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I am now on my 4th workshop and over time I have refined the storage process. I still have too much and given eBay I should really chuck a load of stuff on the basis that it could be replaced within a few days. But I am where I am as they say. My solution is to group like items (as per...

Regarding Cloud storage. Its a personal choice and many find it coinvent since it can be seamless from phone/pc to cloud and is secure. Yes you are giving away access to your data but in reality Google or others can't possibly read - or want to read - the mega volumes of data stored - same...

I think it is worth making a few comments about computer storage. Keep multiple copies (as per Richard's post) and ideally use cloud storage. As technology moves forward make sure you also move data to updated media. The same applies to software but there are usually work arounds. Microsoft is...

Guys This thread seems to have gone is all directions! Let me try to nail down the vernier/caliper issues which has caused debate especially re batteries. It doesn't matter how you measure - some never measure. There is no right or wrong way, only choice. For me the choice is to save time...

Guys At last I have solved the leaking Myford Oiler issue. To backtrack, I have purchased about 4 oilers in the past and they have all been junk. My latest is a Swizz made Wanner - expensive but well made. It also leaks. The problem is the pressure expanding seal in the barrel. Under...

Guys Several of you have mentioned that when turned off the Vernier remembers the last reading and this is a battery drain. Although it is very difficult to check, the battery drain should be very small (nanoA) and is no issue. However cheaper verniers are not well designed and have a larger...

I think Jason has nailed it. I do the same. My Mitutoyo Vernier I use constantly and I keep a supply of good quality cells in stock. The battery lasts about 6 months. I also have a 25mm and 50mm mic (also Mitutoyo) which I use for final measurements if needed. I usually take the battery out...

Well said K2. The advantage of a glass plate for me is its portability and low weight. I have a cast iron surface plate which is never moved due to its weight but the glass plate moves from bench to my Workmate as needed. Polished tiles also work and can be picked up as single samples at the...

K2 Much easier to check for flatness if it is a mirror. The eye is a super sensor for flatness of a mirror! Mike

For me glass is a good way forward - but don't drop it! I have a wooden frame and backing on a 18x12inch mirror which I have used for many years without breakage. If you break it buy another!

You do need to lap 3 surfaces but what does "truly flat" mean? Everything has a tolerance or error bound, the key is to decide where you want to be in the flatness arena. I would suggest that float glass such as used for mirrors is good enough for model engineering work. In the same vane I...

I have a 24inch cast iron surface plate which is great but heavy and not easy to move. I mainly use a discarded 18 x 12 inch bathroom mirror 3/8 thick as my working surface plate. Easy to move around, very flat and has the added advantage that it lets me (often) see under the object I am...

Charles. Just so you know, the feed dial is a device which converts, via gearing, the 125division rotation to 100 divisions ie one rotation advances the saddle by 0.1inch instead of 0.125inch. It was supplied by Hemmingway Kits but I can no longer see it on their web site. As I recall it was...

Hi Awake North Carolina - I worked in Greenville for a period and frequently needed to drive through NC - happy memories! I have been using the Wanner Swiss made oil gun. The leaks occur at all the "seals". The top cap, which is easy to sort if the gun is kept vertical, the lower cap which is...

Guys - the issue is not spilling oil onto the lathe (always a good thing!) but the continuous leaking from the oil gun when stored. I keep my gun in a plastic box which gradually fills with oil. If life were long enough then I would fill the oil gun, use it and then empty it. I can do without...

At least I am not alone!!! Apart from the leaking issue I have no problem in introducing oil into the nipples be they flush or raised as per the ML7. I simply make an adaptor to fit onto the end of the oiler. My Wanner, which is supposed to be suitable for the Myford, could not oil the back...

Thanks Baz. I'll see if I can find that book. I also remember that many years ago there was a oiler design in the UK Model Engineer but I can't find it. I'll try the rag trick but I find that most of the oil leaks from the so called seals in the oiler - hence Charles brute force solution!

Interesting! In my 50 years of model making I have never used Jennies/odd leg calipers. I could use the vernier caliper for marking as per Blondihacks but guess what - I have never done that either. I think we all get used to ways of working and my methodology doesn't seem to include Jennies!

I am now on my 3rd Myford having started with a ML7 then 2 x Super 7Bs. Great machines but all with the same problem:- the oiler. OK its not really a lathe problem, more an accessory problem. I have tried various oilers and they all leak. My current nipple oiler is a Wanner from Switzerland...

Kquiggle I have had these sort of questions asked of me in my professional life. I usually say "get on with it and get your feet wet". In the days when CAD was first starting (on very low power computers) many companies tortured themselves over the "best" machine to purchase. Other companies...