What Did You Do Today (2017)

[MuzzerParticipant @muzzer]

For armchair engineers, Brian Block and Keith Rucker have both been busy with their radial drills recently.

Not certain I'll be looking to acquire one of these any time soon!

Murray

[Andrew TinsleyParticipant @andrewtinsley63637]

Hello Neil,

The holes were in the right place, but the taps for the stays were worn out. Never mind we got some new ones from Tracy Tools of all places!

Andrew.

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

We got the OSB sheets for lining the Men's Shed at half the price of our other builder's merchant. When we came to fix them we found they were only 47in wide. No wonder they were cheap. The regular builders must have been sending them back by the truckload. We can work with them at that price but it would have been nice if they had been honest and told us first.

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

Sigh. Lovely day yesterday spent inside shed. Today is EDMES BBQ and model railway open day and it's er, less nice . If you are in the Exeter area come over to the St Katherine's Priory next to Morrison's and cheer me up.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

If they are 2400 long, lay them horizontally and leave a gap to cover with skirting board at the bottom.

[Tony JeffreeParticipant @tonyjeffree56510]

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 03/09/2017 11:33:49:

If they are 2400 long, lay them horizontally and leave a gap to cover with skirting board at the bottom.

Cut some of them up into 1" strips and use as a filler at each stud…?

I'll get my coat…

[NJHParticipant @njh]

Bazyle

I did consider dropping in but instead I've decided to tidy my study – the weather is wet, wet,wet here too. ( It takes a lot to get me to tidy my study …. and who knows what I may find ! )

Norman

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Slightly worried to get an email telling me to feed dogs barf.

Yes, really!

I know dogs like eating barf, but I didn't realise you could buy bags of it.

Neil

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

What never heard of sick bags

Neil, bags,packs,etc readily available from BARF

[mark smith 20Participant @marksmith20]

Bought this vice off ebay ,needs a little work but its the right size i was after (4 1/2 " jaws) and i like older stuff. Its a Ace Precision Vice. Anyone know who made them ?ive only found one reference to them being supplied by Adcock and Shipley.

need jaws sorted as the fixed jaw is bent and the moving one is raised in the middle along the length. Is something like 40mm wide ground flat stock suitable to make two new jaws??

Has the usual drill pecking to the based which ive just filled with epoxy and zinc powder (didnt have any iron powder). The epoxy was some ive used loads of time from here. I think its quite reasonably priced and always seems good quality. Also you dont even have to pay immediately,which is rare nowadays.

http://www.shop4glue.com/epoxy-resin-adhesives-and-glues-18-c.asp

Seems ok ,ive scraped it down with a very sharp chisel whilst still soft ,and left it raised about 1/2 – 1 mm above the surface until its fully hardened.

 

Edited By mark smith 20 on 03/09/2017 19:44:15

Edited By mark smith 20 on 03/09/2017 19:47:17

[thaiguzziParticipant @thaiguzzi]

Posted by mark smith 20 on 03/09/2017 19:32:20:

Bought this vice off ebay ,needs a little work but its the right size i was after (4 1/2 " jaws) and i like older stuff. Its a Ace Precision Vice. Anyone know who made them ?ive only found one reference to them being supplied by Adcock and Shipley.

need jaws sorted as the fixed jaw is bent and the moving one is raised in the middle along the length. Is something like 40mm wide ground flat stock suitable to make two new jaws??

Has the usual drill pecking to the based which ive just filled with epoxy and zinc powder (didnt have any iron powder). The epoxy was some ive used loads of time from here. I think its quite reasonably priced and always seems good quality. Also you dont even have to pay immediately,which is rare nowadays.

**LINK**

Seems ok ,ive scraped it down with a very sharp chisel whilst still soft ,and left it raised about 1/2 – 1 mm above the surface until its fully hardened.

Edited By mark smith 20 on 03/09/2017 19:44:15

Edited By mark smith 20 on 03/09/2017 19:47:17

Good vice!

I have the exact same vice, now sat on my TS M1 mill. I chopped the front lug off, as it sits better on the table, and its a big old lump for a 4 -4.5" vice. My new jaws were made from stainless (what I had laying about at the time) on the shaper, about 3/8" thick.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by mark smith 20 on 03/09/2017 19:32:20:

…. The epoxy was some ive used loads of time from here. I think its quite reasonably priced and always seems good quality. Also you dont even have to pay immediately,which is rare nowadays.

**LINK**

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Thanks for that link, Mark … always useful to know who supplies decent product.

Unfortunately; the first thing I spotted on that page was:

" Note from early February 2015 our mail order service is unavailable until further notice due to postage restrictions ,this website is here as a catalogue , we will be attending ALL our usual shows. "

MichaelG.

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

A friend of mine has recently finished a Romulos 0-4-0 which he had converted to a 0-6-0 and he was running it at Northampton track yesterday and he invited me along to take some pictures of it, unfortunately I had to decline as my wife thought our Ruby wedding anniversary was more important

Martin P

[jimmy bParticipant @jimmyb]

I used GFS to make new jaws for a couple of vices, (I needed some wider jaws).

I hardened mine using a BBQ, I just couldn't get enough heat into the jaws with my gas torch. Something I'll be doing again with big things!

[Tony JeffreeParticipant @tonyjeffree56510]

Posted by jimmy b on 04/09/2017 09:01:49:

I used GFS to make new jaws for a couple of vices, (I needed some wider jaws).

I hardened mine using a BBQ, I just couldn't get enough heat into the jaws with my gas torch. Something I'll be doing again with big things!

BBQ sauce or teriyaki…?

[jimmy bParticipant @jimmyb]

Posted by Tony Jeffree on 04/09/2017 09:08:39:

Posted by jimmy b on 04/09/2017 09:01:49:

I used GFS to make new jaws for a couple of vices, (I needed some wider jaws).

I hardened mine using a BBQ, I just couldn't get enough heat into the jaws with my gas torch. Something I'll be doing again with big things!

BBQ sauce or teriyaki…?

[mark smith 20Participant @marksmith20]

Posted by thaiguzzi on 04/09/2017 04:01:30:

Posted by mark smith 20 on 03/09/2017 19:32:20:

Bought this vice off ebay ,needs a little work but its the right size i was after (4 1/2 " jaws) and i like older stuff. Its a Ace Precision Vice. Anyone know who made them ?ive only found one reference to them being supplied by Adcock and Shipley.

need jaws sorted as the fixed jaw is bent and the moving one is raised in the middle along the length. Is something like 40mm wide ground flat stock suitable to make two new jaws??

Has the usual drill pecking to the based which ive just filled with epoxy and zinc powder (didnt have any iron powder). The epoxy was some ive used loads of time from here. I think its quite reasonably priced and always seems good quality. Also you dont even have to pay immediately,which is rare nowadays.

**LINK**

Seems ok ,ive scraped it down with a very sharp chisel whilst still soft ,and left it raised about 1/2 – 1 mm above the surface until its fully hardened.

 

 

 

Edited By mark smith 20 on 03/09/2017 19:44:15

Edited By mark smith 20 on 03/09/2017 19:47:17

Good vice!

I have the exact same vice, now sat on my TS M1 mill. I chopped the front lug off, as it sits better on the table, and its a big old lump for a 4 -4.5" vice. My new jaws were made from stainless (what I had laying about at the time) on the shaper, about 3/8" thick.

Thanks for the reply , so at least one person has one of these. I cant even find another photo of one on google. There must be more around.

I unfortunately dont have a shaper or surface grinder ,as that would be an easy solution for the jaws. So probably have to use flat ground stock , not cheap though when i only want around half of a standard 500mm length.

Im surprised no one sells blank jaw plates without holes in the UK ,only in the US i think.

This is the only mention i can find of ace, even Tony Griffiths site says they dont know who made ace lathes,if they are even the same company who made the vices.

Edited By mark smith 20 on 04/09/2017 10:29:56

Edited By mark smith 20 on 04/09/2017 10:30:36

[mark smith 20Participant @marksmith20]

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 04/09/2017 05:38:14:

Posted by mark smith 20 on 03/09/2017 19:32:20:

 

 

…. The epoxy was some ive used loads of time from here. I think its quite reasonably priced and always seems good quality. Also you dont even have to pay immediately,which is rare nowadays.

**LINK**

 

Thanks for that link, Mark … always useful to know who supplies decent product.

Unfortunately; the first thing I spotted on that page was:

 

" Note from early February 2015 our mail order service is unavailable until further notice due to postage restrictions ,this website is here as a catalogue , we will be attending ALL our usual shows. "

MichaelG.

.Michael it appears the company have been having “issues“ for a while ,and reading google reviews for Starloc adhesives ……. shame really as their stuff is quite good.

Edited By mark smith 20 on 04/09/2017 10:41:26

[mark smith 20Participant @marksmith20]

Got the vice together apart from jaws, stoned all the dings /burrs of all the slideways, had to make new jib strip . Also

put the `t` back in British. The vice opens an closes pretty stiffly ,almost impossible by hand but easy with a handle. I suppose tighter is better where milling is concerned.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Looks very smart, Mark.

MichaelG.

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

Air ambulance landed a few hundred yards away about 15 minutes ago. Went out for a nosy to see if it was a villager but looked like organised walkers, not horse or bike accident like last two. Some group laughter so not serious, hopefully indigestion not stroke as they were on the home stretch heading for the pub. Probably wouldn't even have heard if I hadn't been in the kitchen so I wonder how often I completely miss these events.

[Sam Longley 1Participant @samlongley1]

Posted by Bazyle on 05/09/2017 20:36:01:

Air ambulance landed a few hundred yards away about 15 minutes ago. ————- Probably wouldn't even have heard if I hadn't been in the kitchen so I wonder how often I completely miss these events.

In our village (known as God's waiting room) we like to hear the air ambulance because we then know it is not coming for us personally.( because it is not our turn to go).

It is when we cannot hear it we start worrying.( because we are either dead, unconscious or going to have to wait 4 hours for a b..y ambulance)

The Fairway Committee look after the yacht moorings in the river. At the meeting to decide who to give our profits to- the RNLI or the air ambulance- we decided on the air ambulance as that comes every 4 weeks but the RNLI only comes once every 4 months

Edited By Sam Longley 1 on 05/09/2017 21:13:00

[Gray62Participant @gray62]

Posted by mark smith 20 on 03/09/2017 19:32:20:

Bought this vice off ebay ,needs a little work but its the right size i was after (4 1/2 " jaws) and i like older stuff. Its a Ace Precision Vice. Anyone know who made them ?ive only found one reference to them being supplied by Adcock and Shipley.

I also have one of these, picked it up for very little money, missing its handle but had one in the 'one day it will be useful' drawer. Fits well on my Ajax AJT4. Milled the base and fitted a 5/8" bar to locate in the tee slots. Had not seen another one until now.

[Bob RodgersonParticipant @bobrodgerson97362]

The Tormach CNC Lathe attachment (Rapid Turn) is a much better accessory that it's predecessor which was a Mini Lathe adapted and equipped with 4th Axis capability, however it lacked power to do any serious work.The Rapid Turn is equipped with a 1 H.P. motor and is much more capable, however it lacks multiple tooling capability being equipped only with a single small quick change tool post that clamps to the spindle nose thus rendering it necessary to change tools between different operations.

Other people have made Gang tooling to suit so I decided to have a go at making my own. Here are the results so far.

The holes that you see on the top plate are to permit long allen screws to be fitted into the bearing retain ring, though six holes are drilled only four are used leaving two permanently in the housing the lower plate is attached to two holes drilled and tapped in the rear of the travelling head. Note my scrambled egg welding.

This view shows the side of the gang tooling fixture, the holes are all drilled and tapped M 12 to take allen bolts fitted through the tool holders and allow for the holders to be fitted at various heights nd distances along the Y axis.

This view shows the front plate of the fixture, the large tapped hole is there to take the securing bolt from my Quick change Tool post on my BH 600 lathe that I have at least 10 holders.

This view shows the two rear holes in the lower plate. A spacer is fitted on top of the machined portion of this plate before the screws are passed through from beneath and screwed into the travelling head.

It's been an interesting project so far. I have started making some tool holders which will be able to take the small size Quick change tools that I bought for the original attachment, these will be height adjustable so I should be able to set them at the same height. They will also be bored to take round shanked tooling such as boring bars and the Tormach modular tooling that have a 3/4" shank dia.

Once I get some of the toolholders finished I will set up the lathe on the mill and take some shots of it and maybe some video of it in action.

[thaiguzziParticipant @thaiguzzi]

Apologies for photo quality, i'll see if I can dig a better one out. See why I had to chop the front lug off. It's a big vice for it's capacity.

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