit, left to right, etc. It uses the picture as a height map, does not do waterline cutting, or whatever.

I used an Arc Eurotrade engraver cutter, 6mm shank, but I think I'll find cheaper ones on this side of the atlantic.

Does that help?

(btw, the recipient will solder these plates to the ends of the bolsters, remove the rough cut "frame" around the outsides, to leave the raised lettering. Just in case anyone was wondering)

JohnS.