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Hi Paul, That's a good idea thanks, I'll have a look around for those.:) Arnak

Hi Folks, Thanks for the replies.:D I tried Ebay but couldn't find individual stones for some reason, I'll try again. Specialised suppliers, yeah I'll try that but wouldn't you expect that to come up on a google search? Arnak

Hi Folks, Does anyone know where I can purchase mounted grinding stones with a 6mm or 1/4" shanks in the UK?:confused: I have tried a google search but most of them come in sets of 5, in various shapes. They are not quite what I require, I would prefer to be able to buy several 12mm in...

Hi Folks, Have a look at this useful site as it has a lot of very good ideas I especially like the tailstock re-alignment idea.:D http://www.frets.com/HomeShopTech/QuickTricks/TailstockAlignment/tailstockalignment.html Arnak

Hi Everybody,:D I am also in South Wales, in Abertillery, about 20 miles above Newport! My name is also Martin... Working on a Virginia and workshop tools. Not new to the forum but I thought I'd just chip and say welcome to the other Martin. Arnak

H Folks, On the subject of spam email I have found that using a program called Mail Washer from :- http://www.mailwasher.net Is a very effective tool for dealing with spam as it reads the mail and has settable filter rules for spam and good email. It is particularly effective as the mail...

Hi Brian, Thanks for the advice, I don't need one quite that large but if I do I'll keep that in mind.:) Arnak

Hi Guys, Thanks for the advice.;) Ah, I wondered how they made them, now I know.:D The clevis pin, brilliant I should have thought of that.:rolleyes: Now I can get on with that job... Arnak

Hi, How do you actually make a ball and socket joint.:confused: I would like to do this to make an adjustable taper device for my saw table as I already have a jig type device but it is only useful for shorter lengths of timber. I plan to make a version that fits to the side fence with a...

Hi Till. Thanks very much for that site, I didn't see that in my google search.:( I have looked at the one's on Ebay but couldn't find the range I wanted but those look just right.:D Arnak

Hi Folks, I am in need of a tapping head but not the Vertex version.:( Having checked around on the net I am having difficulty deciding which one to buy.:confused: I would like one that goes from M3 to M12 if such a beast exists? With an MT2 taper to fit my drills quil. Or as near to that...

Hi Folks, I've been working in the 4th dimension for a long time. The 4th dimension is of course time.:D Every job I do takes longer than I had planned it to be so there must be time slippage in the equation somewhere.:confused: You must all know the feeling, you yell out to the wife, "I'll...

Hi Goldstar, Thanks for the timely reminder re G Thomas books.:) I just realised that I had his workshop book in my library.:wall: A quick look through revealed his boring bar methods, so I can have a go at making a suitable bar from his plans.:D I still do not understand one point that was...

Hi Goldstar, I wouldn't dream of ignoring the old masters advice.:o I may be wrong but I thought that Lykle mean using a between centres boring bar and setting the tail stock end over to increase the diameter that would be cut. That I believed would cause the bar to cut on a taper or am I...

Hi Lykie, Just a quick question regarding your suggestion for setting over the tailstock. Wouldn't using the set over method produce a tapered hole especially where the 2 bearing holes are reasonably far apart? Arnak

Hi, Ahhh, that's another story... Do you ever get that feeling of.. I didn't mean to drill that large size straight through the boring bar?:mad: So no I didn't but I did mean to add a grub screw to advance the bit.:( I didn't worry about going for 45 degrees as it was going right through 2...

Hi Folks, So I decided to make a an in-line boring tool to bore out 2 bearing holes. I made the bar and drilled the hole for the HSS tool bit, all OK so far.:D After spending at least 20 minutes getting the bit to the correct angles and nice and sharp I put it into the bar and set the cut...

Hi Tin Falcon, Thanks very much for that info, I have bookmarked that site.:p Arnak

Hi Folks, I am going to be using a 1.25 mod HSS involute cutter, size No.3 to cut a gear in mild steel. Could you give me a guide to the cutting speed RPM please? Arnak

Hi Terry, Thanks for the reply.:D I think I will have a go at making a barrel wrench using silver steel for the moving jaw and harden the end. Also harden the groove that the tap corner fits into. That way at least I can make the handles a bit longer.:) Arnak