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Yeah ..Just a thought/ suggestion. ABS or teflon sheets. might work. Most plastics suppliers will be familiar with your needs. Good luck.

Coal feeders in power stations work with gravity. The coal falls from a bunker onto a measured speed conveyor (feeder) that then lets the coal fall off the end of the belt down a chute into the Mill . To be ground into fine dust. The major problem here is when the coal is wet. It either clogs...

Well noted. He asked me to give him a hand unloading it. I'll have a look and take some pics then.

I told him to hit it with a degreaser, pressure wash it , then coat it with Lanox ( a lanolin based sealer) He's a lazy bugger. That would be a lot of work for him . ha ha ha

It's one lathe ... the owner has no idea. .. He has to remove it from his mothers place as she is moving out. He is going to take it to his place and clean it up a bit. He is not mechanically inclined. I spoke with him today. He's not too keen to do much work but keen on a good price. ( yep...

Thank you everyone, I'll let Steve know .

Yes it was a typo ... It is a 9"

Hello folks. A friend is selling his fathers lathe , for a bit of extra money for his mum. Tonight he sent me three pics. It's a Hercus 6" machine. And according to Steve. "It has lots of tools with it and two chucks" The pics aren't too descriptive. Taken by a non machinist ha ha ...

I worked in a Power Station for 39 years. Eraring P.S. in NSW Australia It was one of the largest . Four 660 MW turbines The boilers were 80 mtrs tall with a single drum in each one. We burned Pulverised coal that was such a poor quality, it had to be blended to become flammable . All the...

Steamchick Does what you wrote mean. Mount the cylinder on the cross slide and the tool in the chuck then wind the cylinder onto the rotating tool ??

I built my own stand up cabinet. I built a cyclonic extractor as well. I use Glass beads. It produces a very fine matt finish.

Retired eleco here.. Clothes irons were well known to trip GFi's. Nothing wrong with the iron after one of those "special technicians" tested them . Still tripping. I had a look and there was fine lint in the lead connection compartment. ( terminal box) . Blew it out with air and no more...

Get onto the "Garage Journal" forum... you'll get heaps of ideas there

G'Day Pete, I'm in NSW and about 20 years ago I bought a "SMITHY CB-1239 XL Lathe-Mill-Drill" Imported from Anne Arbour Michigan USA. It was very reasonable priced, three in one that wouldn't take up much space ( about 6 feet long) and Good ole USA American made...

The Magazines are gone.. If Peter reads one a month … he'll have 15 years worth of reading ;)

G'Day, Is there anyone in the Newcastle NSW Australia region, that might be interested in 181 copies of Model Engineers Magazine ? They are in perfect condition and sadly I need to make room in my house. You can have them for $10.00 . My compensation for spending over...

G'Day from Newcastle ..NSW Australia. Get stuck in and be amazed by the skills and awesomeness of this site ! Enjoy.

I'm disabled in a big way right now . TOOO mAny BeeRs ! ;)

take that LH wall out and dig back under the house a bit more ....Then you can fit a Mill !

google 'dust deputy' it attaches to the vac and creates a cyclone....hardly any dust gets to the vacuum bag...all the stuff collects in the dust deputy. I use mine to clean up bondo dust etc. only clean the vac filter once a year.