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[OuBallieParticipant @ouballie]

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ArcEuroTrade – After sales service from Ketan that sets a bench mark for other companies to follow, and something I did when I ran my hobby shop.

An attitude that brought smiles to customers faces, and a guarantee of further business with word of mouth advertising to boot, something that's sadly missing all too often today.

Tracy Tools – For next day delivery.

Geoff – About to tackle the mystery item.

[dcostaParticipant @dcosta]

Hello Neil, good day.

Interesting information about the font Comic Sans. Thank you.

Neil: I understand that Chester may export, Dias, try emailing them with an enquiry.
DC: I appreciate your suggestion and will try to contact the Chester, but if I can buy from Chronos (which I will also contact) I may save – so am convinced – some Euros on the shipping costs by joining in only one parcel the grinder and other items I intend to order from Chronos.

Best regards
Dias Costa

[dcostaParticipant @dcosta]

Hello Neil,

Thank you for your help I see you understood the various aspects of my problem which are not only about the quality of the grinding and sanding belt but also about the scarcely available space in my workshop, availabilty in the seller and save some Euros in carrying costs by carrying a set of items together in only one parcel.
The Chester Machine Tools in its WWW shop, when chosing country in check out, only shows UK.
It looks like the crisis is felt by only some…

Best regards
Dias Costa

[Sub MandrelParticipant @submandrel]

Mini lathe in action, ten minutes ago.

2" diameter EN1A.

Home made front QCTP toolpost and toolholder using rectangular section 1/16" parting blade (Arc Euro)

Mini lathe modified with roller bearings, and now 3-phase VFD. (the groove to the left of this cut was made using a wider tool and the original DC drive)

No coolant, not even a smear of cutting fluid.

Some noise, but just change teh cutting spead until comfortable.

Neil

[Ian PParticipant @ianp]

Oops! I see Arc Euro do them.

I looked at their website 'New Products' page and it has them listed as ER32, its only when you go to the page that the ER25 is shown

Ian P

[joegibParticipant @joegib]

ArcEuro sells a wide range of collet nut spanners — see here:

ArcEuro

Joe

[David ColwillParticipant @davidcolwill19261]

For all my metric threading I use a guided die stock that I made my self. Not only does it stop the thread from wobbling around like a satuday night drunk but it also allows you to push a little harder to get it to bite. I would get a hss die though. I have seen good offerings for around £30.00. I'm sure if you ask on here you will get some good pointers as to where to get one from. If you just wanted an m8 die then arc euro trade do one for £5.40.

David

[richardandtracyParticipant @richardandtracy]

I have had a fun time in the last week trying to track down a problem.

I have been getting spurious Z axis feed. Initially I thought I hadn't tightened the collet properly. I now know I have, and tracked the problem down to the Z axis feeding downwards spuriously. If I slowed the spindle, it got worse. When the spindle was off, no spurious feed. Ho hum. It's noise from the VFD. There is a choke, so the problem will be the unshielded cables.

I have done a search on te Web & one suggestion, in a thread where Big Shed contributed, was to replace all the cables with screened professional Microphone Cable, 4 core, with each core being 11 strands of 0.2mm^2 and the braided shielding being tinned 112 strand/ 0.12 mm^2. The suggested supplier was Jaycar, who seem to be Australian.

Is there a UK based supplier of an equivalent cable who sells by the metre?

I have looked at ArcEurotrade, but their cable is unshielded, so I'd have the same problem. The cable from RS Components & Maplins seem to be 7 strand x 0.2mm^2, so I'm not sure if it'll be up to the job.

Can anyone suggest a supplier to try?

Regards,

Richard

[dcostaParticipant @dcosta]

Hello John,

Materials:
1 – step motor from ArcEuroTrade (220Ncm – 10mm shaft – hybrid stepper motor ref. 160-010-00400
1 – 3179KT – standalone / PC Unipolar stepper motor drive electronic kit from Quasar electronics **LINK**
1 – Power supply for the stepper motor (I use a regulated power supply 0-30Volts 3A ref. PS613), but as I can see, usually the stepper motor only needs a maximum of 14Volts. I think any other power supply respecting this specs will do.
1 – Power supply 12Volts DC 1000mA for the motor for the board
I think I remember the power supply should be different for the motor and for the board.
Then you only need to make the pulleys and the support for the set.
If you have more questions, please feel free to ask.

Best regards
Dias Costa

[rebekah andersonParticipant @rebekahanderson95322]

What about arc euro trade?

[Mark P.Participant @markp]

Screw in tangs are available from Arc eurotrade if thye will fit your socket.

Mark P.

[NJHParticipant @njh]

Eric

| "Buy a 3 MT blank-end arbor from Arc Eurotrade for £6 and carefully bore the blank end to take the EEF."

Eminently sensible and cost effective suggestion I think.

Norman

[LambtonParticipant @lambton]

Buy a 3 MT blank-end arbor from Arc Eurotrade for £6 and carefully bore the blank end to take the EEF.

Eric

[SteveWParticipant @stevew54046]

I ditched the washers and now just use flanged nuts on the chuck. Possibly not what I should do but I have limited time and fiddling with washers and nuts not really what I want to spend my time doing.

Nuts came from Arceurotrade.

SteveW

[magpieParticipant @magpie]

Hi Dave. Take a look at http://www.arceurotrade.co.uk . No connection to them, just a very satisfied customer. Cheers Derek.

[mechman48Participant @mechman48]

The type 2 has machined slots on the sides to clamp to use clamping dogs on your table, apart from the two smallest, the type 1 has holes for the same method, have a look at your link for Arc Euro.

G

[mechman48Participant @mechman48]

Hi Scott

I have the 4" radial milling vice from Arc Euro & find it fits most of my needs at the moment, & is slightly cheaper to boot. If I were to go for another vice my preference would be the 4" precision vice type 2 from Arc Euro, but at the moment the vice I have is quite adequate.

George

[John WidgerParticipant @johnwidger88625]

Hi dave,

You say your wheeel is not running true, this is the problem, as it needs dressing to bring it true this should stop all the vibration. I use a single point diamond dresser (Arc-Eurotrade £10) . Place the diamond on the rest, so it lays flat supporting the weight in the Right hand, place the Left hand flat on top of the diamond, and roll it across the face of the wheel, keeping it flat on the rest.( It would be best to practice this action a few times without the grinder running to get the feel of it.). Move the Diamond in slightly, and repeat, a few small passes are better than 1 big one. The vibration should reduce as you dress the wheel, until it cleans up all the way round. Use Appropriate safety equipment, and cover any machinery to prevent ingress of the dust.

Hope this helps

John

[Scottmk1Participant @scottmk1]

Hi folks, I am after a vice to go with my old Axminster ZX 25 Milling machine. Ideally, I am after something with a decent jaw opening, over 100mm, without costing the earth (obviously) and that has a decent grip.

Budget is probably about £100, this is going to be a gift from someone so cant dictate the price too much if at all.So far I have seen the Axminster Accu-Lock 5" here **LINK**

And the Precision Tool Vice 100mm wide from Arc Euro Trade as seen here **LINK**

Which would you guys go for out of these two? If you have any other suggestions please let me know.

Scott

[OuBallieParticipant @ouballie]

After hefting that 30lb lump of 4-jaw chuck a couple of times from floor to spindle, it was only a matter of time before I dropped it.

Dropping it would result in either a broken foot, even though I wear steel toe capped boots, or a mangles chuck, none of which appealed to me in the least.

Time to install a crane system of some sorts that could be used for lathe and milling machine use.

Hours of searching on the internet revealed systems ranging from Heath Robinson affairs to those that would no disgrace the ISS.

None, however, suited my particular needs of spanning all three machines, a distance of just over 3m.

Much head scratching about using channel section steel, when I came across Unistrut and that fired the brain up in devising a way to mount it with the open side facing downwards, and a trolley of some sorts to run on the upturned ends, with a pulley system attached to it.

As is my wont, I started to think up all sorts of weird, wonderful and complicated ways of suspending the Unistrut from the garage roof beams, to clear the power points.

I found a suitable piece of aluminium and decided that two axles with roller bearings should word, as they where low profile compared to roller ones.

These where ordered together with a double pulley system, and when received, I measured and drilled the trolley blank for the axles and pulley retaining strips then turned the ends of the axles for the bearings, still not having resolved how to fix the 'strut to the beams.

Sitting on the throne one morning, I said to myself "stupid old fart, just screw spacers onto the beams, and the Unistrut onto them" so problem solved.

The Unistrut was temporarily suspended from the beams to check if my solution would work, and so it proved.

Measuring up later, all that was needed where bits of 1" wood, so 5 pieces where cut and screwed into place, with the Unistrut onto them.

The securing screws needed csk holes, as there was only a milimeter or so clearance between the trolley and 'strut.

With the Unistrut in position the assembled trolley was slid into place and it whizzed along the rail without any problem, but the real test was yet to come.

First thing up was the standard faceplate that felt feather light, proving my system worked, so the real test was next.

The 30lb (15kg) 4-jaw chuck that 20 years ago would have meant anything to lift, but age and BigC treatment meant I wasn't happly lifting that to spindle height.

Now I needed to find a way to hook the lower pulley to the chuck, but a large S hook came to the rescue, it being hooked round one jaw with the others tightened up againt it. Nice and firm.

The test.

A gentle pull on the nylon rope/string had that chunk of metal rising into the air as if it was half the weight, and no creaking of wood or sound of screws parting company with wood, prooved my desing.

WhooHoo it worked like a dream, and the 3m length of Unistrut covered all three machines.

All I need to do now is make something to store the chuck and large faceplate I have.

I am chuffed to say the least at the outcome.

Geoff – About to act as taxi to collect Her Indoors' neice visiting from Europe so in a rush.

E&OE

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Edited By OuBallie on 05/07/2013 13:13:01

[jwbParticipant @jwb]

There is good editorial balance in the published letters in MEW 204. The other letter published on the same page gives Arc Euro an honourable mention, while the letter Ketan takes exception to doesn't actually mention any suppliers by name.

Fair's fair!

John

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

Go to this page on ARC's web site.

**LINK**

Scroll down until you find the first rotary table advert and just above the price list is a clickable link to download a free guide.

John S.

[RobboParticipant @robbo]

Bought some from Tracy Tools at Harrogate, and very pleased with them. Also good service when I had to return one for exchange as I'd got the wrong size.

Have had some from ArcEuroTrade in sets of 3 taps, and they were good.

[clivelParticipant @clivel]

The idea of having a single machine that can be used as both a lathe as well as a mill/drill might sound good in theory, but in practise it is a complete pain in the rear end. Invariably my Unimat is set up as a lathe when I want to drill a few holes, or visa versa. I seem to spend more time reconfiguring the machine than actually being productive on it.

So instead of purchasing the attachment or going to the trouble of making one, you could get a complete separate machine such as this Sieg mill for not much more. Not only will it save you a lot of time and frustration, but it also has a far greater capacity.

The column on mine is 420 mm, but it is a Unimat Basic, which is not necessarily the same length as the Unimat 3.

 

 

 

Edited By clivel on 21/06/2013 07:40:09

[mechman48Participant @mechman48]

Just had a 80 mm 3 jaw chuck for my RT delivered from Chronos, ordered on line, no bother..! used them quite often over the past year & had no issues,same applies to Arc Euro & RDG (usual disclaimer for all). as with all these retailers all the stuff comes fromChina / India so there can be some distinct quality issues..but you gets what you pays for, considering there are no (or very few) UK manufacturers of this sort of stuff there's not much option!

George.