What Did You Do Today (2016)

[RobboParticipant @robbo]

Bob,

Its that hard foam the florists ( and my wife) use – Florapak?

Edited By Robbo on 03/04/2016 23:22:52

[Andrew EntwistleParticipant @andrewentwistle]

The material looks like florist's oasis?

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Bob,

I guess the part is the end-plate from a [manual advance/retard] Magneto.

MichaelG.

[Bob RodgersonParticipant @bobrodgerson97362]

Yes it is an End Cover for a 1920's ML Magneto Mazak ensured that very few of these things survive intact for long.

The material being used isn't plasticine it is Oasis (Florists Brick as it known as). It is really good for showing detail and cheaper than using alloy or even machinists Wax.

Here it is on You tube.

[Anonymous]

Not quite today, more last night. I finally extracted a digit and filed a casting on my Pultra dividing accessory so that the worm disengaged properly. It was then cleaned, oiled and re-assembled:

Just a million things on the to do list now, rather than a million and one.

Andrew

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Yesterday I found myself in the car park for Echills Wood railway at Kingsbury Water Park.

Enjoyed a brief look round on their work day, saw a very nice DS&G amongst other goodies, and came away with an invitation to return.

It's an impressive site, sadly I only had the phone so I just took a couple of pics.

Neil

How's this for a turntable!

And Douval is a ride-in Tinkerbell with heated seats

[Eric CoxParticipant @ericcox50497]

Not me but the wife putting up shelves. I must stop her going to the gym.

[Bob RodgersonParticipant @bobrodgerson97362]

I have found that my so called silent compressor is not so quiet as it used to be and of late has been a bit wheezy so at the weekend I bit the bullet and went for a noisy compressor with twice the capacity of the old one. This should reduce the work load of the compressor with the CNC mill, especially since I found and repaired a leak in one of the connections to the Auto Tool Changer. (that should cure the slightly sluggish response when tool changing).

The old compressor was underneath the R.H.Side of the chip try on my Tormach, for those not familiar with these mills the chip tray extends over the base of the machine at either end a bit like a cantilever. It was kind of in the way of the control computer cupboard that is in the base/stand at that side of the machine and also left any USB plugged into the socket in the stand vulnerable to being caught accidentally if you needed to reach in to mess with the compressor.

As a temporary measure I rigged up the new compressor on the bench in the dirty end of the workshop, it is noisy, however it is now behind the curtain doors and a good way off from the machine so relatively it is no more noisy than the previous compressor was.

I have a very cramped workshop and bench space is at a premium so I decided to do something about reclaiming a bit of space by undersigning a shelf from the existing shelves in that end of the workshop. (before you ask, the shelves are built like the proverbial brick whatsit)

Here are a couple of pictures of the result. The pictures will also demonstrate that John Stevenson isn't the only one who only tidies up his work bench when he starts loosing things.

[Bob RodgersonParticipant @bobrodgerson97362]

Not sure if those links worked so here are some that I put in my album.

[EmgeeParticipant @emgee]

Hi Bob

What design is the boxer motor ? did you build it ?

Emgee

[Bob RodgersonParticipant @bobrodgerson97362]

Hi Emgee,

the engine is to my own design. It is 200 cc and was built using mainly a Myford Lathe. If you look up Bob Rodgerson on youtube you will see footage of it working. Also you might see some footage that was shown on Discovery Home And Leisure channel many years ago that shows it's baby brother running too.

[frank brownParticipant @frankbrown22225]

Build a dog kennel for it and put it outside (lean to?) line the box with some foam and leave a 1" gap under the sides for cooling, take air and power straight through the wall.

Frank

[Bob RodgersonParticipant @bobrodgerson97362]

Hi Frank,

I'm not sure the neighbours would like the noise even if it was well insulated, come to think of it my wife wouldn't be too keen on yet another dog kennel tacked onto the side of the garage. I already have one for my gas bottles.

[Bill PudneyParticipant @billpudney37759]

I've had a Sieg C3 for 10 or 12 years. Apart from the (very) occasional whoopsie it has been a terrific little lathe. However I have always been annoyed by the amount of torque required to rotate the leadscrew.

During a recent trip away I resolved to sort it out. The phrase "….you're a bloody fitter, so FIT the damn thing…" was my mantra.

So yesterday I took it all to bits, today I modified the two leadscrew brackets by drilling some oil holes and Dremelling some oil grooves, and re-assembled. It was obvious that one of the left hand leadscrew bracket holes was slightly adrift, not by very much but enough to make a difference. So that was corrected. Everything was cleaned and (once again) re-assembled. Bingo!! the leadscrew could be spun by fingers alone.

So everything else was put back, and the machine given a present of a good clean and oil.

I'm beginning to question getting another lathe, as this one is now getting to be rather nice. Despite its not being English, German, Swiss or American!!

cheers

Bill

[Danny M2ZParticipant @dannym2z]

G'day Bill.

I discovered the same thing with my C3 leadscrew brackets when was fitting the spare leadscrew. Drilled the brackets and used a bit of felt for an oil reservoir. Slotted the bracket mounting holes to permit fine tuning of alignment.

(When I purchased the (imperial) lathe in 2006 I ordered a spare metric leadscrew and gears, it came with an appropriate threading dial and half nuts, well worth $110Au).

Only other main fettle was to adjust the motor position (using the socket head screws) as the drive belt was rubbing on it's cover plate.

They are a nice lathe Bill once the gibs and slides are lapped in, way wipers etc. added. I have never had a complaint with mine as long as one understands and works within the limitations.

I did notice this btw, some seriously good kit for an Aussie workshop **LINK**/viewtopic.php?t=13021

David was a good bloke and an excellent engineer.

* Danny M *

[john carruthersParticipant @johncarruthers46255]

I fitted grease nipples and grooves to my sc3 lead screw 'bearings', makes a huge difference.
Also fitted one to the apron wheel shaft while it was apart.

Yesterday I pulled the old compressor out of our dead fridge, not a whiff of gas left in the system, rather disturbing, I wonder where it went?
Makes a nice quiet compressor for the shed, good pressure but has little volume. I shall make a receiver for it one day.

Edited By john carruthers on 15/04/2016 09:29:10

[MuzzerParticipant @muzzer]

I'm planning to knock down the tiny single garage at our new (to us) house and replace it with a proper workshop. This armchair workshop is becoming very uncomfortable. Living without a workshop is how I imagine being in prison – without the shower action.

The good news is there is room for a 6m x 9m building with a gable roof (storage up above!), joined to the house through the existing outhouse. I looked at the possibility of a semi industrial steel framed building but when you look at the costs, they fairly add up, so brick and slate it is.

Bad news is that it will take another 5 months or so on a good day, not least due to the planning process. Although I've had an encouraging nod from the the planning office, the process still has to be followed. Better get cracking then.

Thought I'd figure out what was holding up the corner of the house, given that I plan to make structural changes nearby. Interesting place to put a door – right under the corner of the building? Hmm.

Turns out that the RH wall is supported by a wooden beam and the LH wall is supported by a small RSJ. Or was until it rusted away. And of course, the wooden beam rests on what remains of the RSJ. On the upside, removing a couple of the tiles revealed a mystery carpet and a cylinder lagging kit (unused, cost 33/- apparently). Wooden beam visible to the bottom left, covered in mortar dust from the tile pointing.

I'll probably brick up the door opening and fit a large steel across the whole width of the outhouse where it joins the house – that slate roof will be replaced anyway. Hopefully before the corner of the house falls down….

Windows 10 seems to suffer from the same photo orientation issues as Windows 8 (bottom photo refuses to behave)…..

Murray

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

> Windows 10 seems to suffer from the same photo orientation issues as Windows 8 (bottom photo refuses to behave)…..

W10 and W8 both look at photo metadata so if the camera says the pic was taken in portrait, they rotate it automatically for display.

This doesn't rotate the original image so if you upload it here you see it as taken.

So don't blame windows for working out which way is up!

Neil

[MuzzerParticipant @muzzer]

But (in Windows) if you right click and say "turn clockwise", it displays differently (in Windows) – but doesn't change how it uploads here.

There must be different metadata for the camera orientation and the display(?) orientation? I'm guessing that the ME forum insists on looking at the camera orientation.

I've been through this before (W8 vs W7) and short of installing some spiffy photo software there doesn't seem to be any simple way to fix it. Hate to say it but it seems to be almost specific to this website software – don't have the problem elsewhere….

[Clive HartlandParticipant @clivehartland94829]

If you orient the pic. in the right way then save it, and it will post the right way up! You can do it in the Pic. viewing, ask it to display and you get the chance to rotate the pic.

Clive

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Muzzer on 15/04/2016 14:37:51:

But (in Windows) if you right click and say "turn clockwise", it displays differently (in Windows) – but doesn't change how it uploads here.

There must be different metadata for the camera orientation and the display(?) orientation? I'm guessing that the ME forum insists on looking at the camera orientation..

Yep! Kept in a hidden file called thumbs.db. there's asimilar and more irritating file on Macs.

Neil

[Anonymous]

Posted by Muzzer on 15/04/2016 10:21:31:

The good news is there is room for a 6m x 9m building with a gable roof (storage up above!), joined to the house through the existing outhouse.

Good grief, that's an industrial size workshop, sorry garage. I've gone a funny green colour. Of course you'll need to buy loads more old iron pronto, or the space will get filled up with domestic stuff. And that would never do.

Andrew

[MuzzerParticipant @muzzer]

Clive – I knew somebody would say that. So I've taken a screenshot of 4 copies of the same photograph, each rotated in 90 degree increments, then viewed side by side as thumbnails in Windows 10. And yes, they show the same orientation when viewed in photoviewer etc.

Then the same photos uploaded to my album (screenshot). All are shown the same orientation ie on their side. Thank you, ME forum software!

And yes, it doesn't matter which photo I select to actually insert in a post, they all come out sideways, which is obviously how they were taken on the iPhone.

Any ideas?

[MuzzerParticipant @muzzer]

Posted by Andrew Johnston on 15/04/2016 15:19:33:

Posted by Muzzer on 15/04/2016 10:21:31:

The good news is there is room for a 6m x 9m building with a gable roof (storage up above!), joined to the house through the existing outhouse.

Good grief, that's an industrial size workshop, sorry garage. I've gone a funny green colour. Of course you'll need to buy loads more old iron pronto, or the space will get filled up with domestic stuff. And that would never do.

Andrew

Haha, yes, 20' x 30' in old money. Beyond the workshop, the extension that joins it to the house will provide additional room for the rest of the family and for storing lots of "stuff" so the workshop can be kept clear of impurities. Not forgetting this is a workshop, not a garage…

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 15/04/2016 15:13:16:

Yep! Kept in a hidden file called thumbs.db. there's asimilar and more irritating file on Macs.

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For curious cats: **LINK**

MichaelG.

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