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MatDart

MatDart

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Hello - I have to admit I am not making any steam engines! I am a maker of woodwind instruments and have to do quite a lot of small-scale maching to make the tools I need. I have a Harrison L5 long-bed and an Emco compact 8E lathes, no milling machine unfortunately.
Cheers
Mat
 
Welcome Mat, we have some very good machinists here (I am a mediocre machinist, but I can get by and make things function without binding).
I use information I gather here for off-topic designs, such as building foundry equipment.
As far as I am concerned, any information is useful information.
I have had to research music with regards to building steam whistles, and getting the tone correct.

Glad to have you here.

Pat J
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MatDart said:
Hello - I have to admit I am not making any steam engines! I am a maker of woodwind instruments and have to do quite a lot of small-scale maching to make the tools I need. I have a Harrison L5 long-bed and an Emco compact 8E lathes, no milling machine unfortunately.
Cheers
Mat
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Welcome to the group

Dave
 
MatDart said:
Hello - I have to admit I am not making any steam engines! I am a maker of woodwind instruments and have to do quite a lot of small-scale maching to make the tools I need. I have a Harrison L5 long-bed and an Emco compact 8E lathes, no milling machine unfortunately.
Cheers
Mat
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I start with South Bend 9 , drill press and a bench grinder. I did have a milling attachment for lathe. I did alot that group including engine parts.
Today you find a milling attachment on Amazon and Walmart for under $100.00 today.

Dave
 
MatDart said:
Hello - I have to admit I am not making any steam engines! I am a maker of woodwind instruments and have to do quite a lot of small-scale maching to make the tools I need. I have a Harrison L5 long-bed and an Emco compact 8E lathes, no milling machine unfortunately.
Cheers
Mat
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Hi Mat,
I am a guitarist in London. I just joined this forum hoping to hopefully get some help with a minor modification of a guitar bridge that I have. It will require a small mill or tap and die.
 
barryv4 said:
Hi Mat,
I am a guitarist in London. I just joined this forum hoping to hopefully get some help with a minor modification of a guitar bridge that I have. It will require a small mill or tap and die.
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Put some drawings or pics of what you want, is it small enough to post ?
 
emgee said:
Put some drawings or pics of what you want, is it small enough to post ?
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Hi Mat, I have attached a photo of the both old (chrome) and new (gold plated) bridges. The bridge is mounted on 2 thumb-wheels that thread into the body. Attached also is a photo of a generic bridge with 2 posts and thumbwheels.
I have to correct myself...a tap and die are not even neccessary for this as the thumbwheels are threaded to match the post threads. So actually, the holes just need to be widened while still being perpendicular because they are too small for the 4mm posts to pass through. The
1. So the 2 bridge posts are threaded into the wood of the guitar.
2. The 2 thumbwheels thread onto the bridge posts thus allowing independed 2 sided adjustment of the bridge. This adjustment (bridge height) is possible by turning each thumbwheel as needed.
The problem is that the bridge mounting posts are too big to pass through the mounting holes on the new bridge.
 

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Hi Barry V4, I understand you simply need a precise opening-out of holes to clear the 4mm posts.
I suggest you get the bits to emgee, or drop me a personal message and I'll let you have my address for posting parts, and I can do it. Quite straight-forward for those of us with suitable machines and expertise.
Norfolk (UK) is easily drivable from London (UK), I am in Sunderland - much further away... but not as far as USA!
K2
 
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