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Thanks Marv, my to-do list is getting longer by the day and you spindle crank looks ingenious and very useful, the problem is that what would take most of you guys an hour would take me a week to accomplish and would probably look like a road accident. David

Thanks John, that's put my mind at rest. I like the idea of a handle on the leadscrew, I assume that I could also use that to do a very fine manual feed? David

Did a few practice runs cutting threads on my 7 x 14 mini lathe and noticed that when the change gears are set up for very course threads the machine really struggles even when it is not cutting, is this normal? I cant find any binding on the lead screw and am at a bit of a loss as to why it...

My eldest is always on the lookout for money making schemes, he gives me a fully itemised invoice for his pocket money/allowance every Saturday morning and if I don't have the cash on me he makes me write a cheque!! I told him the other day that when I was an apprentice if we were caught...

Got home tonight after a horrendous day at work and found my kids had made me a little present for the workshop..... cheered me up no end!!! David

I can't thank you enough John, you have PM.

Well the ferrite idea is a non-starter unfortunately, I tried to turn a small piece down to the correct diameter earlier and the ferrite seems to be made up from iron fillings (should have guessed from the name) compressed together with some sort of binder, probably epoxy. The material doesn't...

Thanks Eric, Ground my first boring bar yesterday which looks a bit funny but seems to work OK so I will probably tackle the power cylinder tonight. I am planning to use a ferrite from an old PC power supply as the power piston, any thoughts? David

OK, this is the story so far on my first project on my lathe and my first proper engine, I'm not using plans just using the "ugly" LTD as a basis. I have the top and bottom plates for the displacer cylinder done, I'm not that happy with the grooves or seats for the cylinder itself, not sure...

I can remember seeing a tv show on discovery showing these http://www.emma-maersk.com/engine/Wartsila_Sulzer_RTA96-C.htm 2 stroke diesel engines, perhaps not the biggest ever made but with a 300 ton crankshaft a 3ft bore and 8ft stroke pretty big!!! some nice pictures on that site too! David...

Add me to the list of those honoured to be part of the membership here.

1Take the day off work and hope that the other auction visitors are just interested in furniture!!! What a lovely collection of tools and machines D

Ed Cant help with the pictures I'm afraid apart from suggesting that you download and install the Firefox browser which is by far the most versatile, stable and fast browser out there you can get it herehttp://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/products/firefox/ best of all it is free!! Lew Your...

Brilliant, managed to cut the discs last night using a combination of the above suggestions... Thanks guys it would have taken ages for me to work that out for myself. BTW here is a video of the "ugly" LTD stirling I built a couple of years agos, excuse the state of the garden and house we had...

They make it look easy....great video

Well I've only been a member for just over a day and I already feel VERY welcome, a personal thank you to Rake60 for putting this board together, I know from experience that apart from the small matter of the technical issues and sheer hard work of running a board like this, it's is the board...

Sounds vicious!!! but I am sure that would work. I have plenty of time and material so I will probably give both suggestions a try Cheers David

Hey thanks for the fast response Tin, I will definitely give that a try tonight, I have plenty of material to play with (picked up a sheet 1000mm x 500mm x5mm for £1.50 (about $3) at a local steam fair at the weekend BARGAIN!!!). Yes, gonna give a LTD a try, I did manage limited success a few...

Hi all Wondering if anyone could help me, I need to cut 2x 160mm diameter discs form a sheet of 5mm aluminium sheet I then need to cut a groove 2mm deep x 2mm wide 5mm from the edge. I don't have a mill and have been told in no uncertain terms that I wont be getting one for at least a couple of...

Ah, thought you had a VW type 2 "crew cab" but that is easily as cool...... V nice