Midland
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Post by Midland on May 26, 2018 16:33:55 GMT
Guillotining some thin brass and this happened, not pleased!!! IMG_0131 by David Goyder, on Flickr I should that my economy mill has done great service and put up with me. The only criticism is over the threaded rod that holds the head clamp in place dissolved into powder so I put some proper stuff in. David
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Post by gwr14xx on May 26, 2018 17:00:09 GMT
Probably had too much clearance between the blades so it rolled the sheet over rather than shearing it! Also, the frame looks to be of poor, coarse grain iron - this, coupled with the wedging action of the attempted cut, probably caused the fracture.
Eddie.
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Post by 92220 on Jun 15, 2018 15:58:43 GMT
Hi David.
That is awful!! How old is it? That is definitely not of 'merchantable quality'. If it is under 6 years old you may well have redress under the Sale of Goods Act. Perhaps a word with your local Trading Standards might prove useful!
Bob.
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Midland
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Post by Midland on Jun 19, 2018 9:23:15 GMT
Hi Eddie The blades were tight against each other, the explanation of crap metal is true. Will write one of those snail mail letters to WARCO. On my mill there are two 10 mm (??) threaded rods that tighten the head to the post (I am sure there are technical terms for these). Having adjusted the height of the head, I tightened up the nuts on the rod. Imagine my surprise when the nut fell off and I had a handful of metallic powder, this was the cheapest of cheap china muck. Replaced them with proper steel rod and they work fine. D
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Post by Jo on Jun 19, 2018 12:34:40 GMT
this was the cheapest of cheap china muck There is some real Chinese tripe out there, buying anything cheap and Chinese is always a lottery
Roger at Warco normally tries to get decent stuff and if he gets a bad batch won't deal with the factory again. (But that won't stop him selling off the ones cheap... the original Myford company were known to have done the same with some of their stuff - I was caught on their 2MT collets )
Jo
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kipford
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Building a Don Young 5" Gauge Aspinall Class 27
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Post by kipford on Jun 19, 2018 17:15:10 GMT
I bought a 12" formit from WARCO at the end of April. It is great apart from the fixed blade on the guillotine being bowed in the middle, which means it can only cut material about 20mm wide out from the sides before it gives up and bends instead of cutting. WARCO have been very good, no quibbles with it being at fault, they will collect and replace it with a new one. Only downside is they are out of stock at the moment, with the new stock waiting the slow boat from China. However I can still cut small bits of metal and use the bending and rolling functions, so it is not a huge problem.
Dave
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