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Hi, Thanks for the excellent advice on holding off on making big decisions in haste. You are quite correct in what you have said except that we may not have the luxury of waiting for a year sadly. She has had a terminal diagnosis due to several problems, each of which could prove fatal in the...

I am very happy to hear that life is now much better again for you, there are good people out there who can make all the difference.

Unfortunately not as we have too much income.

I am very glad to hear that your last scan was good, something to hold onto and I hope you do have a long time Dave. Martin

Thanks very much for the positive thoughts and the picture.:) I am very glad to hear that your wife in in remission. Martin

Hi, Thanks for the reply, it is very much appreciated. How is your wife now? I do hope she is better. Your advice is excellent, it is just following it that I find so hard.;) Martin

Hi Del, Thanks for the excellent advice, I will contact the local engineering club and see what they have to say. They are not exactly local but might still be interested in helping out. It would indeed be nice to use the workshop for a break but I don't feel that there is any point making...

Hi Guys, Once again thanks for all the excellent advice. I will follow up on what you have all recommended as much as I can as my wife is now out of the hospital and need quite a bit of looking after and follow-up palliative care which will leave me rather busy but I will do my best to follow...

Wow, thanks for all the replies, I am quite overwhelmed by the wonderful support.:) To answer the first question about her illness: She went into the hospital with shortness of breath but after a scan, they found two small areas of lung cancer, a later head scan showed it has spread to one...

Thank you very much for your reply. Happily we are in the UK so we do not have to pay for treatment. Of course, the loss of my soul mate will be devastating but also the loss of her income is going to make life very difficult for me sadly. Martin

Very sadly I am going to have to downsize my house and due to a major reduction in my income as my wife has a terminal disease so I am going to have to sell my workshop in it's entirety.o_O So can anyone advise me wether selling to a company such as "We buy any workshop" will be a good way...

If you are using split dies then the screw locations are set by the dimples in the die? The centre one is to open the die and the other 2 are so that you can close the die up slightly. Martin

Hi, Thanks for the replies.8-)) I know I should have paid more attention to trig when I was at school! Martin

Hi, Could someone help with this question, please? If an axle is pivoted at the centre point then movement at each end (up and down) would be the same. How do I calculate the movement at the one end if the pivot point is not in the centre but to one side? Assume an axle is 10" long, while...

Hi Jason, Thanks very much for the advice, I'll get some black material and use that.8-)) Martin

Hi, I am building a Virginia but am having a problem with milling the connecting rods between the wheels.8-(( Using mild steel, the drawing calls for the rods to be reduced in thickness on one side but doing that in the mil causes the rods to bow after milling. Can anyone give me some advice...

Hi, OK, if you have a reducer then can you check the angle of the taper? I did see on 1 google post the mention of a Browne and Sharp taper a possibility? See here for B&S tapers. https://littlemachineshop.com/reference/tapers.php#BrownSharpe Martin

Hi, Try a google search there is a lot of information out there. I found this :- https://www.mdna.org/images/File/files/5864.pdf The 10 1/4 " says it is a MT 2. I hope that helps. Martin

Hi Luuiz, Have you made certain that the tool is at center height? With steel make sure you use plenty of coolant. I would recommend running the lathe at it's slowest speed, (Backgear). Make sure the overhang from the tool post is as short as possible. Martin

Hi, From Google :- HAYNES® 282® alloy (UNS N07208) is a, wrought, gamma-prime strengthened superalloy developed for high temperature structural applications, especially those in aero and industrial gas turbine engines. Martin