johnd
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Post by johnd on May 28, 2021 17:07:03 GMT
After tripping over the box in the corner of the workshop a couple of times today i finally got round to welding up a stand to convert the budget Aldi cut off saw into a small bandsaw.
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Post by mbrown on May 28, 2021 17:13:32 GMT
Making the two end plugs for the header tank--------Although I do have a parting tool I'm never too keen to use it on large diameter Copper sodecided to revert back to basics and used the hacksaw instead....Nice,new coarse blade (16tpi) and some elbow grease did the job.....eventually !! I hope it is an optical illusion there, Alan, and you are not proceeding to saw the bed of your lathe in half.... ! Malcolm
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Post by manofkent on May 28, 2021 20:53:59 GMT
Thanks David. (Dscott). So much of my loco is made of steel that will rust, it can be painted but the joints probably not. A good tip, I shall get some blue Araldite forthwith.
Johm
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Post by delaplume on May 28, 2021 20:57:06 GMT
Making the two end plugs for the header tank--------Although I do have a parting tool I'm never too keen to use it on large diameter Copper sodecided to revert back to basics and used the hacksaw instead....Nice,new coarse blade (16tpi) and some elbow grease did the job.....eventually !! I hope it is an optical illusion there, Alan, and you are not proceeding to saw the bed of your lathe in half.... ! Malcolm Ah, so THAT'S why it took so long !!.........ha-ha.........Actually, it's a Model Engineer's version of that old illusion}---- sawing a woman in half....
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Post by dscott on May 28, 2021 23:00:57 GMT
We were waiting for a UPS parcel from 9.00 to 13.oo so had to find something to do close to the front. Jacquie sent it so it was quite valuable scrap wise. Of course it came at 2.00 when we were in the vicinity having just finished Afternoon Nibbles. Wonderfully the Job of the day was to tidy the garage. Empty Dustbin handy and we got on very well.
I pretended 20 KG was very heavy and Lily opened it. Mrs Owen had not included A HOW MUCH? piece of paper so we are all safe for another order. Blackgates do not do the drawings but I topped up on some Black Five castings, Simplex motion brackets and a super oil can to fill the spaces inside the tubes. Hints from the other just metal suppliers hinted on a massive rise in prices. In China there is a claim that their wooden Doll was the first to pack away superbly. Copper tubes done the same look very nice.
David, and Lily still pondering the price!!
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Post by ettingtonliam on May 28, 2021 23:15:46 GMT
No, I don't know if milk drinking helped or not, but it seems to have been a standard precaution for people working with lead. When we were removing and cutting up old railway bridges which had in their younger days been painted with lead paint, the guys doing the cutting had to have a daily blood test and had to drink quantities of milk. Maybe the free milk that chaps of my age had to drink every day at school also protected us from lead poisoning?
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Post by dscott on May 29, 2021 0:28:09 GMT
You could be on to something there. THE REAL REASON THAT WE ALL HAD MILK!!!! The Schools were plastered in lead paint.
They have started again after saving ever so much money. M. T. Only to have to spend it all on the problems many younger are having with their bones??? OOPS.
David and Lily with a 13 year old Katie at School.
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Post by dscott on May 29, 2021 0:40:28 GMT
Pushing ours to its limit of course. The all hard blade eventually gave up. The Bandsaw Shop does the blades. And for all the other sizes as well. They are in Leeds. And only do bandsaw blades. Very fast turn round. David. And "Have you finished that noise yet!" Lily.
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Post by stevep on May 29, 2021 8:40:10 GMT
Making the two end plugs for the header tank--------Although I do have a parting tool I'm never too keen to use it on large diameter Copper sodecided to revert back to basics and used the hacksaw instead....Nice,new coarse blade (16tpi) and some elbow grease did the job.....eventually !! I would have liked to see a sheet of wood over the lathe bed though!
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Post by delaplume on May 29, 2021 22:18:27 GMT
Making the two end plugs for the header tank--------Although I do have a parting tool I'm never too keen to use it on large diameter Copper sodecided to revert back to basics and used the hacksaw instead....Nice,new coarse blade (16tpi) and some elbow grease did the job.....eventually !! I would have liked to see a sheet of wood over the lathe bed though! Hi Steve---------- why's that then ??......as mentioned by someone earlier it's an optical illusion........I rested the saw like that so I could take the photo.....otherwise it was approx horizontal in use with only copper "sawdust" falling on the slideways.........
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Post by delaplume on May 29, 2021 22:25:33 GMT
Here I'm doing some 4mm work----------- not the OO gauge stuff but soft soldering a 4mm nut onto a 4mm steel washer.......... solder paint by Fryolux is ideal for this delicate job...... The combined nut / washer is then threaded onto the bottom part of the tie rods}----
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Post by stevep on May 30, 2021 8:37:04 GMT
I would have liked to see a sheet of wood over the lathe bed though! Hi Steve---------- why's that then ??......as mentioned by someone earlier it's an optical illusion........I rested the saw like that so I could take the photo.....otherwise it was approx horizontal in use with only copper "sawdust" falling on the slideways......... When cutting work in the lathe chuck using a hacksaw, it is not uncommon for the saw to drop as it breaks through and hit the slideways. Putting a piece of wood on the bed just ensures that you don't damage them. Just a 'belt and braces' approach to avoid accidents.
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Post by GWR 101 on May 30, 2021 10:54:22 GMT
Same one I use when changing chucks. Paul
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Post by JonL on May 30, 2021 11:23:11 GMT
I've got a bit of wood like that, but I suppose my bed is much closer to the workpiece
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Post by gwr1509 on May 30, 2021 15:47:14 GMT
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Post by flyingfox on May 30, 2021 17:17:43 GMT
Greetings Helmut, work of art. Regards Brian B
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Post by andyhigham on May 30, 2021 19:43:25 GMT
This afternoon after we finished public rides I pushed my NDM6 chassis, quarry flat wagon and driving truck around the track. All ride well but the footboards on the driving are about 50mm too low and catch on the traverser and the paving of the station 20210530_173328 by Sigma Projects, on Flickr 20210530_173317 by Sigma Projects, on Flickr
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Post by JonL on May 30, 2021 21:37:31 GMT
This afternoon after we finished public rides I pushed my NDM6 chassis, quarry flat wagon and driving truck around the track. All ride well but the footboards on the driving are about 50mm too low and catch on the traverser and the paving of the station 20210530_173328 by Sigma Projects, on Flickr 20210530_173317 by Sigma Projects, on Flickr I have the same riding truck. I plan to extend the floor boards forwards a bit to improve the comfort.
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Post by andyhigham on May 30, 2021 22:05:51 GMT
Nobby, The driving truck appears to be really solidly built, I am really impressed
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Post by delaplume on May 30, 2021 22:16:01 GMT
Hi steve p........... quote}---"When cutting work in the lathe chuck using a hacksaw, it is not uncommon for the saw to drop as it breaks through and hit the slideways."......... As an Apprentice Master at MoD Donnington I would instruct my students thus}----"When using a hacksaw in any location an experienced operator should note the change in cutting "noise" and "feel" as they approached the end of the cut, and ease-off such that the final cut is just a light forwards stroke with the workpiece falling neatly away and the hacksaw still within complete control of the operator and in as near horizontal as possible,given the overall situation"..........I would certainly agree with the other suggestions such as when changing a lathe chuck for instance.....At some time in my past I've had to crane a 6 jaw chuck into position and you definitely need a stout piece of wood on the slideways for that.... plus a steel tube protruding out of the headstock spindle to aid alignment....
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